EVENT variablesThis is a discussion on EVENT variables within the pl1 forums in Programming Languages category; paul hinman wrote: > I remember attending a SHARE MVS implementation session and a woman got > up and listed off a number of PTF's that needed to be applied if they > wanted their paper tape equipment to work. I understand that there were > some scientific instruments that created punched paper tape as data > output and then the punched tape was read into the main frame for analysis. The 2671 paper tape reader -- the /only/ machine in the 26xx series (at the time). You could also attach paper tape via a 1050. Or you could get ... | ||||||||
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 Re: EVENT variables paul hinman wrote: > I remember attending a SHARE MVS implementation session and a woman got > up and listed off a number of PTF's that needed to be applied if they > wanted their paper tape equipment to work. I understand that there were > some scientific instruments that created punched paper tape as data > output and then the punched tape was read into the main frame for analysis. The 2671 paper tape reader -- the /only/ machine in the 26xx series (at the time). You could also attach paper tape via a 1050. Or you could get a 047 or 048 modified 024/026 keypunch with a tape reader to do conversions to card. But IBM had stopped making them, so you had to wait for one to be returned. My first paid computer job involved borrowing such machines from other companies while we waited for our own. -- John W. Kennedy "The pathetic hope that the White House will turn a Caligula into a Marcus Aurelius is as naïve as the fear that ultimate power inevitably corrupts." -- James D. Barber (1930-2004)  |
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