Wow, what a pleasant memory for me. My first job in GSI Singapore Computer Data Center, working on TIAC 827 computer(see 13:45) as a maintenance engineer. The TIAC 827 is a 18 bit machine and the hardware architecture was a classic Von Neuman with paper tape reader for input and a one inch digital tape transport made by Ampex for output. CPU Memory size? How about 1K core memory later upgraded to 4K core memory! Magnetic core, not MOS memory chips! Memory read/write cycle almost 1 microsec (if memory serves me correctly). Folklore was rampant that warned against wearing polyester clothing, especially undergarments as the dreaded "Core Memory Error" could just pop up on the console and the program will just ground to a halt. Well trained in Dallas, we understood the machine inside and out and did component troubleshooting. I consider myself one of the fortunate few who had the chance to work on this TI computer system specifically designed for digital siesmic data processing.
I work for them June of 81 till June of 83.... I consider it one of the biggest mistakes of My Life quitting that company. I work mostly shallow water crews. Mobile Bay Mississippi River the bayous of Louisiana. In the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana........ My brother convinced me to quit my job we were going to go into the stucco business . Which did not work out very well. He's dead and gone and I'm still doing stucco at the age of 62 zero retirement...
Wow, what a pleasant memory for me. My first job in GSI Singapore Computer Data Center, working on TIAC 827 computer(see 13:45) as a maintenance engineer. The TIAC 827 is a 18 bit machine and the hardware architecture was a classic Von Neuman with paper tape reader for input and a one inch digital tape transport made by Ampex for output. CPU Memory size? How about 1K core memory later upgraded to 4K core memory! Magnetic core, not MOS memory chips! Memory read/write cycle almost 1 microsec (if memory serves me correctly). Folklore was rampant that warned against wearing polyester clothing, especially undergarments as the dreaded "Core Memory Error" could just pop up on the console and the program will just ground to a halt. Well trained in Dallas, we understood the machine inside and out and did component troubleshooting. I consider myself one of the fortunate few who had the chance to work on this TI computer system specifically designed for digital siesmic data processing.
Best company I've ever worked for. Good times from west Texas to the high arctic.
Couldn't agree more!
I work for them June of 81 till June of 83.... I consider it one of the biggest mistakes of My Life quitting that company. I work mostly shallow water crews. Mobile Bay Mississippi River the bayous of Louisiana. In the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana........ My brother convinced me to quit my job we were going to go into the stucco business . Which did not work out very well. He's dead and gone and I'm still doing stucco at the age of 62 zero retirement...