7 Apr
2004
7 Apr
'04
3:12 p.m.
From: "Vintage Computer Festival"
<vcf(a)siconic.com>
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
> One thing puzzles me. What's so significant about 40 years?
>
> Why wasn't there a similar message on this list 8 years ago, saying
that
the 360 was 32
years old -- a nice round number ?
Because 8 years ago this hobby was at a level that is a small fraction its current state. Way more people are cognizant today
of the
importance
of celebrating computer history than 8 years ago.
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Hi Sellam
You missed the point, 40 is base 10, 32 is base 2.
Dwight
7 Apr
7 Apr
4:22 p.m.
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
of
Er, I think (or at least interpreted) Tony's point to be why we are
celebrating this now at 40 (i.e. base 10) when 32 (base 2) is so much
nerdier? But the fact is that we've come a long way in recognizing the
importance of computer history. An IBM 360 celebration could've happened
at 32, but most people would be going, "Huh?" And there would not be the
huge turnout that is expected at the CHM tonight.
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From:
"Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
> One thing puzzles me. What's so significant about 40 years?
>
> Why wasn't there a similar message on this list 8 years ago, saying
that
the 360
was 32 years old -- a nice round number ?
Because 8 years ago this hobby was at a level that is a small fraction its current state. Way more people are cognizant
today of the
importance
of celebrating computer history than 8 years ago.
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Hi Sellam
You missed the point, 40 is base 10, 32 is base 2. 
4:55 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ben franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: IBM 360 turns 40 today
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
2^5 ?
Er, I think (or at least interpreted) Tony's
point to be why we are
celebrating this now at 40 (i.e. base 10) when 32 (base 2) is so much
nerdier?
How the heck do you get 32 from base 2?
Ben.
8 Apr
8 Apr
10:21 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 2:55 AM
Subject: Re: IBM 360 turns 40 today
dead
, who's to know ?
(:^)
Geoff.
> You
missed the point, 40 is base 10, 32 is base 2.
... and 42 base 13 is what you get when you multiply 6 by 9
Except the man said that wasn't in his mind when he wrote it. Now he's 
11:35 a.m.
> ... and 42 base 13 is what you get when you
multiply 6 by 9
>
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
Except the man said that wasn't in his mind when
he wrote it. Now he's
dead , who's to know ?
(:^)
Of course he wouldn't know that that was in his mind. If he had known,
then there wouldn't be much point in buying more hardware from the
Magratheans, would there?
2:10 a.m.
As was pointed out at the event itself this evening, there was a retrospective panel
on the 360 at a conference in the 70's. It's significance was understood long
ago.
I think 40 was just a convenient round number that coincided with CHM's interest
in such an event. The CHM in its current incarnation did not exist 8 years ago. The
museum is definitely eager to capture the recollections of industry pioneers who may
not be with us for too many more years.
--Bill
7 Apr
7 Apr
4:24 p.m.
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
^^
O really? I see some extra digits have been added to the radix2
character set since I last studied Boolean Integer Math...
;}
Cheers
Johnni V-NuMann
From:
"Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
Hi Sellam
You missed the point, 40 is base 10, 32 is base 2. One thing puzzles me. What's so significant
about 40 years?
Because 8 years ago this hobby was at a level that is a small fraction 
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