Talk:Computer operator

Article content removed. Dave Spart 14:22, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Job Description for Citations
As I worked through some of these positions, about the only information I can find out about them are job listings. It seems to me that that would be a reputable source, but I haven't been able to find any books or articles yet. Are we okay with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TitanOfOld (talk • contribs) 03:42, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

stuff to add in
Moved this section of Pi314m's (and ) to talk page: —Ost (talk) 14:23, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * peripherals operator: card reader, printers/setup
 * HASP/ASP
 * past/punched card era; 21st century?
 * from S/168 - apply as needed


 * Thanks; HASP/ASP is multi-faceted:


 * main console commands, releasing jobs placed in "hold" by the submitter (e.g. to find tape(s) to be mounted)
 * remote console commands - looking in job queues to answer "where's my job" and to possibly re-"route" (large) printed outputs Pi314m (talk) 03:55, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Tape operator examples
The examples in Computer operator could be better chosen.

The AS/400 is a complete system. Wouldn't it be better to cite a specific tape drive on the AS/400.

The IBM 3850 is a mass storage system (MSS). While the operator can insert and eject cartridges from the MSS, in normal use cartridges reside there for extended periods, if not permanently.

Some better examples might be


 * DECtape on a DEC PDP-6
 * IBM 2401 on an IBM S/360
 * IBM 3420 on an IBM S/370

plus some from other vendors. Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 14:23, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Beyond the IBM System/360 era
I believe that the reference to a light pen was meant for the 370/158. In addition


 * 1) It's the 370/158 that represents a radical change; a 3270 with a light pen replaces almost all of the displays and controls of the 370/155.
 * 2) Feature 5450 of the 360/85, the IBM 3066 Model 1 of the 370/165 and the 3066 Model 2 of the 370/168 should be lumped together. All of them included the keyboard/display, the document viewer and a second microfiche display for indicators.

The entire Beyond the IBM System/360 era section belongs in Front panel or System console. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 17:25, 26 November 2023 (UTC)