TPF ran lots of ATM networks. I worked at First Interstate in 1988 working on a project to convert from TPF to MVS. And certainly any bank that does VISA authorization at their ATMs still to this day use TPF because that's what VISA uses.
In article <[email protected]> you wrote: > I had a brief and bemusing encounter with TPF around 1990. My employer, > Security Pacific Bank, was acquired by (the old SF-based) Bank of America, > which was then under the tutelage of an ex CEO of American Airlines. He > believed that TPF was the answer to all important IT questions. In > particular, he engineered a project to manage the Bank's ATMs with TPF, > perhaps the only time/place that TPF was charged with that > responsibility--absolutely critical for a major financial institution. It > apparently worked pretty well. My mainframe buddies there admired TPF for its > lightning quick recovery--a blessing, they said, because it crashed a lot. ;-) > BofA's contribution to TPF was the addition of native SNA support, which IIRC > they sold to IBM for a dollar in order to assure future maintenance. I have > no idea what happened after that. > . > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > [email protected] > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Gabe Goldberg > > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:38 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Bulk] Lineage of TPF > > > > Indeed. Then a couple people responded. Good timing; I'm writing article on > > TPF for Destination z or IBM Systems Magazine (I forget where it'll be > > published). IBM TPFers have been very helpful and I'm contacting TPF users > > group: http://www.tpfug.org/ . I didn't post here because .... > > well, I just didn't, but I should have. Better late than never: I'm > > interested in TPF > > insights, experiences, etc. > > > > Be brief, this won't be an epic article, though there might be follow-on > > pieces. > > Please copy me directly so replies aren't buried in the list digest. > > > > Thanks... > > > > Rick Troth said on IBM-Main: Lineage of TPF would also be interesting. > > > > -- > > Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected] > > 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 204-0433 > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0 -- Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive [email protected] (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
