bummer. on the other hand, I'll be looking forward to the auction ;-)
whatever happened to the 950? I would think it got retired a long time ago
Ed
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From: Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:20 PM
Subject: [HP3000-L] The last chapter...
Just wrote this up for our campus newsletter. What a ride!
Jeff
> A looooong time ago, an eternity in the fast-paced evolution of
> computers in the information age, UTC acquired their first
> Hewlett-Packard 3000 minicomputer with the intention of doing "online
> registration" of classes and processing of student grades. The
> current system at the time involved an IBM mainframe, punched cards,
> and long lines at Mac Gym for class registration. The first online
> registration was in the Spring of 1977 and it was carried off without
> a hitch. The business affairs of the university -- from registration,
> grades, financial aid, housing, parking, accounts receivable, "RAP
> sheets" (Report of Academic Progress), and transcripts -- were carried
> out by various models, upgrades, and replacements of the original
> HP3000 until it began to approach retirement by adoption of Banner in
> 2007. Over the summer, the last remaining functions of the 3000 have
> been replaced by newer hardware/software, and the system is due to be
> shutdown later this year. No one could have predicted a computer
> system to have played such a prominent role for thirty six years. How
> old is your "obsolete" phone? :)
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