The
beginning of the end for Wang. I was the senior
product manager for the networking group.
Dr. Gene Amdahl and Me (1995)
In 1974 when
I had just joined IBM (at Hursley) I was sent to a 2 day
seminar, in London (Heathrow Airport), given by Dr.
Amdahl who had just formed his eponymous company on the
future of mainframes. I sat entranced, in the
front row, and took copious notes thought much of it was
way above my head. Twenty one years later he came and
sat through full-day IBM networking seminar that I did
in Hilton Head, SC and I even got to have breakfast and
dinner with him. What a gentleman. My hero.
The cover of
IBM's SNA
"Format and Protocol Reference Manual: Architectural
Logic"
(from 1979) -- the so called 'FAPL' for those of
you who never got to see it. This was my bible for
nearly 20 years. Knew much of it by heart!
The cover of
IBM's SNA
"Format and Protocol Reference Manual: Architectural
Logic"
(from 1979) -- the so called 'FAPL' for those of
you who never got to see it. This was my bible for
nearly 20 years. Knew much of it by heart!
