16 Nov
2012
16 Nov
'12
10:50 a.m.
From: Ethan Dicks
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 9:25 AM
One interesting historical note - it was formerly
OSCAR, the card
catalog computer for the Ohio State University library system.
Wow. I remember when OSCAR was maintained on the administrative IBM
System/370 over in that building north of the library. The VAX was
not even a design idea yet, of course, when I first met OSCAR.
(I worked in the library from September 1973 to August 1975, first
on the shelving crew and after 1 quarter at the circulation desk.
When I told my Stanford students later that programming paid better
than shelving books at the library, I knew what I was talking about.)
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org
http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/