The "Mainframe Kid"

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@xArcheo
@xArcheo 5 жыл бұрын
The real MVP here is the parents that supported his passion.
@JordanBeagle
@JordanBeagle 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, really illustrates the power of good parenting, not detracting from his personal success
@Twistedmist
@Twistedmist 4 жыл бұрын
especially when they had to alter the deck to get it in.
@secrecy3915
@secrecy3915 4 жыл бұрын
He could blow them up with the hydrogen gas otherwise.
@frankstanley9078
@frankstanley9078 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah and paying the light bill too.
@zaddyybbaz7435
@zaddyybbaz7435 4 жыл бұрын
Kinda faxs
@AshtonCoolman
@AshtonCoolman 5 жыл бұрын
This kid's haircut would make him fit in back in 1982. People like him built the modern computing world that we know.
@Officialmotive805
@Officialmotive805 5 жыл бұрын
Or lack of lol
@elikay2101
@elikay2101 5 жыл бұрын
ok boomer
@georgejetson9801
@georgejetson9801 5 жыл бұрын
@@elikay2101 Boomer is a good thing
@elikay2101
@elikay2101 5 жыл бұрын
@@georgejetson9801 definitely not
@altlllOlOlOll
@altlllOlOlOll 5 жыл бұрын
@@georgejetson9801 boomers literally ruined america and doomed the generations after it for short term gains to make themselves feel important.
@TheCallMeCrazy
@TheCallMeCrazy 11 ай бұрын
For anyone seeing this today, he is now a firmware developer on what is basically the current generation of these things.
@ChristopherWoods
@ChristopherWoods 7 жыл бұрын
I watched the original video where he presented his work - I recommend everyone watch it. The sheer amount of hard work and research the kid put in, and the wonderful assistance he received from the computing community, makes for an amazing story. I'm glad he landed his dream job!
@KOTYAR0
@KOTYAR0 5 жыл бұрын
How is his channel called though?
@djgamble07
@djgamble07 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I thought it was gonna be like 'idiot kid buys ridiculous computer that he has no idea about just like... because'. Also not my thing but I agree about the job security. Lots of large organisations I've worked for have mainframes for all their records.There's always a few people who are printed out blank paycheques every month to source parts for them, update the software and keep them running. We're talking global systems here that would cause chaos if they went down. Well done to him! IMO the title almost discredits how much work he's put in. He's a good presenter too.
@arnavg7486
@arnavg7486 4 жыл бұрын
Why did he do this though?
@trybeinggr8239
@trybeinggr8239 3 жыл бұрын
That was so cool. Thank you for sharing the longer video.
@Chironex_Fleckeri
@Chironex_Fleckeri 5 жыл бұрын
His parents are saints. Good on them for going through the hassle of getting the mainframe.
@AmenZwa
@AmenZwa 7 жыл бұрын
Connor didn't get into hardcore gaming like his peers, but he got into hardcore computing, instead. Splendid!
@plantain.1739
@plantain.1739 6 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine the things related to gaming he can do with a IBM mainframe? Imagine the LAN party's...
@omaralaraby8973
@omaralaraby8973 5 жыл бұрын
م@Richard Vaughn
@pungentzeus
@pungentzeus 5 жыл бұрын
Ok boomer
@preisschild4622
@preisschild4622 5 жыл бұрын
Actually his original reddit post said that he wanted to run a minecraft server on it :P
@deeppurplefan
@deeppurplefan 4 жыл бұрын
@@plantain.1739 Minecraft server. Get on it.
@n0tyham
@n0tyham 3 жыл бұрын
I applaud this kid. I'm in my mid-60's now, and when I was 20, I went through Control Data Institute Computer Tech program. We trained on a CDC 3300 discrete transistor "supercomputer". In the late 70's I bought an IBM 370/145 mainframe from a local University, installing it a bedroom in my own house. It was a blast to play with.
@jfwfreo
@jfwfreo Жыл бұрын
Wow, a 370/145 would have been a much more difficult beast to wrangle than the z890 this kid was working with.
