Collected Postings
2023- Collected Postings,
2016-2022 Collected Postings,
2013-2015 Collected Postings,
2011-2012 Collected Postings,
2009-2010 Collected Postings,
2007-2008 Collected Postings,
2005-2006 Collected Postings,
2003-2004 Collected Postings,
2001-2002 Collected Postings,
1993-2000 Collected Postings,
Misc. Topic Organization --
Internet History Postings --
Old Email
Usenet & Social Media Postings by year
2023:
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2022;
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2021:
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2020:
p1,
2019:
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2018:
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2017:
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2016:
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2015:
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2014:
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2013:
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2012:
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2011:
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2010:
p17,
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2009:
p19,
p18,
p17,
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2008:
p19,
p18,
p17,
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1
2007:
p22,
p21,
p20,
p19,
p18,
p17,
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1
2006:
p25,
p24,
p23,
p22,
p21,
p20,
p19,
p18,
p17,
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1
2005:
p22,
p21,
p20,
p19,
p18,
p17,
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2004:
p17,
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1,
2003:
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2
p1
2002:
p17,
p16,
p15,
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1
2001:
p14,
p13,
p12,
p11,
p10,
p9,
p8,
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1
2000:
p7,
p6,
p5,
p4,
p3,
p2,
p1
1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
Current Postings by Subject
Network related postings (2023- ), also
- 2016-2022,
- 2013-2015,
- 2011-2012,
- 2009-2010,
- 2007-2008,
- 2005-2006,
- 2003-2004,
- 2001-2002,
- 1993-2000,
Mainframe related postings (2023- ), also
- 2016-2022,
- 2013-2015,
- 2011-2012,
- 2009-2010,
- 2007-2008,
- 2005-2006,
- 2003-2004,
- 2001-2002,
- 1993-2000,
All postings (2023- ), also
- 2016-2022,
- 2013-2015,
- 2011-2012,
- 2009-2010,
- 2007-2008,
- 2005-2006,
- 2003-2004,
- 2001-2002,
- 1993-2000,
- home
Network related postings (2023- )
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 5G Hype Cycle
- Adventure Game
- Al Gore Inventing The Internet
- Another 4341 thread
- big and little, Can BCD and binary multipliers share circuitry?
- Classified Material and Security
- Classified Material and Security
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Early Webservers
- Early Webservers
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Fortran
- GML, SGML, & HTML
- HURD
- IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
- IBM 3031, 3032, 3033
- IBM 370
- IBM 370
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM changes between 1968 and 1989
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM HSDT Technology
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM ROLM
- IBM ROLM
- IBM San Jose
- IBM TLA
- IBM's Near Demise
- IBM/PC and Microchannel
- INTEROP 88 Santa Clara
- Lick and Keck Observatories
- Memories of Mosaic
- Memories of Mosaic
- Memories of Mosaic
- Memories of Mosaic
- Northern Va. is the heart of the internet. Not everyone is happy about that
- Online Computer Conferencing
- Online Computer Conferencing
- Online systems fostering online communication
- Online systems fostering online communication
- Online Terminals
- PROFS trivia
- STS-41-D and SBS-4
- TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
- TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
- TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- XTP, OSI & LAN/MAC
- z/VM 50th - Part 6, long winded zm story (before z/vm)
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- (2016-2022),
- (2013-2015),
- (2011-2012),
- (2009-2010),
- (2007-2008),
- (2005-2006),
- (2003-2004),
- (2001-2002),
- (1993-2000),
mainframe,
all
Mainframe related postings (2023- )
- 1403 printer
- 2023 IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
- 2023 IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
- 23Jun1969 Unbundling and Online IBM Branch Offices
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 360 Announce and then the Future System Disaster
- 360 Announce Stories
- 360 Announce Stories
- 360 Announce Stories
- 370 Virtual Memory Decision
- 370/125 and MVCL instruction
- 7090/7044 Direct Couple
- Account Transaction Update
- Adventure
- Adventure Game
- Adventure Game
- Almost IBM class student
- Almost IBM class student
- Another 4341 thread
- ASCII/TTY Terminal Support
- big and little, Can BCD and binary multipliers share circuitry?
