*** Quoting Maurice Kinal from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

MK> Hey Carol!

 CS> Hehe it's not hard.  Flip and flangle then feed (and hope for
 CS> the best).

MK> You mean "monkey work"?  ;-)

MK> It wasn't because it was difficult that I am complaining, only that
MK> whatever was on those cards was never that significant to ever bother
MK> with the process in the first place.

Well, it was the best we had then ;-)


 CS> Hehehe been there, done things like that.  Our VAX was mostly a
 CS> FEP so didnt have to do much with it.

MK> FEP?  I am not familiar with FEP.  I can't seem to even muster up a
MK> guess on that one.  Please enlighten.

Sorry.  Front End Processor.  Provided routing services and connection
¨services.  Mainframe version is tiny bit like 'FrontDoor' or 'IREX' in
concept ¨if you add in a brouter.

I wrote the SOP for the Burroughs 2900 mainframe FEP and tested it by
having a ¨secretary bring the system up from a dead coldstart.  She did
just fine.  Got ¨an NAM for that one .

MK> That last one was perfect.  I am getting good at compensating for it's
MK> weak spot.  Now if it would only correct my spelling mistakes you migh
MK> even convince me ... and I am a tough sell!

Yeah, but a DOS box with no reboot, running flawless for 8.5 months is not
to ¨be sneezed at!
                                       xxcarol

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