@Ichabod_Jericho
@Ichabod_Jericho Жыл бұрын
I could not fuckin imagine going to a party in the 80’s and the dude shows me an IBM mainframe in his bedroom
@mikeearls126
@mikeearls126 Жыл бұрын
Frankie - tells us about your skills, then.@frankiedettori3932
@timmyfromspace
@timmyfromspace 11 ай бұрын
@frankiedettori3932 about you
@KameraShy
@KameraShy 11 ай бұрын
HOW?!? What were power and cooling requirements?
@marsbux-tech
@marsbux-tech 5 жыл бұрын
Kudos to IBM for recognizing talent in someone who was unabashed in his interest in all things computational, particularly his ability in making the IBM mainframe operational.
@sligon00
@sligon00 7 жыл бұрын
Hey Connor , boy you really bring back memories. I use to work for Stanford Research Institute in the 1970's and we had IBM mainframes, then I went to work in silicon valley, and mainframes were the rage ...lol Eventually I ended up at Apple, yep, mainframes there as well, who would have thunk it huh ? Thanks for the memories , and good luck in your career, never stop doing what you love... :-)
@TechNed
@TechNed 6 жыл бұрын
@Ho Lam There was this famed encounter we heard about in the 1980's tech community where Seymour Cray (the godfather of supercomputing) was told that Apple had just used a Cray to design the new Macintosh whereupon Seymour Cray replied, (something like) "That's funny, I just used a Mac to design the new Cray".
@alchemist3724
@alchemist3724 5 жыл бұрын
You didn't work for Stanford, nor did you have a job at Apple.
@Architector_4
@Architector_4 5 жыл бұрын
@@alchemist3724 How do you know?
@yarghhargh9345
@yarghhargh9345 5 жыл бұрын
@@Architector_4 how do you know
@Architector_4
@Architector_4 5 жыл бұрын
@@yarghhargh9345 I don't, hence I'm asking!
@johndunlap9139
@johndunlap9139 5 жыл бұрын
When I was a teenager I threw away my bed, put a server rack in its place, and slept on the floor but this kid puts me to shame. I'm blown away and inspired by what he's accomplished. Connor, you are an amazing person. Never stop learning. You have a wonderful future ahead of you.
@m8ur882
@m8ur882 4 жыл бұрын
how'd sleeping on the floor turn out fo ryou
@JohnDavidDunlap
@JohnDavidDunlap 4 жыл бұрын
@@m8ur882 I did it for approximately 4 years. I didn't mind it at that age. If I did that now I wouldn't be able to walk. lol
@allisondoak9425
@allisondoak9425 4 жыл бұрын
m8ur88 I sleep on a yoga mat on the floor. Saved money and space and it’s good for alignment. It started because I sold my bed to move and then ended up to broke to get a new one after I moved. By the time I had the money I couldn’t sleep as well on a bed anyway.
@m8ur882
@m8ur882 4 жыл бұрын
Allie Doak where tf do u have sex
@stdcall
@stdcall Жыл бұрын
same but in my closet
@cdenver
@cdenver 5 жыл бұрын
He got a job at IBM! I literally watched that talk he gave last night, wow thats amazing! Well done Connor and now you can get all those parts you needed!
@BOOMHeadshot1006
@BOOMHeadshot1006 5 жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked in Poughkeepsie on the exec level for IBM for many years before retiring. He has several patents that were credited to him. Passed away last year around this time. IBM will always hold a special part in my heart because of him :(
@manugentoodrums
@manugentoodrums 4 жыл бұрын
That's how powerful support is. Especially if it's from parents. I saw a lot of grown-up kids doing exceptional things on what they are good at just because these parents are in full support.
@AZTrucker
@AZTrucker 5 жыл бұрын
Followed this story and completely amazed. I've spent almost 10yrs in the IT, infrastructure and seeing this level of interest renews my own into keep learning.
@matthewwhite4727
@matthewwhite4727 3 жыл бұрын
What a great story! Love that his parents were there for support and love his passion to just do something different.
@SaltNBattery
@SaltNBattery Жыл бұрын
What a pair of absolutely amazing parents.. We all could only dream to be this fortunate, or looking at it another way, we could strive to be those parents.
@dgghost21
@dgghost21 7 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much their electric bill is each month...
@Conmega1
@Conmega1 7 жыл бұрын
It was about 300~ USD extra a month with the mainframe running for a full month. It consumes about 2.2kW Electric is expensive where my parents live though.
@dgghost21
@dgghost21 7 жыл бұрын
That's crazy.
