Roedy Green wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:32:22 -0500, "John W. Kennedy"
> <jwkenne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
> said :
>
>> OS/360 MFT II
>
> It would have been MFT. I recall IBM was offering an OS somewhat
> stripped down from the one we used on the BC Hydro Mainframe.
>
> I is quite amazing how back that a machine with less than a meg could
> serve perhaps 100 programmers.. Mind you you got one compile a day.
I suppose IBM was still offering MFT II in 1975, but it was on its last
legs. The last release came out in 1972. Still, it could run on a fairly
small system; 512KiB was plenty, and half that was entirely feasible.
--
John W. Kennedy
"Those in the seat of power oft forget their failings and seek only the
obeisance of others! Thus is bad government born! Hold in your heart
that you and the people are one, human beings all, and good government
shall arise of its own accord! Such is the path of virtue!"
-- Kazuo Koike. "Lone Wolf and Cub: Thirteen Strings" (tr. Dana
Lewis)
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