On 12 Aug 2015 11:13:29 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >I recall a presentation by IBM Executives all those years back about the 'New >Era of Computing' (or something corny like that). One presenter mentioned that >there were other PCs around, but the IBM one had three things going for it >over the others: > >I >B >M > >And the PCs of this world still haven't worked out how to upgrade the OS >without a restart....
Look at the number of z series PTFs that require an IPL before casting aspersions on the PC. The z series isn't Tandem non-stop. Clark Morris > >Sigh. > >ALH > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: William Smith <[email protected]> >To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> >Sent: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:48 >Subject: Some Trivia: Happy Birthday IBM PC - You're 34 Today! > > > >Happy Birthday, IBM Personal Computer, August 12, 1981, the announcement date >for the original from IBM Boca Raton, Florida, birthplace of PC DOS and >OS/2. >August 12 is also the birthday for MGM's release of "The Wizard of OZ" >(1939) and Edison's first phonograph in 1877 ("Mary had a little >lamb."). > >Bill SmithSr. Consulting z/OS Systems >Programmer > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For >IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to >[email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
