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| From | Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: COBOL and tricks |
| Date | 2022-10-30 20:47 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <tjmnsm$97jd$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 28/10/2022 23:16, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > It was fun to watch the operator's face... One of my first projects was to improve the performance of some tape backup software by using more buffers. I used three in a ring which meant there was one being read, one being written, and one being queued up on the slower of the disc or tape. It's 40 years ago now, but I can still remember standing in front of the (reel to reel, mainframe 1600BPI drive) with a grin on my face watching it spinning around when one of the operators came over and said "Looks like you have a tape runaway there". (A runaway is when you've told the drive to seek to something, and it isn't there.) I just lifted up my arm slowly and pointed at the write light. Probably my favourite memory from my first job. Andy
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