Burroughs System/V Series emulator - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Oct 2012

-------------- Written by MikeSdm561 at torfree.net
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Hi Steve,

wrong Mike, but that's OK.

What I have is the main nixie and indicator display and control console on
the front of the CPU cabinet, under the clock at the very right of the
picture below; I even still have a picture somewhere of me standing in front
of it compiling one of my programs.

I think the SPO you're talking about is the teleprinter on
the desk to the left of it:

http://www.smecc.org/burroughs-images/burrou4.jpg

(The other) mike. 
I stand embarrassingly corrected TWICE! The "wrong" Mike part is explainable in
that I get cctalk as a digest and messed up in the Copy & Paste.  The second part was
me reading "control console" and assuming you meant the teleprinter.  So Sorry!

I spent a lot of time with a B2700 learning Fortran.  The Glendale, CA Board of Ed had a
B2700 that was used by the Junior college for Cobol/Fortran classes back in the mid-70s. 
A buddy from High School got a job there as a Sys Admin so got to spend a fair amount of
time around it.  Eventually they upgraded to a B6800 system.  Eventually I went to work in
Goleta on the Small systems, then got transferred to Pasadena where the Medium systems
were built.  I was there as they were debugging the B2900. ;-)

Very fond memories.

Steve