30 Oct
2015
30 Oct
'15
11:08 a.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Cisin
Sent: 30 October 2015 17:51
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Know any Fortran programmers who need a more interesting job?
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
Has anyone actually managed to find this job posting? I had a quick look on
the main Nasa site and also on the JPL site, and couldn't find it at all. I
am curious to read it.
Regards
Rob
Does anyone have any idea as to the actual
hardware platform?
I used an IBM 7094 II back around 1965 using both FORTRAN and assembly
language, but that was only 50 years ago.
There was no operating system, just a batch stream of one job at a
time. All I/O was via a 1401 for both input and output.
But it did work well for that era.
In 1970, at Goddard Space Flight Center, Space Sciences Data Center, we
used FORTRAN on a 7094 with a 360/30 for I/O. But we also used FORTRAN
on several 360/9x machines, and sometimes APL on time sharing (selectric
terminal)
I wonder when the 7094s finally got retired.