@thespiritiswilling9437
@thespiritiswilling9437 6 жыл бұрын
Conmega but how did it help out as t the house?
@furzkram
@furzkram 6 жыл бұрын
@@Conmega1 your parents are lucky you didn't get an IBM 3083 E with 20 tape drives, numerous 3330, 3350 and 3380 DASDs, three StorageTek high speed chain printers, like what I was lucky to start out my job career with in 1983 ... they'd have a pretty solid central heating system for the house that way, I remember opening a door on a rack and being shocked by a water pipe with a man's diameter ...
@leoburkart435
@leoburkart435 6 жыл бұрын
10k if they would live in Germany 😂
@drdysl3xia795
@drdysl3xia795 5 жыл бұрын
Back in the 80's it was my C64 that kept my interest launching me into technology before it was cool. The C64 was quite a bit smaller, less complex and a fraction of the power consumption of any mainframe yet a ton of fun. Whenever I could sneak on the single home phone line and connecting to local BBS's going 300 Baud, the experience a gift and has lasted a life time. This kid has a cool future ahead of himself. Good to see his parents and people praising his passion.
@JohnJonesJMJAtlanta
@JohnJonesJMJAtlanta 5 жыл бұрын
It sounds like your story is similar to mine. I started on a Timex-Sinclair 1500, but quickly switched to a c64. 300 baud shoved in the wide slot in back. I was so cool. No acousti-couple! I even ran a BBS for a short while on an IBM PCjr.
@GothGuy885
@GothGuy885 Жыл бұрын
I started on an Apple II E in HS, and the next year, my parents surprised me with with a TI-99/4A for my birthday, which is in the summer, so school was out. I would spend Hours in my room coding Basic. they also bought me the speech synthesizer module. Man, I was totally in my element! 😀
@fttFrankDaTank
@fttFrankDaTank 5 жыл бұрын
Good for you Connor! Delighted that you pursued your hobbies, and that you got deservedly recognised (and well done to IBM for doing their parts)!
@jesuslastname9485
@jesuslastname9485 4 жыл бұрын
I love IBM...mainly for the Saturn 5 instruments unit. I just can’t believe how they manually coded the whole thing.
@danscu5278
@danscu5278 5 жыл бұрын
"So what do you use it for?" "Uhh... Games and stuff."
@pokhuthird1194
@pokhuthird1194 10 ай бұрын
LOL
@sfperalta
@sfperalta 3 жыл бұрын
I watched the video of Connor's talk at SHARE and I have to say it was impressive. That kind of tenacity and initiative to basically teach himself about incredibly complicated topics that corporations spend big bucks learning is just amazing and inspiring. He's the kind of person you want on your team. Good job, Connor! Good move, IBM.
@shorne2159
@shorne2159 3 жыл бұрын
Love this , such inspiration for parents and young people. Brilliant
@RoadRunnerMeep
@RoadRunnerMeep 5 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed watching the 45 min video before this. Good to see he's still going with it.
@giulianamiglioli3514
@giulianamiglioli3514 5 жыл бұрын
This proves something: Knowledge is something amazing!!! Sharing is rewarding. Congrats, Connor!
@mcb187
@mcb187 4 жыл бұрын
Wow, this just shows that a passion really can be a career! Congrats Conner!
@NassimDhaher
@NassimDhaher 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, I`ve just watched his video on Share, really glad to see him getting endorsed by and get a job at IBM. Now I say we'll be hearing more about him in the future.
@drphalanges1520
@drphalanges1520 3 жыл бұрын
I am an IBM z/OS mainframe operator for my state's government. It's cool to see this kid have a real passion for it.
@pumpogamer8129
@pumpogamer8129 5 жыл бұрын
*Imagine being known as the “Mainframe kid”*
@shoobopper
@shoobopper 5 жыл бұрын
Imagine being known as "Pump O Gamer"
@pumpogamer8129
@pumpogamer8129 5 жыл бұрын
shoobopper *Would be proud lol*
@TheLazyKey
@TheLazyKey 5 жыл бұрын
*Imagine bolding your entire comment*
@pumpogamer8129
@pumpogamer8129 5 жыл бұрын
TheLazyKey *YoS*
@pabloascencio7397
@pabloascencio7397 5 жыл бұрын
Mainframe dude is next
@sswulffable
@sswulffable 5 ай бұрын
Awesome ! I myself grew up an IT professional running an IBM Mainframe and Mini-frame operations and went on to transition Analog to Digital ... I absolutely Love it !
