> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin > Sent: 30 October 2015 17:51 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Know any Fortran programmers who need a more interesting job? > > On Fri, 30 Oct 2015, Jerome H. Fine wrote: > > Does anyone have any idea as to the actual hardware platform? > > I used an IBM 7094 II back around 1965 using both FORTRAN and assembly > > language, but that was only 50 years ago. > > There was no operating system, just a batch stream of one job at a > > time. All I/O was via a 1401 for both input and output. > > But it did work well for that era. > > In 1970, at Goddard Space Flight Center, Space Sciences Data Center, we > used FORTRAN on a 7094 with a 360/30 for I/O. But we also used FORTRAN > on several 360/9x machines, and sometimes APL on time sharing (selectric > terminal) > > I wonder when the 7094s finally got retired.
Has anyone actually managed to find this job posting? I had a quick look on the main Nasa site and also on the JPL site, and couldn't find it at all. I am curious to read it. Regards Rob
