14 Jan
2006
14 Jan
'06
8:19 a.m.
Lyle Bickley wrote:
The 705 building is much newer than the other side of the plant. It was
already occupied when I came to Poughkeepsie. But it was "the" place to be -
since most of the System/360 software development (OS, compilers) work was
done there. Fred Brooks (360 Architect, author of the "Mythical Man Month")
had his office in 705 - and I used to attend meetings in his office. I
considered that a real privilege at the time. He is a man of great brilliance
and integrity...
That is *tremendously* cool.
I work for Facilities Site Operations. I write all of their custom
code. A bunch of industrial instrumentation and controls, and a bunch
of project tracking/financial and purchasing. It's a bit of a mix.
Peace... Sridhar
Ah, you guys are bringing up some fond remembrances. I
had an office in
the 705 Building in Poughkeepsie and an office in the manufacturing plant
in Kingston. Date 1963 - when IBM was "finishing off" the 7094 line in
Poughkeepsie and the 7044 line in Kingston and replacing them with
System/360 lines. When System/360 was launched, I ran a software modeling
group - which ran simulations of the many iterations of hardware, MFT,
MVS, Compilers, etc. It was a blast!!!
BTW: I used to live in Rhinebeck - kinda inbetween the two plants...
My office is in B/004-3. Were you in 705 when it opened? It looks a
lot newer than the other side of the plant. I grew up in
Poughkeepsie, myself. My parents have worked in East
Fishkill plant for many years.
Wow, that's cool. Feels like "old home week" :-)
What do you do at B/004-3?