[Coco] OT: Has anyone worked with "big iron" sysems

[Raphael, Mark I]

I still work for EDS and have since 1988.  Started in Plano on MVS
mainframes as a tape mounter (nickname: tape ape).  Then doing JCL,
Cobol, etc (as well as some DEC VAX/VMS and Unix) until about 3 years
ago although I never had to work with punched cards nor ALC (whew).  Now
doing Oracle, client-server, Unix, C, Cobol, Powerbuilder development
(yea!).

I can remember the tape library in Plano had close to 1 million
cartridge and round-reel tapes.  Until about '92, it was all humans
running the library.  Around 1993, they started using robotic tape
drives to replace a lot of the humans.

FWIW, I never had a problem with MVS.  I love JCL and Cobol, actually
have taught classes on them.  The Unix-based system that I work on now
is a snail compared to the batch-based stuff I used to do on the IBMs.
...and IMO, VMS is so much better than Unix.

Mark Raphael
mailto:mark.raphael at eds.com



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>Message: 4
>Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 11:01:55 -0400
>From: Roger Merchberger <zmerch-coco at 30below.com>
>Subject: Re: [Coco] OT: Has anyone worked with "big iron" sysems
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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>Rumor has it that Jim Cox may have mentioned these words:
>>I'm curious to know if anyone on this list has worked with so-called
"big 
>>iron" systmes.

>/me raises hand...

>Worked for EDS (GM) back in '89/90 - Loved my job, hated Duhtroit.
Before 
>moving back to the Sault (the feminine component of the equation won
over - 
>my GF at the time is now my wife of nearly 14 years) I was working on 
>transferring within EDS, I was looking for jobs in either Plano/Dallas
TX, 
>Ottawa or Oshawa Ontario, or Rudesheim, Germany (as I speak a little
German).