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SWBTATTReg

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7. A nice complement to your skills and enduring skills, isn't it? I still get students on some of

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #6)

Sun Jun 6, 2021, 12:48 PM

Jun 2021

my IT classes I taught coming to me over 35 years later, and tell me that my problems and/or solutions are still part of the course agenda (JCL, COBOL, PL1, Assembler, Utilities and IBM Utilities, etc.). It's a nice feeling.

I had to laugh too, I remember w/ baited breath (we all did) as the year 2000 rolled into place...millions of us in IT land. What an once in a lifetime experience.

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I didn't realize there were 60-year-old computer systems Wicked Blue Jun 2021 #1

The hamsters on the treadmill are ready to retire. nt TexasTowelie Jun 2021 #2

Ha ha heh...that's probably what they are using to power this system ... gee, can you imagine SWBTATTReg Jun 2021 #3

They contact them through a ouija board Wicked Blue Jun 2021 #4

Probably not assembly language, more likely COBOL. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2021 #5

Been there, done that. TexasTowelie Jun 2021 #6

A nice complement to your skills and enduring skills, isn't it? I still get students on some of SWBTATTReg Jun 2021 #7

If nothing else, please upgrade the computer security FakeNoose Jun 2021 #8