@AG-qq3zl
@AG-qq3zl 5 жыл бұрын
Just stumble on this video. Saw the original one and was wondering what ever happened to the kid. Glad to see it's working out for you. Keep up the work.
@anthonykirkendhall4344
@anthonykirkendhall4344 5 жыл бұрын
Worked on IBM Mainframes for 35 years, DOS, MVS, and now z/OS operating systems. LONG LIVE BIG BLUE!! Best wishes to you and IBM.
@stonent
@stonent 5 жыл бұрын
r 00,clpa r 01 format,noreq r 02,y r 03,y s tso .... (a year or so later) z net quick z eod quiesce
@justinreyes5042
@justinreyes5042 5 жыл бұрын
Of course mom is tripping but a good man believes in his son
@chadiusmaximus9350
@chadiusmaximus9350 5 жыл бұрын
Liberals attack!
@camarada1996
@camarada1996 5 жыл бұрын
Just as long as it's a fantastic invest.. opportunity for him
@Big_Caesar1
@Big_Caesar1 11 ай бұрын
They're both great parents
@abigboymethod9436
@abigboymethod9436 5 жыл бұрын
This is the inspiration any person just starting in academia in the 20s/30s needs. This is great
@didiermashaba8464
@didiermashaba8464 5 жыл бұрын
Lmao 4:37 “fantastic inves- opportunity for connor”
@brpadington
@brpadington 5 жыл бұрын
Yea..lol. He told the full truth there for a sec.
@southstar66
@southstar66 5 жыл бұрын
Lol classic dad talk, but very heart warming to see he fully supported his son's hobby
@conansmith5164
@conansmith5164 5 жыл бұрын
Heh heh
@Rampag1ngS0da
@Rampag1ngS0da 5 жыл бұрын
If your parents have money to throw at stuff like that and support you, those are still good parents, it doesn't matter if they have $1 or $1,000,000.
@sadcat520
@sadcat520 5 жыл бұрын
He's not wrong lol. Having kids is an investment when you're spending thousands of dollars yearly for nearly two decades
@TRIPPLEJAY00
@TRIPPLEJAY00 5 жыл бұрын
My Cousin Scott Murray worked for IBM and was picked up when he was spotted at 11 years old for his programming skills in Aylesbury area. Very proud of him and now he lives in America. I personally went for more all types of electronics pulling them apart and making something completely different. Still do it to this day. My favourite is communications and do it all solely on my own.
@nancyford8760
@nancyford8760 7 жыл бұрын
Great job!!! Another follow your passion example with IBM in the story. Working for IBM was one of my goals and following my passion led to it happening as well.
@TheGuruMeditation
@TheGuruMeditation 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome story and great video. Connor and I are in the same vintage computer club in NJ and I never knew about this video intil now. Go Connor! Congrats man!
@rickasheyelabs5662
@rickasheyelabs5662 5 жыл бұрын
imagine having a computer thats "faster" than modern computers and it runs a old unsupported os OS/2
@badscrewold3162
@badscrewold3162 5 жыл бұрын
No, the control notebook serving as a monitor runs os/2. Not the mainframe.
@mevimo3758
@mevimo3758 5 жыл бұрын
"""Faster"""
@hoikay1
@hoikay1 5 жыл бұрын
@@badscrewold3162 The ThinkPad T42 probably originally came with Windows XP
@LewisCowles
@LewisCowles 5 жыл бұрын
The mainframe won't be faster. That's a fallacy
@Philitron128
@Philitron128 5 жыл бұрын
It not "faster" it's just different. Most computers (super and consumer grade) calculate floating points much better than any mainframe can. But mainframes exist to calculate decimal floating points. They are also far more reliable. That's why most financial transactions (stocks, flights etc..) are calculated via mainframes.
@richardsandoval5185
@richardsandoval5185 2 жыл бұрын
Great story Connor! I had the privilege of operating IBM mainframes in Boulder, CO in the 80s after testing 9" magnetic tape and assembling 8" diskette drives for many years. What a workhorse the mainframe was and still is.
