Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 2/28/25 11:42 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:11:33 -0500, c186282 wrote:
 

    Came across a 360 (model 20 ? the little one) in use by a parts
    distributor about 20 years ago. Nowadays they're always emulated,
    like with the Hercules system or better since I doubt you'll get
    parts/service for yer ancient 360/370 now.

 That must have been cute. RPI had a Model 30 in '66 and I thought that was
the bottom of the barrel.

   Checked. The Model 20 was extremely popular, but
   allegedly didn't do the entire 360 instruction set.
   WAS the cheapest system ... but cheap/good.  The
   model 30 was similar - but did do the whole
   instruction set.
   Don't remember if the one I saw was a 20 or 30 ...
   but it was still hummin' along and doing practical
   work. The corp likely got it 2nd-hand and found
   somebody who knew how to make it do its stuff.
   So, not a total surprise to see one still in use
   so much later on. Never be quick to throw away
   something that WORKS.
   Probably all COBOL  :-)