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  • (Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Monday October 02 2023, @08:18AM (1 child)

    by Dr Spin (5239) on Monday October 02 2023, @08:18AM (#1326685)

    George 2 on an ICL1900e was the first machine that ran code written by me (written in Fortran4, Algo60, and PLAN (1900 assembler).

    I did have prior contact with IBJOB on an IBM709 and later an IBM7090 through helping my mum, but that was mostly helping fix the JCL code.

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  • (Score: 2) by OrugTor on Thursday October 19 2023, @04:17PM

    by OrugTor (5147) on Thursday October 19 2023, @04:17PM (#1329419)

    Technically, the Georges were (are?) not operating systems. IIRC George N ran as an application program. The operating system was the mysterious entity known as "the executive".