Comments by "" (@ronjon7942) on "Why the UK's IBM Failed" video.

  1. Great story!! When I saw ‘sorters,’ my mind instantly to Unisys check sorters, where I got my start in IT, but as a lowly maintenance tech; I wish Imhad taken an interest in software as you did. Anyhow, it paid the bills, and got me a job at IBM (where I avoided the check sorter team :)) which eventually sprung me into sysadmin work. Things changed fast - I started out monkeying w a Unisys sorter (DP700??) that used core memory and 8.5” floppies. My favorite was the 9TB IBM Shark, a disk subsystem about 3 racks wide of SSA hard drives. And now? Maybe I should apply at a computer history museum. Anyway, thanks for sharing your story, brought back some decent memories.
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