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Stop Run An eclectic take on the mainframe world Memories of a Mainframe Note: IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe edition is collecting user memories to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the System/360* announcement. Share your memory by e-mailing Managing Editor Natalie Boike at nboike@msptechmedia.com. A Generational Effect My favorite mainframe memory is from my childhood. My father was a field engineer for 36 years. When I was young, and data centers weren’t quite as secure as they are today, my father took me with him on a weekend site visit. I saw the operators mounting tapes, reviewing the console printout and running punched cards through the readers. The noise of t he a i r ha nd ler s and the lights on the Krysta McKnight, 11, saw her first mainSystem/360* console frame when visiting ju st added to t he her father at work. ambience. My father opened the mainframe and showed me the wiring and circuit boards; I was hooked! I’ve spent my entire IT career working with mainframes and am the leader of a mainframe technical support team. Recently, I gave my father a tour of our data center. He was amazed at how much things had changed and kept looking around for the “big blue box.” When I opened the cabinet and showed him the new technology, I got the impression he was feeling the same things I had felt years ago. I’ve since passed my family’s love of the mainframe on to the next generation. Last year, my company sponsored a “take your child to work” event. My daughter Krysta, 11, is about the same age I was when I saw my first mainframe. The look on her face when she saw the equipment was probably like mine when I first saw Big Iron. We’ve built several computers together and she’s completely hooked. I don’t know yet if she’ll be a part of the mainframe world. Only time will tell. Bruce McKnight Team Leader, Mainframe Systems Support Eaton Corporation; Cleveland, Ohio 48 M A R C H/A PRIL 2009 Shocking System/360 Performance I got into the computer business four years after IBM announced the System/360. One of my best stories is from when I worked for a computer service bureau from 1969 until 1971. It was on the third floor of an office tower in Jacksonville, Fla. There were huge windows on three sides of the computer room. The company had an IBM System/360 Model 50, Model 40 and Model 30. A bit after I joined the company, the servers began crashing at night. IBM sent in its taskforce, but weeks went by with no fix. Our building was on the right bank of the St. Johns River and there was a lot of commercial ship traffic. Some thought electronic emissions from ships might be interfering with our computers. I remember coming into work one day and all of the windows were covered in aluminum foil to block out those emissions. One of t he I BM tec h n icia n s decided to stay on t he operations f loor all night. This was a first-class company that took visitors and customers through the data center, so it looked fabulous–nice windows, the location on the river and carpet-covered floor tiles. Our receptionist was a former Miss Florida. During the day our operations staff members were very professional. But when management left for the day, things got a little more casual. It turned out one of the night shift operators would roll his chair across the f loor from the operator console to a tape drive to mount a new tape. Then he’d roll back to the console and do that all night long. One humid night, while the IBM tech watched, the guy rolled over to the printers, put in more paper and then rolled back to the operator console. He touched his keypad on the console and the Model 50 croaked on the spot. The operator was rolling around on carpeted f loor tiles and building up static. If conditions were just right he zapped the console with static and the machine went down. The IBM tech figured it out immediately. He re-checked the grou nd i ng a nd su re enoug h t here was a brea k i n t he grounding connection. They put extra grounding on all of the computers, removed the carpeted floor tiles and we never had that problem again. David J. Lytle Brocade Certified Architect, FICON Brocade Global Solutions Architect; Marietta, Ga. ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009

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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009
Table of Contents
Editor's Desk
Trends:  Improvements to IMS Make it a First-Rate Data-Management Solution
IT Today:  Cloud Computing Helps Reduce Spending and Increase ROI
Case Study:  Wakefern Food Corporation exchanges an aging solution for a new, more functional systems to accelerate date transfers
Cover Story:  After 45 Years, Innovation Brings the Mainframe Full Circle
Feature:  Innovation Keeps the Mainframe on Track to Meet Changing BI Needs
Administrator:  Performance Toolkit for z/VM
Developer: Options for Optimizing Web-Service Creation
Mainframe's 45-Year Timeline
Technical Corner:  A System Programmer's Guide to Data Warehousing
Advertiser Index
Product News
Stop Run:  Readers Share Their Mainframe Memories
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Editor's Desk
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Trends:  Improvements to IMS Make it a First-Rate Data-Management Solution
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - 13
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - IT Today:  Cloud Computing Helps Reduce Spending and Increase ROI
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Case Study:  Wakefern Food Corporation exchanges an aging solution for a new, more functional systems to accelerate date transfers
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Cover Story:  After 45 Years, Innovation Brings the Mainframe Full Circle
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - 29
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Feature:  Innovation Keeps the Mainframe on Track to Meet Changing BI Needs
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - 35
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Administrator:  Performance Toolkit for z/VM
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - 38
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - 39
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Developer: Options for Optimizing Web-Service Creation
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Mainframe's 45-Year Timeline
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - M3
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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Technical Corner:  A System Programmer's Guide to Data Warehousing
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - 45
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - 46
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Product News
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - March/April 2009 - Stop Run:  Readers Share Their Mainframe Memories
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