Started with Burroughs in 1981, learned a little Cobol while there doing mainframe support.
Recently I saw job listing in Detroit, that wanted someone with Burroughs/Unisys A-Series Cobol and DMS II experience.
Unisys was what Burroughs became after they merged with Sperry-Univac....I supported Cobol and DMS II which was their Database system when I left Burrougs in the early 1990s......
Started with Burroughs in 1981, learned a little Cobol while there doing mainframe support. Recently I saw job listing in Detroit, that wanted someone with Burroughs/Unisys A-Series Cobol and DMS II experience. Unisys was what Burroughs became after they merged with Sperry-Univac....I supported Cobol and DMS II which was their Database system when I left Burrougs in the early 1990s......
I started my COBOL programming career in 1982 working on Burroughs computers for a financial software company in Florida.
Eventually went to work for one of our users, large bank in NYC. Lived through all the Unisys changes. DMS II is beautiful and I loved COBOL.
Retired in 2004 but I'm pretty sure I could walk right back into the job again, just don't want to.