Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?

On 4/4/25 4:38 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 04/04/2025 01:16, rbowman wrote:

On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 16:38:57 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>

    The 360/370 boxes WERE really popular, so I'm gonna GUESS
    there's a least one or two still chugging away. Maint cost
    would be insane these days ... but you can kinda bury that in
    the budget while new hardware stands out more and in more
    places.

>
I'm not sure there are any little old ladies left to knit magnetic
core.

 
Last time I looked they were little asian ladies wit teeny nimble
fingers.
Did all the coil winding in that factory.

 
   Look up "rope memory"  :-)