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Latest comment: 1 year ago by Chatul in topic What is user
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Job Description for Citations

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As I worked through some of these positions, about the only information I can find out about them are job listings. It seems to me that that would be a reputable source, but I haven't been able to find any books or articles yet. Are we okay with that?  Preceding unsigned comment added by TitanOfOld (talkcontribs) 03:42, 13 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

stuff to add in

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Moved this section of Pi314m's edits (and and subsequent edits) to talk page: —Ost (talk) 14:23, 17 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

  • peripherals operator: card reader, printers/setup
  • HASP/ASP
  • past/punched card era; 21st century?
  • from S/168 - apply as needed
Thanks; HASP/ASP is multi-faceted:
  • main console commands, releasing jobs placed in "hold" by the submitter (e.g. to find tape(s) to be mounted)
  • remote console commands - looking in job queues to answer "where's my job" and to possibly re-"route" (large) printed outputs Pi314m (talk) 03:55, 3 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Tape operator examples

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The examples in Computer operator#Tape librarian could be better chosen.

The AS/400 is a complete system. Wouldn't it be better to cite a specific tape drive on the AS/400.

The IBM 3850 is a mass storage system (MSS). While the operator can insert and eject cartridges from the MSS, in normal use cartridges reside there for extended periods, if not permanently.

Some better examples might be

plus some from other vendors. Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 14:23, 26 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Beyond the IBM System/360 era

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I believe that the reference to a light pen was meant for the 370/158. In addition

  1. It's the 370/158 that represents a radical change; a 3270 with a light pen replaces almost all of the displays and controls of the 370/155.[1]
  2. Feature 5450 of the 360/85, the IBM 3066 Model 1 of the 370/165 and the 3066 Model 2 of the 370/168 should be lumped together. All of them included the keyboard/display, the document viewer and a second microfiche display for indicators.[2]

The entire Beyond the IBM System/360 era section belongs in Front panel or System console. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 17:25, 26 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. "20:25 System Consoles" (PDF). A Guide to the IBM System/370 Model 158 (PDF). Systems (Third ed.). IBM. August 1975. pp. 28-32.1. GC20-1754-2. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  2. "20:25 System Console" (PDF). A Guide to the IBM System/370 Model 168 for System/370 Model 165 Users (PDF). Systems (Fourth ed.). IBM. September 1976. p. 34. GC20-1754-2. Retrieved November 26, 2023.

What is user

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A person an the computer uparetor is user 2409:4089:1D30:5250:1B5E:B602:5A8:A6B1 (talk) 14:36, 16 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

The notion of user is system dependent, e.g., in OS/360 a console operator is not a user, in Unix an operator is a user with elevated privileges. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 15:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)Reply