@procta2343
@procta2343 4 жыл бұрын
he has done very, very well! learning by been hands on. Colleges and Uni courses don't really give that much if any!
@clay2889
@clay2889 Жыл бұрын
Very wholesome and inspiring story. Connor and his parents are awesome!
@KanaalMTS
@KanaalMTS 7 жыл бұрын
The talk was intriguing and this video just completes it for me. Great work Connor. (BTW, there's an Apache 500 error when connecting connecting to your website, might want to fix that ;))
@jhkcreates
@jhkcreates 5 жыл бұрын
Still true today. Might want to fix that .htaccess (I assume)
@jmarsh3347
@jmarsh3347 3 жыл бұрын
That machine brought back so many memories. Thanks!
@ervinconn4046
@ervinconn4046 7 жыл бұрын
Nice job on the video! It's nice to have a job doing what you have a passion for.
@Nobodyyoucarabout
@Nobodyyoucarabout 5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad kids like him exist to make the world better for the rest of us. Thank you Connor
@abdullahabd7677
@abdullahabd7677 4 жыл бұрын
If he is into legacy hardware and legacy programming he can make millions as a government contractor. A lot of government agencies specially military still use 70s era technology and the support system is depleted.
@nojatha4637
@nojatha4637 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and that’s because it would be a security risk to update the hardware and software.
@williamp6800
@williamp6800 10 ай бұрын
@@nojatha4637no. It’s because when you have a critical system that works reliably you keep using it. There’s no point in incurring the cost of rewriting that mainframe software to run on anything else as long as there’s a mainframe to run it on.
@originalbukatv
@originalbukatv 5 жыл бұрын
The world NEEDS Connor. I hope he can be let loose to help design the near future of mainframe technology. He has tenacity and dedication!
@thumbknuckle_
@thumbknuckle_ 6 жыл бұрын
*but can it run cinebench*
@dragonmilk6781
@dragonmilk6781 5 жыл бұрын
@Richard Vaughn would pci passthrough be possible at all in this, I really dont know much about mainframes or how the hardware interfaces with the os
@pmc3027
@pmc3027 5 жыл бұрын
it cannot, doesnt have the right instruction set
@dragonmilk6781
@dragonmilk6781 5 жыл бұрын
@Richard Vaughn not a proprietary fan but that's pretty interesting, guess I'll throwaway 10 hours of life and watch more mainframe videos haha
@TriumphAventura
@TriumphAventura 5 жыл бұрын
it cannot run cinebench or crysis as normal high end PCs cannot process millions of bank transactions
@licson0729
@licson0729 4 жыл бұрын
@Richard Vaughn The new mainframes uses PCIe expansion cards so I think yes
@korumann
@korumann Жыл бұрын
This guy is a legend and an inspiration
@monumento.f.501
@monumento.f.501 5 жыл бұрын
The KZbin recommendation waited 2 years for this. What mainframe do they use?
@whuzzzup
@whuzzzup 4 жыл бұрын
z890
@carbonsuicidemtb1583
@carbonsuicidemtb1583 5 жыл бұрын
I fit these, well the newer version, it's a beast, well done sir, we might still have one of these still working at IBM....
@gojoe2833
@gojoe2833 7 жыл бұрын
Great project! For those of us who don't have the space or time to rebuild the MF hardware, you can run licensed copies of VM and MVS under Hercules under Windows or Linux..
@stevebez2767
@stevebez2767 7 жыл бұрын
you can leap into fizz zeex wiv mansheds too!
@williamp6800
@williamp6800 10 ай бұрын
Cool!
@Vincent-Vega24
@Vincent-Vega24 5 жыл бұрын
He seems so chill and down to earth. Good for him!!!!
@Os2world
@Os2world 6 жыл бұрын
Nice to see OS/2 Warp there !!!!
@autohmae
@autohmae 5 жыл бұрын
@herbert I know modern mainframes can run Linux as Logical Partitions (sort of between what a Linux container is and a VM, but done in hardware)
@autohmae
@autohmae 5 жыл бұрын
@herbert first sort of problem: IBM mainframe is usually PowerPC I think, which isn't x84/amd64, so lots of programs don't run without getting the original developers involved. Yes, I do believe you can turn part of it off. No graphics I think. Best thing a mainframe can do is pushing data around. It has the best I/O paths of it's time and good system for when hardware fails it will continue doing what it did before. So it's great for databases, etc.Games, not so much, not even number crushing really. Well, if you pay a lot you can have a lot of cores.
