19 May
1997
19 May
'97
1:14 p.m.
On Mon, 19 May 1997 17:21:13 -0700 (PDT), someone said:
Compared to to a real 370, a console, terminals, DASDs,
and what not,
this price is not too bad. Add the fact that the XT 370 likely did
not require a riser floor, motor-generator, air conditioning, and a
square kilofoot of floor space, and it starts to look even better.
I wonder why they were not more popular. Run JCL on your desktop machine!
This may have a strange appeal to me, but how many people really want to
run MVS on a desktop machine? I'd really be interested in knowing what
people used these machines for other than super-3278s.
I used an AT-370 about ten years ago, but not long enough to remember
anything at all about it. We (fed government) had software that ran on
a 360 and I needed to run it in the office. (but never did!)
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Barry Peterson bm_pete(a)ix.netcom.com
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.