Talking about IBM clocks. Here is a link that some of you may already know.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/cc/cc_intro.html Paul Feller AIT Mainframe Technical Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] (319)-355-7824 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fran Hensler Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 1:35 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: OT: old equipment VMESA When I started high school in 1956 I remember that there were IBM clocks all through the school and they were syncronized by a master clock. I don't know if the system was hard wired or the if the clocks received a radio signal. In 1963 I started working for Slippery Rock State College and there were IBM clocks but I don't think they were synchronized. They were very old and discolored. One day a clever IBM salesman told our business manager that he would buy a new clock for his office in exchange for the IBM clock. I think the salesman paid $3.00 for an ordinary kitchen wall clock and made the exchange. I'm sure that he was laughing all the way home. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 44 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:37:43 -0400 Jim Bohnsack said: >I remember that when I started school in a one room country school >house in 1949 that there was a clock on the wall that said, on the >front face, "IBM". If I ever get back to Beecher, IL, maybe I'll drive >out there in the off chance that the building is still there and not >being used. If so, I might be tempted to break in and steal the clock >if it's still there.
