Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Launch of the Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM Poughkeepsie
Most of the equipment in the lab belongs to Connor Krukosky; the PC Portable, PCjr, and the dot matrix printers are mine. I also did the VM/ESA configuration (I run the IBM CIO's z/VM sysprog team) while Connor did the P390 and terminal hardware configuration. He also restored the IBM Memory Typewriter and repaired the (previously professionally-restored) IBM Correcting Selectric II. Connor most definitely lifted the F50 up onto that table, but we also have furniture dollies and a nice collapsing cart. Fun fact: the VM/CMS port of Space Invaders was done by a young Mike Cowlishaw, who developed the Rexx language. Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them or She/Her Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM Poughkeepsie http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger -----Original Message----- From: Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf- midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Reply-To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Launch of the Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM Poughkeepsie Date: 07/08/2024 10:19:50 AM
On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 11:08 AM Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Fun fact: the VM/CMS port of Space Invaders was done by a young Mike Cowlishaw, who developed the Rexx language.
Amazing. I never used Rexx directly, but 20+ years ago, I wrote some stuff in Arexx on the Amiga (including a full-blown mailing list package because I was running UUCP (not sendmail etc) and the available stuff was harder to get working on AmigaDOS than just writing my own (simpler) list manager. I'd definitely like to see Space Invaders running on VM/CMS. -ethan
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