In the following video Marvin Kocay, director of Administrative Systems, proceeds over the "burial" portion of the memorial service. A transcript of the eulogy is available.

On Monday, October 22, 2007 at 15:45, the mainframe (Betelgeuse) was unplugged from the internet. It is with deep sadness that the IT family announces the end of a generation of mainframe computing.

The first mainframe, an IBM 650 was installed in the year 1960 and went through many upgrades and changes to the final hardware of an Amdahl Millennium 1015. In its many forms the mainframe has supported the Student Records systems, Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, Research, student labs, etc.

The mainframe was predeceased by the Huron Object Star database, telephone registration, punch cards, card readers, DT80 terminals connected by the pink wire, and Mantes, the beloved file management system.

It leaves behind some 25 servers that are now needed to run these systems and will be lovingly remembered by users from across campus.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to The Retired Programmers Association or the IST Christmas Party Foundation.