- Bimodal Distribution
- Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
- Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
- Classified Material and Security
- Clone/OEM IBM systems
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- CP67 "IPL-by-name"
- Dataprocessing 48hr shift
- Disk optimization
- DISK Performance and Reliability
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Fortran
- Fortran
- Global & Local Page Replacement
- GML, SGML, & HTML
- IBM "Green Card"
- IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
- IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
- IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
- IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
- IBM 3031, 3032, 3033
- IBM 3031, 3032, 3033
- IBM 3081 TCM
- IBM 3081 TCM
- IBM 360 Folklore
- IBM 360/40 and CP/40
- IBM 370
- IBM 370
- IBM 370
- IBM 370
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM AIX
- IBM AIX
- IBM AIX
- IBM and OSS
- IBM Big Blue, True Blue, Bleed Blue
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM changes between 1968 and 1989
- IBM CICS
- IBM DASD
- IBM DASD
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM HASP (& 2780 terminal)
- IBM Mainframe
- IBM Marketing, Sales, Branch Offices
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM ROLM
- IBM San Jose
- IBM San Jose
- IBM San Jose
- IBM San Jose
- IBM Term "DASD"
- IBM Term "DASD"
- IBM TLA
- IBM TLA
- IBM User Group, SHARE
- IBM User Group, SHARE
- IBM User Group, SHARE
- IBM VM370 "Resource Manager"
- IBM/PC
- IMS & DB2
- Intel's Core i9-13900KS breaks the 6GHz barrier
- IRS and legacy COBOL
- IRS and legacy COBOL
- IRS and legacy COBOL
- Mainframe Assembler
- Mainrame Channel Redrive
- Mainrame Channel Redrive
- More Dataprocessing Career
- MTS & IBM 360/67
- MTS & IBM 360/67
- NCSS and Dun & Bradstreet
- NSFNET (Old Farts)
- Online Computer Conferencing
- Online Computer Conferencing
- Online systems fostering online communication
- Online systems fostering online communication
- Online Terminals
- Performance Predictor, IBM downfall, and new CEO
- PROFS trivia
- Punch Cards
- Some 3033 (and other) Trivia
- StorageTek Tape Library
- Sunset IBM JES3
- TCP/IP, Internet, Ethernet, 3Tier
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- VM/370 3270 Terminal
- XTP, OSI & LAN/MAC
- z/VM 50th - Part 6, long winded zm story (before z/vm)
- z/VM 50th - part 7
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network,
mainframe
- (2016-2022),
- (2016-2022),
- (2011-2012),
- (2009-2010),
- (2007-2008),
- (2005-2006),
- (2003-2004),
- (2001-2002),
- (1993-2000),
all
Current Collected subjects (2023- )
- $209bn a year is what fossil fuel firms owe in climate reparations
- $209bn a year is what fossil fuel firms owe in climate reparations
- $4 Trillion In U.S. Wealth Is Stashed Overseas, Much Of It In Tax Havens
- 'Oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? They run the US as well'
- 'Pay your fair share': Biden's talk on taxes echoes our findings The State of the Union speech hammered on tax inequality
- 'Saddam was terrible but we had security': the Iraq war 20 years on
- 1403 printer
- 2023 IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
- 2023 IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
- 23Jun1969 Unbundling and Online IBM Branch Offices
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world
- 360 Announce and then the Future System Disaster
- 360 Announce Stories
- 360 Announce Stories
- 360 Announce Stories
- 370 Virtual Memory Decision
- 370/125 and MVCL instruction
- 5G Hype Cycle
- 7090/7044 Direct Couple
- Account Transaction Update
- Adventure
- Adventure Game
- Adventure Game
- Adventure Game
- After the storm, hopefully
- After the storm, hopefully
- After the storm, hopefully
- AI means everyone can now be a programmer, Nvidia chief says
- Al Gore Inventing The Internet
- Almost IBM class student
- Almost IBM class student
- Another 4341 thread
- Anti-Union Capitalism Is Wrecking America
- ASCII/TTY Terminal Support
- AUSMINIUM FOUND IN HEAVY RED-TAPE DISCOVERY
- AUSMINIUM FOUND IN HEAVY RED-TAPE DISCOVERY
- big and little, Can BCD and binary multipliers share circuitry?
