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What this article implies is not entirely correct: this codebase is not S/370 assembly, oh no. It's IBM 7074! Check also the reports which said the Master File
by chx 9y ago
What this article implies is not entirely correct: this codebase is not S/370 assembly, oh no. It's IBM 7074! Check also the reports which said the Master File age was over 55 years -- the S/370 is too new for that.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=3iEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=%22IBM+7074%22+%22irs%22&source=bl&ots=A_DZmgVBL7&sig=2cAXb5oG_JypmSU_jCa5fqbPqaY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpvuvM2qbZAhVGwWMKHdbXA0YQ6AEINjAD#v=onepage&q=%22IBM%207074%22%20%22irs%22&f=false https://books.google.ca/books?id=3iEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&lpg=PA...
- lobster_johnson 9y agoThere was an interesting article/HN story a year ago about the government working Java into an ancient IBM 7074 system: https://thenewstack.io/happens-use-java-1960-ibm-mainframe/ https://thenewstack.io/happens-use-java-1960-ibm-mainframe/ HN discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13464675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13464675