CV IT technical details

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Notes

My experience of personal computers includes several versions of Windows including 3.1, 95, 98, XP and Vista. For the time being, this page is limited to sites where I worked commercially. Where I specify miscellaneous, this indicates (in each case) more than one system, none of which I've kept records of, because I didn't do sufficient work on any of the individual systems to really get into them.

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Employment technical details

XKO, Narborough (1998 to 2002)
Environment	IBM RS 6000, UNIX (AIX).
Languages	RM/COBOL-85, RM-PANELS.
Applications	Sales ledger, Sales analysis, Order processing, Stock control, Purchase ordering, Warehousing.
Yellow Pages, Reading (1989 to 1990)
Environment	ICL VME.
Languages	FILETAB.
Applications	Miscellaneous.
Somerset County Council, Taunton (1988 to 1989)
Environment	ICL VME.
Languages	COBOL, DDS, FILETAB, ADRAM.
Applications	Payroll, Pupil assessments, Vaccination and immunisation, Capital management, Family planning, Budget forecasting.
Crown Life, Woking (1988)
Environment	ICL GEORGE 3.
Languages	COBOL, PLAN, BEAUPEEP DRIVER.
Applications	Policy enquiries, New business.
London Life, Bristol (1988)
Environment	ICL DRS.
Languages	CIS COBOL.
Applications	Quotations.
ICL, Reading (1987)
Environment	ICL TME.
Languages	COBOL, IDMS, TME-TP, FILETAB.
Applications	British American Insurance.
Ford, Daventry (1986)
Environment	IBM DOS/VSE, OWL.
Languages	COBOL.
Applications	Spare parts stock control.
Black and Decker, Spennymoor (1986)
Environment	IBM MVS, TSO, ISPF, VSAM.
Languages	COBOL, MSA/DCI.
Applications	MSA manufacturing package.
Rothmans, Aylesbury (1985)
Environment	IBM VM/CMS, CMS, EXEC 2, DMS, VSAM.
Languages	COBOL, FILETAB.
Applications	Sales analysis.
Pirelli, Southampton (1984 to 1985)
Environment	ICL GEORGE 2+, VME, IBM DOS/VSE, VSAM, CMS, MULTILOG, CA-DRIVER, CA-DYNAM.
Languages	COBOL, PLAN, FILETAB, IDMS.
Applications	Sports club membership + miscellaneous.
Woolworth, Rochdale (1984)
Environment	ICL VME.
Languages	COBOL, FILETAB.
Applications	Miscellaneous.
UK Provident Life, Salisbury (1983 to 1984)
Environment	ICL VME.
Languages	COBOL, IDMS, DDS, ITS.
Applications	Policy accounting (phase 3).
Listmart, Henley-on-Thames (1983)
Environment	ICL GEORGE 2, GEORGE 3, TME.
Languages	COBOL, PLAN.
Applications	Unified housing benefits.
Clients	Arfon borough council (Caernarfon), Bracknell district council, Newbury district council.
Other computer used	Wadham Stringer Datawork (Waterlooville).
Powell Duffryn, Basingstoke (1982)
Environment	DEC VAX/VMS.
Languages	COBOL, DBMS.
Applications	Production control.
ICL, Bristol (1982)
Environment	ICL TME.
Languages	COBOL, IDMS.
Applications	Health patient administration.
Automobile Association, Basingstoke (1981)
Environment	ICL GEORGE 2+.
Languages	COBOL, FILETAB.
Applications	Marketing.
Bath and Portland Group, Bath (1980 to 1981)
Environment	ICL GEORGE 2.
Languages	COBOL, 7502 TPL.
Applications	Miscellaneous.
ICL, Leeds (1977 to 1980)
Environment	ICL GEORGE 3, VME.
Languages	COBOL, PLAN, IDMS, DDS, COMMS MANAGER.
Applications	LAMIS.
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (1975 to 1977)
Environment	ICL GEORGE 2, GEORGE 3.
Languages	COBOL, PLAN, DRIVER.
Applications	Social services, Rates.
ACS, London (1973 to 1975)
Environment	ICL GEORGE 1, GEORGE 2, GEORGE 3.
Languages	COBOL.
Applications	Invoicing, Stock control, Employment survey, Stock control (bulk haulage), union membership.
Clients	Capital Cities (Watford) Black and Decker (Maidenhead) Department of Employment (Watford) Smiths Industries (Cricklewood) Ready Mixed Concrete (Feltham)
Plessey, Swindon (1969 to 1973)
Environment	ICL manual exec, GEORGE 2, GEORGE 3.
Languages	COBOL, PLAN, FILETAB.
Applications	Purchase ledger, Sales ledger, Order processing, Production control, Stock control, Decimalisation.

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