Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.unix.geeks,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Mercury Date: 4 Apr 2026 19:22:00 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <97uq9mxp8h.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10qj2u6$63en$10@dont-email.me> <8f2cnUuvT4KC8lD0nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@giganews.com> <8f2cnUqvT4JIKFD0nZ2dnZfqnPgAAAAA@giganews.com> <8f2cnUWvT4L8SFD0nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@giganews.com> <9s2cnY8fws3g6k30nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <10qr09o$m4tr$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 3pSFVtC0Hifc0t9QwA/o8g/zLnPQw1V5sP3uz+3R/oaAR7cUAg Cancel-Lock: sha1:zR8aAOJyMSxU9F7azR6pcI16Pgo= sha256:k+umcACCcgjWmAtdcTIJHR/HgdG/oRUm7u/lzM24NNw= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com alt.unix.geeks:391 comp.os.linux.misc:85385 On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 13:46:37 -0400, c186282 wrote: > No real ref to the hardware or how it worked on a low level was > taught to me either. You wrote FORTRAN for the Magic Box and it did > what you told it to do. > I was interested in computers before so I knew more about the > hardware than most, but for many it really was just the Magic Box. They were very proud of their new 360/30 and made sure everyone knew about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360_Model_30 The school had close ties with IBM and may have been partially gifted with it. Teach them IBM young... That scheme is time honored. Apple's Neo with its education discounts didn't dream it up yesterday. A friend interned with IBM and spent his entire career with them. He was lucky to be of retirement age when IBM sold the fabrication business to Global Foundries.