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Offline RedTop

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« on: August 10, 2004, 06:21:24 PM »
Lemme preface this by saying this is NOT a bash. I'm a knight. I'm gonna stay knight unless squad votes sometime to move. Which I doubt.

I'm in a Fighter Squad. We fly mainly Spit V's. That is to say 99 percent of the time. I see the dissarray of things at times and see a formation of bombers going someplace all alone. Only to be gang banged before he gets there.

Why don't your BUFF types ASK for an ESCORT. Why do you constantly fly to only be popped before you get to a target. Now I know some of you are the GREAT BUFF TYPES that kill everything that gets near you , but wouldnt it be nice to at least have some type of help. Even if it is to draw some fighters away  for a short period of time? I can tell you with out a doubt that the squad Im in would be willing with a small amout of notice , to escort your buffs to somplace. Even if it is to act as a decoy for ya.

Now if this is just a dumb run to nowhere then prolly not. But , if it is a legitamate run to help with a base capture , then we would like to help ya.

We don't fly buffs much at all. We aren't the best fighters in the game either. But We would like to try to help with being a lil more organised to maybe make the rooks work a lil harder resetting us.

So if you need an escort, at least ASK us. We maybe busy defending or capping or something. But we would help if we can.:aok
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« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2004, 06:23:35 PM »
Sorry to hijack so quickly and all but...

Are you going to the convention this year RT?

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« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2004, 06:35:23 PM »
Hiya Edbert..Im going to try to go for a day...Work is nuts..we're installing a new mainframe before the legislative session...so my plans are subject to change rahther quickly. Not to mention I am on call 24/7.:(
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« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2004, 09:27:18 PM »
hell i need all the help i can, cant hit a fricken thing in those turrets:lol

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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2004, 02:51:57 PM »
What kinda mainframe????  What's your  involvement?    (I'm the lead sysprog at my site   IBM Z800 Z/OS 1.4).

 


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Hiya Edbert..Im going to try to go for a day...Work is nuts..we're installing a new mainframe before the legislative session...so my plans are subject to change rahther quickly. Not to mention I am on call 24/7.:(

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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2004, 03:18:00 PM »
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What kinda mainframe????  What's your  involvement?    (I'm the lead sysprog at my site   IBM Z800 Z/OS 1.4).


If it's a goverment mainframe, its probably a reconditioned IBM 360 ...  ;)
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« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2004, 04:07:32 PM »
Most of the time when i see a bomber and im heading to the same target in my fighter il escourt them without them even asking

or some times il ask if they want one iv never had a buff driver say no ever
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« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2004, 04:25:44 PM »
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What kinda mainframe????  What's your  involvement?    (I'm the lead sysprog at my site   IBM Z800 Z/OS 1.4).


:lol My involvment will be basically IPL til you drop. Noo...I will be basically laying cables..IPL'ing...Im a Supervisor of a computer room. This is my 5th install. My part is grunt work and the programmers do all that technical stuff.

The new Mainframe will be a Z890 I think it is. MVS / JES3. We have about 300 servers running windows 2000 and NT...A HUGE LAN/WAN.

I am an over priced babysitter. BUT , its a job and I been here for 13 years. 7 more...and i can RETIRE.:aok
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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2004, 04:26:53 PM »
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Most of the time when i see a bomber and im heading to the same target in my fighter il escourt them without them even asking

or some times il ask if they want one iv never had a buff driver say no ever


Im the same way..what I guess Im getting at is...If BUFF drivers are upping and would like one..why not ask if anyone could?
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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2004, 04:30:37 PM »
Nice machine, too bad about the JES3 though.   What a wordy spooler.   JES2 much easier to get along with.

      You guys are gonna like the frame though.

      We're a pretty small shop (3 sysprogs) so we get to get our hands into everything .


 
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:lol My involvment will be basically IPL til you drop. Noo...I will be basically laying cables..IPL'ing...Im a Supervisor of a computer room. This is my 5th install. My part is grunt work and the programmers do all that technical stuff.

The new Mainframe will be a Z890 I think it is. MVS / JES3. We have about 300 servers running windows 2000 and NT...A HUGE LAN/WAN.

I am an over priced babysitter. BUT , its a job and I been here for 13 years. 7 more...and i can RETIRE.:aok

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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2004, 04:31:59 PM »
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:lol My involvment will be basically IPL til you drop. Noo...I will be basically laying cables..IPL'ing...Im a Supervisor of a computer room. This is my 5th install. My part is grunt work and the programmers do all that technical stuff.

The new Mainframe will be a Z890 I think it is. MVS / JES3. We have about 300 servers running windows 2000 and NT...A HUGE LAN/WAN.

I am an over priced babysitter. BUT , its a job and I been here for 13 years. 7 more...and i can RETIRE.:aok


Real men run the old iron (IBM 360/370 architecture) with tri-leads and chillers. Both would fill up the 1st floor of your house.

This Zblahblah stuff is too UBER. Only dweebs run those types of mainframes and only NERDS run MVS ... VM/CMS is where its at ... interactive computing.

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« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2004, 04:36:21 PM »
OMG...we had VM and MVS on a hugeeeeeeeeeee MF when I started here. like 3 chillers...Big old Boxes...

Now....its so automated...i get bored easy here..things are to smooth:lol
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« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2004, 06:08:12 PM »
I started  with working on the 1401 main frame then moved to the ibm 360-30
Now working in teleprocessing any one running a 3745
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« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2004, 06:31:22 PM »
MVS ran on a 3090 when i first came to work here. VM was on a 3081. Profs? remember Profs?

We thought we were dashiznit when we got 1 server.

NOW...300 plus. Virual servers..HUGE amounts of DASD...More fiber optic cables than you can shake a stick at.

20 tape drives that use the new E Tapes. like 20 gig or something like that.

Use to have CTC and Control units...Those old Bus and Tag Cables...looked like a million paounds of spaghetti under the floor.


LOLOL...those were the days
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« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2004, 06:32:27 PM »
We run ES9000 with MVS/ESA. I remember the huge 4381's... We also had an Amdahl that took up the whole room. Even had its own chrome radiator...

I am trying to leave the government contracting business but no one is looking for a washed up mainframe system support specialist.