[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[JF Mezei]

glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
ch means more lines/second.
> 
> http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/supplies/supplies_5404PH09.html
> 
> has a picture of the 1403 model 2, but doesn't give a date.
> I believe this is the version for S/360 and S/370, where
> the model 1 would have been for the 1401. 

Oh ! The memories this brings !

This is what McGill university had for students in 1981-1983 timeframe.
Rugged. The computer was a 4341 with 8 meg of RAM supporting 149 users.
(at 150, we kmew it would crash :-)

I was the first year where no course required used of punched cards.
Although one assignment was to punch one card with out name on it.

I was a student operator tending to the 1403, making sure there was
paper, removing paper jams, changing ribbons etc.  These machines were
really rugged because students tended to be a bit rough with them when
their printout wasn't coming out quickly enough !