Another paper tape story, actually more like a tale... When the motor burned
out on a paper tape reader in a third-story lab, they just moved the reader
near an open window, attached a weight to the paper tape loaded in the reade r,
and dropped the weight out the window. The tape shot out
I have the date as August 2, 1972.
Fred
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From: Rich Smrcina [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was announced as a program product in August, 1972. We celebrated
it's 35th birthday at SHARE in San Diego this past August.
Edward M. Martin wrote:
What about scales?
Fred
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From: Glenn Knickerbocker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gregg C Levine wrote:
They even made time clocks.
Even? Time clocks and ticker tape machines were IBM's first products!
¬R
It hasn't been mentioned yet, so I'll mention it, even though I think everyone
on the list is probably aware of it.
One reason for the absence of reported z/VM system penetrations may be that it
is not a target of choice for black-hat hackers. This follows from the
argument that there may be
