Re: The Insane Operator has struck again

As an operator I was responsible for care and feeding (and backing up) of 1
11/780, 3 11/750 and a batch of Data General machines. (at Calma, just
before they were dismantled by GE)


On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Kevin Monceaux <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 02:22:18PM -0700, Ron Hudson wrote:
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> > I was a VAX system operator and I would go in on weekends because then I
> > could work on my own projects as nobody was generally around.
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> The first "real" computer, aka something larger than a PC, I got my hands
> on
> was also a VAX. During my brief stay in college I worked as a volunteer
> operator on a VAX 11/750. I think it was running VMS 5.3. It had a system
> pack and a "student" pack. The system drive was an RM80, the student drive
> was an RA60.
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> Kevin
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> What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works!
> Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.
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