That may have been true pre Y2K, I recall having to keep one TRI-density tape drives around so we can read/cut tapes for the U.S. Navy back in the late 80's and early 90's, but as a contractor working for state Government pre Y2K, money was flowing somewhat to get up to speed with hardware and software that was compliant.
Carmen Vitullo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hoelscher" <choelsc...@humana.com> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 1:04:23 PM Subject: Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers Wow - that old hardware really ... taxes ... the system Chris Hoelscher Technology Architect, Database Infrastructure Services Technology Solution Services Humana Inc. 123 East Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Humana.com (502) 476-2538 or 407-7266 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 1:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers More hysterical than historical; the IRS stopped running on a 7070 a long time ago, and has been using TPF since Old Man Noach cornerend the market on Gopher wood. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 1:33 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers Mostly historical: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1BeyIJBPo9ZfJfCvwPOsnXMTj6VdtiYM9V6TXEeG0B4pfYzfTdjKZvd-iFM1W4bMXoPQ8pIHS9fR6d5x1BJZLnFkZQ0AV3DnL14MQNC3emqVKFX7th-e8sjiNj1GQ9IDt3zTSIpseBuVAG51P3EmDOoIKML4jUec0MRTKNPk-b3w1Z9ayvtZ5wPEYJEkpZ42yxaHBTI7qvRgI4pfRrCLhzAm7ch-dOz72C6Lmt6PUiXOgNC72fCYZOdKKpGGBGcawiqYwaUVAyFNLkfb_IclY4-CW76LBFOzJJpaVila-Gnut3hZl0Le0ovBmWzd3pQlj6w43TP9ErHQzu2vd1sj1WXpQex4aQV4aoXMvb-oNhVYhrOTKe-KN0RudzJmNJQqmuKr7uQAFKlAPHgcgxqpPSPeAUtXj_nEXZZ8W2EB-opRudaiXMUD-aqPpGVperbS4/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fview%2Farticles%2F2018-04-17%2Fthe-irs-computer-system-is-the-oldest-in-the-government -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
