If I had known about that (CICS development), maybe I would have snipped a
wire or two. At that time, I was installing (separate project) a S/360/40
at different IBM Chicgo customer running FASTER, which was another,
comparable online system that, I believe, was developed initially by the
Kansas City police dept. It lost out to CICS, which I think was developed
originally by a utility company.
Jim
At 07:55 AM 8/7/2006, you wrote:
That 360/40, serial number 2040-x0002, made two outstanding
contributions to IBM. After serving as the first 360 testbed for CP
(CP/40), it went on to be the primary development machine for CICS!
Bob Shair
Open Systems Consulting
Champaign, Illinois
Jim Bohnsack
Cornell Univ.
(607) 255-1760
