RE: For all those COMMON old-timers

Installed 1 x 5151/12 and 6 x 5151/11 and 1 x 5256 printer on the 9th
floor of a building with no lifts back in the day AARRGGHHH!!!!!

Cheers

Don






From: "Roger Harman" <roger.harman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
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Date: 21/03/2024 09:57 AM
Subject: RE: For all those COMMON old-timers
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RIP, Bruce.

James, you don't know what a boat anchor feels like until you've lugged a
5251/11 or, better yet, 5251/12 terminal up a couple of flights of stairs.

Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power



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Subject: Re: For all those COMMON old-timers

On 3/20/24 3:10 PM, Paul Nelson wrote:

Model 5251 terminals, which weighed in at a featherweight 79 pounds.

Way before my time (I was still a student at CSU Long Beach when the
first IBM-PCs hit the market, and the PS/2 was already considered
antiquated the first time I signed on to a D02).

The oldest Twinax terminal I ever used was a 3180, and considered *that*
to be a boat-anchor. (But I *can* still make and repair Twinax cables
competently well.)

My condolences to Mr. Drake's friends and family.

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JHHL
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