john.archie.mck...@gmail.com (John McKown) writes: > https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/jean-sammet-designer-of-cobol-77c6d794365c
Sammet wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_E._Sammet more https://history.computer.org/pioneers/sammet.html and https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/technology/obituary-jean-sammet-software-designer-cobol.html sammet was (resident) in the boston programming center, 3rd flr, 545 tech square (as was Nat rochester). When the CP67/cms group was spun off from the science center (on the 4th flr), the moved to 3rd flr and took over the boston programming center (& sammat and rochester moved up to the science center on the 4th flr). As the CP67 group morphed into the vm370 group and outgrew the 3rd flr, the vm370 group moved out to the old SBC (service bureau corporation) bldg at burlington mall. I would come in on weekends and sometimes bring my kids. sometimes I would set them up to play the (pdp1) spacewar port to 2250m4 (1130+2250) ... but other times they would just run up and down the halls. Sammet was usually the only other person on the flr ... to complain about the noise my kids running up & down the halls. posts mentioning 545 tech sq http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#545tech cambridge science center wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Scientific_Center -- 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
