On 17/05/2018 18:40, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2018 17:16:51 +0000, David wrote:

On Wed, 16 May 2018 20:55:20 +0100, bert wrote:

End of an era
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ot7sw7v9nd...orton.jpg?dl=0

Umble.....

ICL System 4/70 with MultiJob. COBOL programmer.
ICL 2970, 2980, 2988.
George 3 under DME on ICL 2960/2966.
Then I turned to the dark side and got involved with IBM PCs.
Then Unix.
Then IBM PC compatibles.

Incomplete as yet, but:

http://www.bobeager.uk/ihaveused.html

My first job was on VME/K development. It should have been canned years
before. We'd just about got it working and reliable (SV18) when ICL
finally did pull the plug. On a system with a larger order book than
installed base... I never went to West Gorton, though Kidsgrove was a
frequent trip, all the way from Bracknell.

I'm still developing S/W now. The machines have a thousand times more
RAM, and run a thousand times faster. But now they fit in my pocket!


Andy