Yeah... understood. So much changed so fast; and continues to do so. On 5/27/09, Ted MacNEIL <eamacn...@yahoo.ca> wrote: >>It's interesting to me that I am seeing a couple of references to the 80's >> (albeit early 80's) in some of these posts related to punched cards. >>I started in 1984 at AT&T in Orlando (in I/O Distribution) and saw nary a >> punched card. >>I guess it depends on where you were. > > Three years can make a big difference in IT (remember Moore's Law). > > In 1981, we were still using punched cards (albeit one app). > In 1984, we weren't using any. > I helped cart the old equipment out the door in 1983. > > In 1981, we had a 5 MIPS machine (AMD 470/V8). > In i984, we had a 10+MIPS machine (IBM 3081D). > > In 1981, we had 30GB of 3330 DASD. > In 1984, we had 75GB of 3350 DASD. > In both cases, we thought we were a huge shop. > > The first DASD acquisition I was responsible for, in 1984, it was for 300GB. > The last one was for 14TB. (And, in a previous incarnation [one job before], > 32TB). > > I am interviewing for a job where I will be resonsible for managing 4.5PB > (PetaBytes), and expecting to grow to 10 within a year to 18 months. > > The point being, it changes rather quickly. > > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >
-- All the best, Scott T. Harder ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
