News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Three geeks rescue a 50-year-old IBM 360 mainframe from a... by mkreis on Monday May 20, 2019 @11:44AM (#19961579)
From what I can see in the pictures, this seems like an annex to a larger building. I imagine that the computer was run by a division of the accounting / book keeping department. Assuming that in the old days there were only a few specialists who were trained in operating a computer, they might have created that space for the (real) nerds. Why not Adidas?! Adidas is a competitor, founded by the brother.
Re:Three geeks rescue a 50-year-old IBM 360 mainframe from a... by iforgotpassword on Monday May 20, 2019 @03:06PM (#19963855)
Not that I'm an expert in their history, but they were running one company together until some time after ww2 when they split up. So I was wondering if you saw something specific that hinted at puma. Afaik even today they still both have their HQ in the same city.