April 20, 2009
The Mainframe Trivia Contest #9 is now over. The Telex Corporation was the first company to provide plug-compatible products (tape drives) for the IBM System/360 mainframe in 1967. Memorex was second.
The winners of a mainframe T-shirt for correctly answering the Mainframe Trivia Contest #9 question are:
· Floyd Chrysler: DB DC Systems, Toronto, Canada
· William Allen, Jr: Arch Consulting Assoc., Charlotte, North Carolina
· Larry Lenzi: Levi, Ray & Shoup, Springfield, Illinois
Mainframe Trivia Contest #10
Which one of the following organizations was NOT an IBM mainframe user group?
· SHARE
· GUIDE
· COMMON
· WAVV
(I will randomly select three winners of this Mainframe Trivia Contest #10 who will receive the T-shirt pictured below. To participate, either answer via a Comment to this post - it will not be made public for others to see - or send me an Email to bob@mainframezone.com with Mainframe Trivia Contest #10 in the Subject line – Don’t forget to state your T-shirt size.)
This contest has ended, but you can still purchase a Mainframes Rule T-shirt here!
