The movie stars were Lassie and Rin-tin-tin. The dog is variable, chosen to suit the audience. I have heard it with various dogs. IBM-specific ones were IMS and TSO. Other substitutions are possible.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gentry, Stephen > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:03 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/VM - Lightweight specific purpose file system > > Seems like Johnny Carson did this joke as "The Great Carnac". > Do you remember what the answers are/were? I can't remember > the name of the female movie star (of course you could > substitute any currently good looking female movie star(and > let's not go too off thread with this)). I do remember the > other two. (a well know canine movie star and an IBM product > that I don't think is sold or supported, in its original > form, anymore). > Steve G. > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary M. Dennis > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:43 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/VM - Lightweight specific purpose file system > > Early in the development cycle, we had both QEMU and Bochs > running on z/System version of Redhat (CentOS 5.4). The "Name > two movie stars and a dog" joke applied to both emulators > running in this environment. > > We concluded early on that we had to get rid of Linux and the > emulation layer. Both would prevent us from ever achieving > the required level of performance. The result of that detour > is that the only thing between > Windows(r) and VM is CMS and translation code. > > > > On 3/26/08 9:57 AM, "Adam Thornton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> An excellent goal. As a point of comparison, have you ever run > >> Windows using the Bochs emulator on zLinux? If so, on > what machine? > >> (I'd like to see someone try it on a z10.) > > --. .- .-. -.-- > > Gary Dennis > Mantissa Corporation > 2 Perimeter Park South > Birmingham, Alabama 35243-3274 > > p: 205.968-3942 > m: 205.218-3937 > f: 205.968.3932 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.mantissa.com > http://www.idovos.com >