- Bimodal Distribution
- Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
- Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
- Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
- Boyd & IBM "Wild Duck" Discussion
- Charlie Kirk's 'Turning Point' Pivots to Christian Nationalism
- Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire
- Classified Material and Security
- Classified Material and Security
- Classified Material and Security
- Clone/OEM IBM systems
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Conflicts with IBM Communication Group
- Congress Has Been Captured by the Arms Industry
- Corporate Greed Is a Root Cause of Rail Disasters Around the World
- CP67 "IPL-by-name"
- Credit Suisse whistleblowers say Swiss bank has been helping wealthy Americans dodge U.S. taxes for years
- Credit Suisse whistleblowers say Swiss bank has been helping wealthy Americans dodge U.S. taxes for years
- Dataprocessing 48hr shift
- Dataprocessing Career
- Dataprocessing Career
- Dean of the Columbia University Business School
- Disk optimization
- DISK Performance and Reliability
- Dunning-Kruger
- Early Webservers
- Early Webservers
- Economic Mess and IBM Science Center
- Economic Mess and IBM Science Center
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- Ethernet (& CAT5)
- F15 & SST 2707
- Father, Son & CO
- Father, Son & CO
- Federal Deficit and Debt
- Fortran
- Fortran
- Fortran
- Free Money Turned Brains to Mush, Now Some Banks Fail
- Gangsters of Capitalism
- Global & Local Page Replacement
- Global & Local Page Replacement
- GlobalFoundries sues IBM for flogging 'chip secrets to Intel, Rapidus'
- GML, SGML, & HTML
- Google Tells Some Employees to Share Desks After Pushing Return-to-Office Plan
- Health Care in Crisis: Warning! US Capitalism is Lethal
- History Is Un-American. Real Americans Create Their Own Futures
- How a Covert Firm Spreads Lies and Chaos Around the World
- How to Humiliate an Economist
- HURD
- HURD
- Hypocrisy: Putin should be Punished as a War Criminal, but so Should many in Washington, D.C
- IBM "Green Card"
- IBM "Top Gun"
- IBM (FE) Retain
- IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
- IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
- IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
- IBM 158-3 (& 4341)
- IBM 3031, 3032, 3033
- IBM 3031, 3032, 3033
- IBM 3081 TCM
- IBM 3081 TCM
- IBM 360 Folklore
- IBM 360/40 and CP/40
- IBM 370
- IBM 370
- IBM 370
- IBM 370
- IBM 370
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 4341
- IBM 5100
- IBM ACIS
- IBM AIX
- IBM AIX
- IBM AIX
- IBM and OSS
- IBM and OSS
- IBM Big Blue, True Blue, Bleed Blue
- IBM Breakup
- IBM Breakup
- IBM Breakup
- IBM Bureaucrats, Careerists, MBAs (and Empty Suits)
- IBM Bureaucrats, Careerists, MBAs (and Empty Suits)
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM Change
- IBM changes between 1968 and 1989
- IBM changes between 1968 and 1989
- IBM CICS
- IBM Commission and Quota
- IBM DASD
- IBM DASD
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM Downfall
- IBM downturn and downfall
- IBM Empty Suits
- IBM HASP (& 2780 terminal)
- IBM HSDT Technology
- IBM Introduces 'Vela' Cloud AI Supercomputer Powered by Intel, Nvidia
- IBM Introduces 'Vela' Cloud AI Supercomputer Powered by Intel, Nvidia
- IBM Levels of Management
- IBM Levels of Management
- IBM Los Gatos Lab
- IBM Loses Top Patent Spot After Decades as Leader
- IBM Mainframe
- IBM Marketing, Sales, Branch Offices
- IBM Marketing, Sales, Branch Offices
- IBM Oxymoron
- IBM Oxymorons
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM Punch Cards
- IBM ROLM
- IBM ROLM
- IBM ROLM
- IBM San Jose
- IBM San Jose
- IBM San Jose
- IBM San Jose
- IBM Technology
- IBM Term "DASD"
- IBM Term "DASD"
- IBM TLA
- IBM TLA
- IBM User Group, SHARE
- IBM User Group, SHARE
- IBM VM/370
- IBM VM370 "Resource Manager"
- IBM Wild Ducks
- IBM's Near Demise
- IBM/PC
- IBM/PC and Microchannel
- If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes
- Impunity and Capitalism: The Afterlives of European Financial Crises, 1690-1830
- IMS & DB2
- Inside the Pentagon's New "Perception Management" Office to Counter Disinformation
- Intel's Core i9-13900KS breaks the 6GHz barrier
- INTEROP 88 Santa Clara
- IRS and legacy COBOL
- IRS and legacy COBOL
- IRS and legacy COBOL
- Lee Considered (Civil War America)
- Lee Considered (Civil War America)
- Lee Considered (Civil War America)
- Leopards Eat Kevin McCarthy's Face
- Lick and Keck Observatories
- Lobbyists Begin Chipping Away at Biden's $80 Billion I.R.S. Overhaul
- Mainframe Assembler
- Mainrame Channel Redrive
- Mainrame Channel Redrive
- Massive Archive of Iraq War Lies Disappeared from "Center for Public Integrity"
- Medicare Begins to Rein In Drug Costs for Older Americans
- Memories of Mosaic
- Memories of Mosaic
- Memories of Mosaic
- Memories of Mosaic
- Mercedes-Benz and Nvidia team up to develop next-generation supercomputers for cars
- More Dataprocessing Career
- More Dataprocessing Career
- More Dataprocessing Career
- MTS & IBM 360/67
- MTS & IBM 360/67
- NCSS and Dun & Bradstreet
- NEC processors banned for 386 industrial espionage?