I remember that class. Not from Amdahl though. I took it from IBM. Lots of good information which stayed with you. Another one like that was MVS Performance. We went to 909 3rd Avenue, NYC for that one. Took the train from New Haven.
Bill Hitefield Dino-Software Corporation 800.480.DINO www.dino-software.com > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Steve Thompson > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2023 5:50 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Mainframe Makers.... WAS: Ars Technica: The IBM mainframe: How > it runs and why it survives > > I had to take the MVS Structure and Flow class as part of my job. > It was 2 weeks long and I felt numb after that drink from a fire hose. But > what I > learned there I have been using ever since anytime I was doing low level > programming as a developer. > > Steve Thompson > > > > On 7/31/2023 5:02 PM, Jay Maynard wrote: > > Me too. I learned more in the MVS Internals course I took from Amdahl > > than any other mainframe class. Really sharp folks. > > > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 16:50 Tom Brennan <t...@tombrennansoftware.com> > wrote: > > > >> I went to some Amdahl MVS internal classes around 1990. The > >> instructors were probably previous IBMers, and just seemed so relaxed > >> having fun teaching. I had a great couple of weeks and learned tons. > >> > >> On 7/31/2023 1:29 PM, Steve Thompson wrote: > >>> And I still think my time at Amdahl was the best job and education > >>> in machine hardware I could have ever had for the short time I was there. > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> - For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO > >> IBM-MAIN > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