@datashed
@datashed 5 жыл бұрын
@@autohmae IBM mainframes run z/Architecture processors, not POWER/PowerPC. Very much a CISC instruction set, where POWER/PowerPC are RISC.
@autohmae
@autohmae 5 жыл бұрын
@@datashed ohh, sorry for getting the ISA wrong, the point was: it's not the same ISA, so it needs porting.
@TheJ602
@TheJ602 3 жыл бұрын
That’s just the management console. Not much to do with the mainframe.
@brpadington
@brpadington 5 жыл бұрын
I worked on a lot of old IBM hardware during my tenure for a large telecom. I really like the old IBM servers and mainframes.
@installtekzdotcom9777
@installtekzdotcom9777 5 жыл бұрын
I love the computer scene. Ya don't need a degree to get a career, ya need the passion
@autohmae
@autohmae 5 жыл бұрын
Agree! Passion gets you experience, usually much more useful than education.
@jscorpio1987
@jscorpio1987 5 жыл бұрын
Which is why I’m glad my passion is computers!
@pmc3027
@pmc3027 5 жыл бұрын
false
@TheTacticalMess
@TheTacticalMess 5 жыл бұрын
Patrick Glaser Unless you’re a special case then you likely need a degree. They serve their purpose.
@Minienz89
@Minienz89 5 жыл бұрын
Eh, you are completely wrong, generally your still gonna need qualifications and years of experience..
@maheshchauhan9290
@maheshchauhan9290 6 жыл бұрын
I like him and his mindset. He has an interest in something that he loved and pursued it. Great parents for supporting him too.
@jscorpio1987
@jscorpio1987 5 жыл бұрын
It’s nice to know some people have supportive parents.
@IXxTAKTIKZxXI
@IXxTAKTIKZxXI 7 жыл бұрын
Lovely IBM 3277! I have one myself.
@stevebez2767
@stevebez2767 7 жыл бұрын
got any twinax for as400 uk,hell what a chore!
@timothytaylor8082
@timothytaylor8082 Жыл бұрын
The parents were awesome for helping him with this as well.
@francoisp3625
@francoisp3625 7 жыл бұрын
Nice commodore pet & radiochack machines too ... & so you put tthe NES down & started up the mainframe :) ....
@Conmega1
@Conmega1 7 жыл бұрын
Pretty much haha, but hey I still like the NES, I have a few of them laying around... Its nice to relax and play duck hunt every now and then :)
6 жыл бұрын
Oof. Working for IBM and owning Commodore stuff? That's like saying you work for Coke and drink RC Cola. At least you don't drink Apple Pepsi...
@ruk2023--
@ruk2023-- 5 ай бұрын
This is the kind of parents you need to be if you want your children to be a success.
@PhilUKNet
@PhilUKNet 5 жыл бұрын
It looks tiny compared to the 3081/3084/3090 mainframes I used to work with as an IBM CE in the 1980's!
@robinmackay9894
@robinmackay9894 Жыл бұрын
Me too, 32 years as an IBM CE in Scotland. Loved the job ! This video brought back so many memories.
@MrSouthwest737
@MrSouthwest737 3 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing.
@RoboHighlights
@RoboHighlights 6 жыл бұрын
The mom said nothing.
@stormz4069
@stormz4069 5 жыл бұрын
yeah she did 4:39
@pisse3000
@pisse3000 5 жыл бұрын
@Cory Yikes...
@protowalker
@protowalker 5 жыл бұрын
@@cory8837 Woman no speak. Woman make sandwich. No touch my VIDEOGAMES
@makak_zeleny
@makak_zeleny 5 жыл бұрын
@@protowalker Issa joke r-word
@iLiekLemonade
@iLiekLemonade 5 жыл бұрын
@@protowalker bro ur comment actually made me laugh, thank u
@bit-tuber8126
@bit-tuber8126 Жыл бұрын
That mainfrrame is much smaller than the ones I first used. 360 line, then to 370s, and more. Lightly, as I was mostly a mini-computer guy.
