I just missed the 360 era when I became an operator, but the 370 console was similar in sci-fi-ish feel. There was a hexadecimal rotary dial via which you'd set

I just missed the 360 era when I became an operator, but the 370 console was similar in sci-fi-ish feel. There was a hexadecimal rotary dial via which you'd set the boot device address, and an actual mechanical switch to boot it up. In contrast, the 3033 operator console was just sort of a glorified terminal. I thought the Quiesce feature was so cool -- you could freeze all programs and OS activity in place, then disconnect and work on any devices or peripherals at will, then resume. In a mere 2-year span, I got to run 370s, 3033s, 308x (including the 4-processor 3084), and 309x not long after I left operations for programming.