“No-Lone Zone” at State Bank Victoria
DaleThe first mainframe I ever IML’d was the IBM 4341. The 4341 was released in 1979. Our 4341 was superseded by the 3090-600J. IBM had released the 3090 family in…
“What’s this ZNET command script do then?”
One of the functions of the Network Operations Group had was managing the IBM Mainframe network. Let’s say 2,500 terminals in all. Now, back in those days, there was a…
Looking for the truth.
I’ve been doing a "Mary Webb". Mary, bless her heart, was a PC support technician, known for asking the same question, many times, of different people. Hence the phrase, doing…
Corporate Propaganda – FLIC Inc. reaps the benefits of CA UniCentre.
Used to carry this around in my wallet, and whether someone said: ”CA UniCentre is a crap product” I’d point out that we thought it was a fabulous solution, at…
Frank Brandenberg, the man who killed the CTOS operating system
Today is the “a little bit of history” post. I was going though some old documents I had from the days of working with the CTOS operating system, and I…
This fix only for Windows NT4 Server
Folks may remember the support gap when Microsoft dropped support for Windows NT4 Workstation, but still supported NT4 Server. The difference between NT4 Workstation and Server was minimal, a couple…
Some people only “get it” with pictures …
And some are so pig-ignorant that even a photo doesn’t help. Had to write up training material for a SMS 2003 support session I was presenting. You can see the…
Look carefully, you can see the Compaq sign.
One company I was at, had an on-site server team from Compaq. This was in the days before HP merged with Compaq, and stuffed both companies. Even though it was…
Do machines have souls?
Yes, some do. You can feel this in how they behave. Let's speak of cars. I think the most reliable brand of car is Toyota. But are their cars exciting???…
NT4 is still out there.
… or there are still people running Windows NT4 systems. My last experience with building NT4 systems was trying to fit an existing NT4 SOE image onto a Compaq laptop. …