Heck,
We didn't even have DEL(Data Entry language), all we had were screen
handlers that we wrote in SPL that called COBOL subroutines and IMAGE and
KSAM IO. Wrote a number of systems doing this including BOMP. I was with the
first division (MSD-OED) that had an HP3000CX for in house applications and
because we were "internal" we had a direct line to Cupertino(including Fred
White) and quite often we would request multiple updates to the COBOL
compiler in the "same" day and one of us would run down to GSD and back. We
backed up all our program files to tape(800 BPI HP7908?) hourly so as not to
lose our source files as the system would crash quite often...and we loved
it, not the crashing, just the thought that we were on the edge of something
quite incredible....!
Eric Sand
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Joining in a bit late...
For those of us that worked on the CX with it's massive 128Kb of core
memory, ISS belt driven disc drives, HSI Interface and 3 phase 208 power
(accompanied by a giant transformer that sat in the corner), it was a pretty
interesting time.
DEL screen design on 2645 terminals which could lose a whole days work by
one bad keystroke, COBOL compiler errors that failed the system, and the
infamous NO-NO CI errors...Now those were the days :-)
Fortunately, Ed McCracken listened to the uproar at Issaquah and things got
much better by the time the Series II upgrade was out the door.
Jack Connor
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Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:40 PM
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For many years we used one as a workbench in our shop and to test
peripherals on.
John Lee
Preferred Systems Maintenance (Vaske)
At 06:08 PM 6/10/09 -0500, Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>Yes, it's called an ergonomic design. You do not have to hurt yourself
>by bending over awkwardly to turn off the computer; you can just sit at
>the computer and it will turn off soon enough.
>
>I used an extremely sophisticated device to bar easy access to this
>ergonomic design; a piece of cardboard and duct tape, (the handyman
>secret
>weapon.)
>
>Denys
>
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>
>And lets not forget the fine design of the on/off switch right where
>your knee was.
>
>Yes, I did experience at least one accidental power failure.
>
>Ernie
>
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>Interesting retrospective, but I should point out the Series 33 (the
>cool desk model) was the first HP-IB machine and with an SOS processor
>to boot and ADCC ports; the series 30 came later.
>
>Denys
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