[Dshield] P.S. Re: Your father's internet

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** Reply to message from WebMaster at commerco.net on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:44:13
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> An S/360?  Wow, if memory serves, at least you did not have to worry 
> about preemptive process interrupts on those babies... I don't think 
> they had any. ;-)

It very definitely had preemptive process interrupts.  The 360 model 67 ran
multiple virtual machines.


>  I think I may have actually seen one of those at a 
> magazine fulfillment house back in the mid 1970s.  Still, it was not 
> as neat as the CRAY XMP(?) I got to see once - complete with "bench" 
> surround seating.
> 
> 1401?  Does anyone even know someone (alive) who still knows BAL?

I know BAL.