historical reference 1960-1979 http://www.bobbemer.com/REGISTRY.HTM
ibm major driver behind all this http://www.bobbemer.com/ZACHERLY.HTM however, Learson had problem and made decision to temporarily go with EBCDIDC w/o realizing what he had done ("The Biggest Computer Goof Ever) ... and the company got stuck with it http://www.bobbemer.com/P-BIT.HTM lots of other history http://www.bobbemer.com/HISTORY.HTM -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
