F*ck a f*cking duck
Sridhar Ayengar
ploopster at gmail.com
Thu Apr 27 13:34:38 CDT 2006
Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 4/27/2006 at 1:59 PM Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>
>> I didn't just mean the money. A machine had to be junked to get that
>> panel. Those machines are beautiful on many different levels.
>
> I always thought that the S/360 with more blinkenlights was much more
> impressive--and SO 60's!
Oh definitely.
But that machine was beautiful in a way different from an S/360. And
there's definitely charm to having an entire building's worth of
S/370/168 on raised floor with all of its racks lined up perfectly and
all of its tapes singing.
Peace... Sridhar
More information about the cctalk
mailing list