@pmc3027
@pmc3027 5 жыл бұрын
I built a massive cluser mode in my basement with only recycled computer parts, where's my TedTalk invite lmao
@alexkrane1184
@alexkrane1184 5 жыл бұрын
In this shitty little world : "It is better to be lucky than skilled". "You have to stand up and proclaim yourself a master/genius/special". Actually the opposite of what a responsible parent should teach their children. Ofcourse history might prove such a person to have been a fraud. However even decades later their supporters are likely to have more power than their opposition, so they will just change the history books just a tiny little bit ...
@CarrieSueGeorge
@CarrieSueGeorge Жыл бұрын
My use to work for First Interstate Bank IBM was there for us growing up. Thank you for the IBM ThinkPad I have one too.
@mydoll
@mydoll 7 жыл бұрын
Was exciting to see OS/2 Warp Server. Seemed like it was a ThinkPad
@Conmega1
@Conmega1 7 жыл бұрын
It is a thinkpad! A T61p. IBM actually used Thinkpads for SEs until they sold the brand off to Lenovo and when they requested a laptop that can run 24/7/365 Lenovo said they were crazy, no laptop can run like that... Has something to say about how IBM made Thinkpads and how Lenovo makes them...
@brettryan3298
@brettryan3298 6 жыл бұрын
I used OS/2 for 10 years on my personal computer and compared to MS-Windows at the time it was amazing. Sometimes my PC ran for 9 months before needing a reboot. I can't say that about any modern PC operating system sadly.
@AdamsOlympia
@AdamsOlympia Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of one of my old friends from my teen years. His parents were well off and indulged his hobby of collecting second hand computer gear. His particular specialty was also mainframes -- 1980s Cray Supercomputers, in particular. He was also fluent in Unix back when most kids my age barely knew our way around MS DOS.
@furzkram
@furzkram 6 жыл бұрын
Finally some computers of decent quality.
@foxobsession96212
@foxobsession96212 5 жыл бұрын
He really is inspirational. Just did his thing, followed his passions, and it all worked out for him.
@ddted2448
@ddted2448 7 жыл бұрын
*Will he allow me to use it for rendering my projects???*
@dafoex
@dafoex 5 жыл бұрын
OMM Wow, that was so savage it almost broke the skin. Maybe you're jealous that he can actually make money renting time on his mainframe.
@mikec1222
@mikec1222 5 жыл бұрын
It's a mainframe but it's an old one, "computers of today are just barely catching up," so yeah probably should get one of those nvidia things instead
@reaastrom
@reaastrom Жыл бұрын
I like the dad in the end saying: "It was a fantastic inve... opportunity for Connor." Freudian slip, maybe? ;) Regardless, fantastic that they supported Connor throughout and equally fantastic that he's gotten to where he is because of it!
@Alex-lu3pn
@Alex-lu3pn 5 жыл бұрын
Mainframes are the god classes of hardware.
@asdfasdfasdfasdfzzzz
@asdfasdfasdfasdfzzzz 3 жыл бұрын
why is that?
@laujimmy9282
@laujimmy9282 Жыл бұрын
Such an amazing story. His parents are so supportive as well, going through all those troubles to get the computer in there.
@harpernicholson1
@harpernicholson1 10 ай бұрын
hydrogen gas generator is two wires and a cup of water, its not complicated
@rbus
@rbus Жыл бұрын
I wish my parents would've allowed me to take home a machine this large but we didn't have a basement. At one time I did have about a dozen terminals including a rather nice color graphics terminal. Around 13, got an Altos ACS8000 'multiuser CP/M' machine that was two large boxes, and a trunk full of tapes - still in my computer room acting as a table. Then got an Apollo DN460 which was a fascinating unix machine with a massive coprocessor card - sadly I had to get rid of this. Then found an SGI 4D/780gt, table sized graphics workstation. Both machines ran off 110v and ran for hours on end in my bedroom. Little did I know Apollo and SGI ran a bit shy of max amp rating of household wiring, but never had any problem. Still have the 4D and about 12 other SGI machines, an IBM Power workstation.
@EquinFrost
@EquinFrost 4 жыл бұрын
This is actually one of the weird things that’s interesting
@ciprianparaschiv7591
@ciprianparaschiv7591 Жыл бұрын
My great-great-grandfather founded IBM and I approve of this message. Good for his parents for believing in their son.
