From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id fb56be41 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 23:53:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CC4E89C20F; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:53:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1656A9C1FF; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:53:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4AB1E9C1FF; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:53:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp-out-3.mxes.net (smtp-out-3.mxes.net [198.205.123.68]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF0289C14A for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:53:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from Customer-MUA (mua.mxes.net [10.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3F7832740B for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:53:01 -0500 (EST) From: Ronald Natalie Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_165C1E76-782A-42FC-8A05-A3B287E53DD3" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:53:00 -0500 References: <46acce0f-9ce2-958b-9c12-c6d9c7f737d9@nomadlogic.org> To: TUHS main list In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) X-Sent-To: Subject: Re: [TUHS] Apollo Domain/OS X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail=_165C1E76-782A-42FC-8A05-A3B287E53DD3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Apollo gave us the long term use of a DN1000. I ported our image = processing system to it. The amusing thing was when you fired up an = X window manager on the thing, it wrapped all three segments of the = little status bar at the bottom with window borders. The DN10000 docs = came with a beautiful 5 volume set that described all the internals. = It was quite detailed for what was there. What I really needed was the = documentation on the graphics system which was in Volume 3. My set was = missing this. After much digging around Apollo, it turns out that they = never wrote volume 3, just assigned the volume number to some yet to be = written document. I learned the hard way not to open the gull wing doors on the thing = while someone was using it. When HP/Apollo merged and they formally pulled the plug on Domain, I was = over at the FAA and they showed me the =E2=80=9Clatest=E2=80=9D computer = they got in that was running a system to show where all the planes in = the airspace system were (think of FlightAware.COM = , this was a first stab at pulling that data = from the ATC computers). It was a DN4000? running domain. Always = using the latest stuff at the FAA. --Apple-Mail=_165C1E76-782A-42FC-8A05-A3B287E53DD3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Apollo gave us the = long term use of a DN1000.    I ported our image processing = system to it.     The amusing thing was when you fired up an X = window manager on the thing, it wrapped all three segments of the little = status bar at the bottom with window borders.    The DN10000 = docs came with a beautiful 5 volume set that described all the = internals.   It was quite detailed for what was there.   What = I really needed was the documentation on the graphics system which was = in Volume 3.   My set was missing this.   After much digging = around Apollo, it turns out that they never wrote volume 3, just = assigned the volume number to some yet to be written document.

I learned the hard way = not to open the gull wing doors on the thing while someone was using = it.

When = HP/Apollo merged and they formally pulled the plug on Domain, I was over = at the FAA and they showed me the =E2=80=9Clatest=E2=80=9D computer they = got in that was running a system to show where all the planes in the = airspace system were (think of FlightAware.COM, this was a first stab at pulling that = data from the ATC computers).    It was a DN4000? running = domain.   Always using the latest stuff at the FAA.

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