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This page is dedicated to all of the "old" Mainframe Systems Programmers who have been my colleagues and friends over the past 20+ years.  Especially Marc Reibstein,  Blair "Sunshine" Meglathery (You old curmudgeon!), Mike Liberatore, Larry Trincia, Ray Perri and John Wood.  If you can't identify all of the stuff on this page, then you're still a rookie and you are not eligible for admittance to the "Home for Old Systems Programmers".  Most Systems Programmers (Blair) have the disposition of really angry Pit Bulls!

Typical comments from seasoned Systems Programmers passed to garden variety applications programmers or programmer analysts might be as follows:

"You want to do what?"

"Are you stupid or something?"

"Sit down before I knock you down . . . and shut up!"
(Courtesy Blair Meglathery)

"Get out of my office and don't ever come back!"

"When they reached in the gene pool for you, it must have been the shallow end."
(Courtesy Marc Reibstein)

I found most of the things on this page while cleaning out old boxes from a hallway closet in my home.  Look at the dates on some of the quick reference cards.  A large part of these artifacts date back to the 1970's.  All of the black and white photographs are courtesy International Business Machines, Corp. (IBM).

Click on any thumbnail image to view a larger image.  Some are quite large.  You can see the estimated image size by placing your mouse pointer over any thumbnail image.

Please direct any inquiries or problems regarding this web to webmaster@marcsweb.com

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