@AcornFox
@AcornFox 5 жыл бұрын
IBM has done everything, yes. Ask them about their punchcard sales In Germany...
@LewisCowles
@LewisCowles 5 жыл бұрын
They didn't claim to have conquered everything. I was thinking gaming, but I think wii & game cube were IBM as was Sony ps2 I think
@AcornFox
@AcornFox 5 жыл бұрын
Lewis Cowles Not sure what you’re talking about, friend.
@formerlycringe
@formerlycringe 4 жыл бұрын
@@LewisCowles I don't think the emotion engine was made by IBM, but I'm not too sure.
@thatonekidonyoutube
@thatonekidonyoutube Жыл бұрын
Great. I watch 3 videos of this channel and my WHOLE recommend page is now just this channel. R.I.P my recommendations page
@williamfernandez5170
@williamfernandez5170 5 жыл бұрын
I love how he says computers are bare just catching up to it😉😉 riiiight
@ddevin
@ddevin 5 жыл бұрын
And that's why it's posted on this channel
@stonent
@stonent 5 жыл бұрын
For what it does, he is correct.
@m0hz3
@m0hz3 11 ай бұрын
Obviously this kid is a legend for getting into this kind of stuff at such a young age, but his parents are even more of legends for supporting him and helping him get into this. His dades quote at the end of the video :It really paid off" is so very true.
@Zylop6
@Zylop6 4 жыл бұрын
4:38 He wanted to say "investment" and decided to say opourtunity xd
@rustledjammies8769
@rustledjammies8769 Жыл бұрын
There was a kid a decade or more ago that was younger than him that bought a mainframe that is older than this one and set it up in his basement. I can't find anything about it online, but he was the original mainframe kid, not this guy!
@Millennialaire
@Millennialaire 4 жыл бұрын
No one ever: Litteraly not a single soul: "Have you heard about that mainframe kid"
@DutchKC9UOD
@DutchKC9UOD 11 ай бұрын
I got my first taste of Main Frames as a Millwright Electrical engineer in 1975. With a background in Logic circuits ran by vacuum tubes LOL
@purplecxcx5791
@purplecxcx5791 5 жыл бұрын
I started hoarding old computers from government auctions when I was a kid. Didn't get a job though. Crap
@JessicaFEREM
@JessicaFEREM Жыл бұрын
love that IBM was like "yea you seem chill and know what you're doing you wanna work for us?"
@TheButtercool
@TheButtercool 5 жыл бұрын
I really want to be like him! I already got a vintage computer collection so, somewhere I guess lol. But also, how did he get the mainframe down there?
@georgejetson9801
@georgejetson9801 5 жыл бұрын
Mainframe programmers are still needed.
@monster6488
@monster6488 5 жыл бұрын
Retro Rider they basically dug a hole and pushed it through
@SP-ny1fk
@SP-ny1fk Жыл бұрын
Glad to see your taste in shirts has improved!
@kellyrayx119
@kellyrayx119 5 жыл бұрын
I still have OS2 Warp in the box.
@johnmckown1267
@johnmckown1267 10 ай бұрын
Know? I worked on one, back in the day. I am so envious. I also remember "bent pins" on the buss & tag connectors if someone got clumsy (I admit nothing).
@scoutclapscheeks2203
@scoutclapscheeks2203 5 жыл бұрын
Time to hack into his mainframe.
@moralfuxery
@moralfuxery Жыл бұрын
Alright, so I need a time machine so I can switch with this kid. Literally would have died for that childhood like that. Kids got a bright future ahead of him. Mainframes are not niche kid. They run the world. You'll get a job, trust me.
@TesserLink
@TesserLink 5 жыл бұрын
wish i could have done stuff like that when i was younger. my parents wouldn't let me do anything, let alone get stuff like that. They rather force me to try sports which i still hate doing to this day.
@dilbyjones
@dilbyjones 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Not many folks think of buying one of these !
@jayhawker03
@jayhawker03 5 жыл бұрын
The question is, what does one do with a mainframe at home?
@johndarland3633
@johndarland3633 Жыл бұрын
10/10 parents though, the whole, no idea what he's doing but he's not hurting anyone and he's passionate about it and it could become something.... and it did!
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