System/3 was a bit before my time, but started on the /32 and then marched forward through to the AS400 days. Things did seem much simpler then, but in retrospect, much more expensive and time consuming. Today with a few clicks of a mouse we can get information that would take days or weeks to get from the old IBM iron.
Cringe moment @ 1:40 doesn't age well. Why would the fact that a single woman is serves as the entire data processing department mean anything other than they have a brilliant technical manager on staff who wears lots of hats?
Loved the system 38, started on one in 1987. MAPICS in a manufacturing company in South Wales, UK
Worked on System 38, 36, 34, 32, and System 3. Memories
System/3 was a bit before my time, but started on the /32 and then marched forward through to the AS400 days. Things did seem much simpler then, but in retrospect, much more expensive and time consuming. Today with a few clicks of a mouse we can get information that would take days or weeks to get from the old IBM iron.
Worked on a System 38 in 1989.
I started my IT career on this box about 40 years ago. It was fantastic business technology for the money.
The beginning of the "Retail Omni Channel" as known today
Stepping into the QPGMR role was likely the best career accelerator for me.
El mon de la Logistica va tenir una gran eina , el tandem IBM S/38 i la plataforma integrada de LISSA - Barcelona , TRANSIT
Cringe moment @ 1:40 doesn't age well. Why would the fact that a single woman is serves as the entire data processing department mean anything other than they have a brilliant technical manager on staff who wears lots of hats?
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