StevePhelps 0 #26 March 8, 2004 Gawd, I miss Texas! Born & bred! Live in OKIE land now -- uugghh! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #27 March 8, 2004 QuoteGawd, I miss Texas! Born & bred! Live in OKIE land now -- uugghh! Go have a Meers burger for me then since you stuck there.... Damn, haven't had one of those in awhile. I hope they are still open. JumpScars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #28 March 8, 2004 QuoteTechie trivia - The queue control system for IBM products is called JES (job entry subsystem), before that it was HASP (Houston AeroSpace Program). I learned HASP as "Houston Automatic Spooling Program". It was the invention of what we know today as "buffering", by putting memory inbetween the computer and the hardware device. In the old days, the computer would spit data directly to the printer, so the printing speed was erratic based upon how fast the data was sent. And no other program could be set to print until the current one finished. HASP allowed multiple programs to dump print to memory simultaneously, creating a queue of waiting work, and the printer just used the buffer to get what it needed. That way all the devices could just work at their own speed, independent of each other. Gosh, is my age showing? Yeah, I started out on keypunch machines, before there was direct screen input. IBM 1401. Wire boards. Reading binary codes from lights on the computer console. Fun stuff... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #29 March 10, 2004 QuoteGonna spread some Horn Frog purple around that place I am..... Jump Hey I'm a horned frog too! Wouldn't be surprised if we are the only 2 though.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
