mail aliases question

[John Summerfield]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 07 January 2008, John Summerfield wrote:
>> Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> Well, there is just me, some dummy users like amanda for the backup
>>> proggy, and root.  I made an account for the missus, but she is 'computer
>>> illiterate' in the classic Joe Sixpack mold and has only sat in this chair
>>> 2 or 3 times in 15 years.  Humm, no wonder the chair is getting lumpy...
>> I bulldozed mine:-)
>>
>> Lots of people start out like you are doing now, then go on to manage
>> systems for others. Best to start out right.
> 
> At my age, 73, I'm not really interested in expanding into steady IT work. I 
> think I have enough trouble of my own for one guy to manage...

There was me thinking I was probably the oldest one here:-)

Surely, you're not the only one who's reading the answers.

> 
> I was one of those nerds/geeks back in the later 40's that had to suffer 

Scroll down http://www.museumwaalsdorp.nl/computer/en/comp641E.html to 
Control Data to see the first computer I used.
"The Control Data 3200 computer (Ref. CDC 3800 information) had a memory 
of 32K words of 24 bits, a cycle-time of 1.25 microsecond and an 
extended set of peripheral equipment, as hard disks, tape units, a card 
reader, a printer and a plotter.
CDC 3200 systeem."

We had no disk or plotter, but we did have a card punch.

Here's some RAM from a computer we had at a later job:
http://www.thegalleryofoldiron.com/MISC.HTM
we had one or two of these, depending on how it was configured at the 
moment:
http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/events/anniversaries/40th/images/ibm370_1682/index.html
It was possible to split one computer into two while it was running and 
run them independently. We did that one time, when I wanted to borrow 
one to run OS/VS1. Before, during and after the split, the other half of 
the pair was running OS/VS2-MVS 3.8.



> 
> But tell ya what John, its been one hell of an interesting ride so far.  
> Except for the first wife's death from a stroke at age 34, and the deaths 
> from cancer of the 2 girls we made together, and the shingles after being 
> nearly electrocuted about 12 years ago, I wouldn't have missed very much of 
> the rest of it. :-)

Albert Facey might have described it as "A Fortunate Life." (Google and 
Wikipedia know him).

> 
> Thanks John & the rest of the list for your patience & tolerance of occasional 
> OT traffic.  Its appreciated, a lot.
> 


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John

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