6 Sep
2006
6 Sep
'06
11:17 p.m.
On 9/6/2006 at 10:19 PM Brent Hilpert wrote:
On the topic of future prognostications becoming
out-dated, a little while
ago I saw a 370 front panel and the first thing that came to mind was
"Oh, how 2001-ish" - the association being common design themes (to my
perceptions) between the front panel and stuff in the movie '2001: A Space
Oddysey'. Today they both say "1970".
Hmmm, wasn't 2001 sometime around 1968-69?
I like "The Forbin Project" myself. Lots of old IBM 1620/1710 panels and
blinkenlights behind CDC 3000-series "green glass" cabinet fronts.
For you IBM-ers: Everyone calls IBM "Big Blue" but I definitely remember
S/360 hardware also coming in orange. Was that a standard option?
Cheers,
Chuck