Re: UNIVAC: mainframe related.

2008-02-22 Thread Mark S. Waterbury
See here for explanation of the Univac I, including a description of the mercury delay line memory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC_I (Google is your friend.) Gentry, Stephen wrote: Glad you all enjoyed it. The film makes comment about using mercury for memory. Can anyone explain

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mark S. Waterbury
People, can we please let this thread die? XEDIT has only been around for 20+ years now, and you still want to argue about this stuff? :-o Really! Get a life!

VM/370 Release 6 Waterloo tape (CIA MODS)

2008-02-14 Thread Mark S Waterbury
Does anyone have a copy of the old Waterloo tapes CIA Mods tape referen ced in this entry in the ABSTRACT ABSTRACT of the Waterloo tape for VM/370 Re l6? M1086V00CIA MODS-- Our local mods that have been contributed to the Waterloo VM Library now consume more than a reel of tape. Since our local