17 Feb
2012
17 Feb
'12
2:45 p.m.
The Living Computer Museum project of Vulcan, Inc., is looking to hire an
expert on IBM System/360 hardware maintenance to guide the restoration of
a 360/40 which we have acquired. The official job posting can be found at
https://jobs.vulcan.com/
as Sr. Systems Engineer (Vintage), job ID 2258, posted 13 Feb 2012.
(There doesn't appear to be any way to provide a link directly to the posting
because of the programming model used.)
I'm happy to answer questions, in the group or offline. I will ignore any
flame fest similar to the last time we posted a job.
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/
17 Feb
17 Feb
8:50 p.m.
Hi Rich,
I passed your search onto a friend who used to be in charge of all the
computers at Fermilabs. He said he knew two people who worked on 360's
and would try to contact them in a few days.
Good luck, Paul
On 2/17/12, Rich Alderson <RichA at vulcan.com> wrote:
The Living Computer Museum project of Vulcan, Inc., is
looking to hire an
expert on IBM System/360 hardware maintenance to guide the restoration of
a 360/40 which we have acquired. The official job posting can be found at
https://jobs.vulcan.com/
as Sr. Systems Engineer (Vintage), job ID 2258, posted 13 Feb 2012.
(There doesn't appear to be any way to provide a link directly to the
posting
because of the programming model used.)
I'm happy to answer questions, in the group or offline. I will ignore any
flame fest similar to the last time we posted a job.
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/
9:56 p.m.
The CE for UMR's 360/50 passwd away about 10 years ago, sadly. He also
maintained the 360/40 that IBM loaned to them for about a year in 69 or so.
He got a call from his supervisor in St. Louis one afternoon and told
him he was going to go to train for the CE spot for UMR. It wasn't
clear it that it was for electronic apparatus, since all he had done was
Selectrics and regular IBM typewriters. He had actually asked to train
on the mechanical an small calculators, but got a bit more than he
bargained for.
He was a very nice guy and always impressed me as to how the IBM
maintainence could be passed on to anyone, regardless of background.
Not to say anything about him at all, he figured things out very
quickly. It was the first I'd heard of them throwing a typewriter
repair guy at a 360.
Also the 1050 console always worked really well.
I'll pass this to a mainframe guy who works at IBM here in Orange County
and see if he knows anyone. Only problem he's a bit too young too to
know anyone that did 360's for the most part.
Jim
On 2/17/2012 5:50 PM, Paul Anderson wrote:
i Rich,
I passed your search onto a friend who used to be in charge of all the
computers at Fermilabs. He said he knew two people who worked on 360's
and would try to contact them in a few days.
Good luck, Paul
18 Feb
18 Feb
12:01 a.m.
Sorry, I meant for this to be sent off list.
Paul
On 2/17/12, Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Rich,
I passed your search onto a friend who used to be in charge of all the
computers at Fermilabs. He said he knew two people who worked on 360's
and would try to contact them in a few days.
Good luck, Paul
On 2/17/12, Rich Alderson <RichA at vulcan.com> wrote:
The Living Computer Museum project of Vulcan,
Inc., is looking to hire an
expert on IBM System/360 hardware maintenance to guide the restoration of
a 360/40 which we have acquired. The official job posting can be found
at
https://jobs.vulcan.com/
as Sr. Systems Engineer (Vintage), job ID 2258, posted 13 Feb 2012.
(There doesn't appear to be any way to provide a link directly to the
posting
because of the programming model used.)
I'm happy to answer questions, in the group or offline. I will ignore
any
flame fest similar to the last time we posted a job.
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/
9:47 p.m.
From: jim s
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 6:56 PM
I'll pass this to a mainframe guy who works at IBM
here in Orange County
and see if he knows anyone. Only problem he's a bit too young too to
know anyone that did 360's for the most part.
Jim
From: Paul Anderson
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 5:51 PM
I passed your search onto a friend who used to be in
charge of all the
computers at Fermilabs. He said he knew two people who worked on 360's
and would try to contact them in a few days.
Good luck, Paul
Thank you both, gentlemen! We know that we're looking for someone who is
likely well beyond nominal retirement age, but the experience involved is
the trump card.
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/
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