4 Feb
2015
4 Feb
'15
4:35 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of ANDY
HOLT
Sent: 04 February 2015 22:30
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Weekly Classic Computer Trivia Question (20150204)
Ah the joys of CCTA tests. I worked on two of those, one for a L66 to DPS300 upgrade at
NERC Bidston, and one for an IBM4381 install at Nerc Wallingford...
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As silly as it was the movie Hackers referred to the mainframe
computer in the movie as a Gibson. Where did the term Gibson come from?
A benchmark for commercial-type workload in the 1960s was called the
"Gibson Mix"
(presumably after a Mr or Dr Gibson). It predates the Whetstone.
I can't remember whether CCTA ran it on our ICL1905E or the Honeywell L66 that replaced it.
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Just looked it up on wiki ? my memory is a bit faulty - it was a benchmark for
scientific workloads and dates from the late 50s.
But, yes, it was devised by a Jack Clark Gibson of IBM.