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Re: Mercury

From rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups alt.unix.geeks, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Mercury
Date 2026-04-04 19:22 +0000
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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.

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Re: Mercury "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-03 14:33 +0200
  Re: Mercury c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 11:06 -0400
    Re: Mercury Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-03 16:51 +0000
      Re: Mercury c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 14:47 -0400
        CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 12:57 -0700
          Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 22:45 -0400
            Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-04 03:27 +0000
            Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-04 04:57 +0000
        CPU design "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-03 22:00 +0200
          Re: CPU design c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 16:29 -0400
            Re: CPU design "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 13:20 +0200
              Re: CPU design c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-04 13:57 -0400
                Re: CPU design "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 22:18 +0200
                Re: CPU design Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-05 03:44 +0000
                Re: CPU design "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-05 13:58 +0200
                Re: CPU design c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-05 17:19 -0400
                Re: CPU design The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-05 12:42 +0100
        Re: Mercury Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-03 21:57 +0000
    Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-03 17:54 +0000
      Re: Mercury c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 22:29 -0400
        Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-04 04:58 +0000
          Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-04 13:30 +0100
            Re: Mercury c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-04 13:46 -0400
              Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-04 19:22 +0000
            Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-04 19:09 +0000
          Re: Mercury c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-04 13:50 -0400
    Re: Mercury "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-03 21:55 +0200
      Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-04 13:40 +0100
        Re: Mercury Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-04 14:32 +0000
          Re: Mercury "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 18:44 +0200
            Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-04 19:02 +0000
            Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-05 12:17 +0100
              Re: Mercury "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-05 13:59 +0200
                Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-05 13:10 +0100
                Re: Mercury "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-05 19:50 +0200
                Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-05 22:02 +0000
                Re: Mercury Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-05 17:01 -0700
                Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-06 02:05 +0000
                Mandriva was Re: Mercury Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-05 21:18 -0700
                Re: Mandriva was Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-06 16:02 +0000
                Re: Mandriva was Re: Mercury Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-06 14:53 -0700
                Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-06 11:01 +0100

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