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



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