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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, 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 8dc2ea1e for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:12:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 88C2E9C113; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 05:12:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C51BD93D9E; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 05:12:13 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kev009.com header.i=@kev009.com header.b="GGt47wmP"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 34E7393D9E; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 05:12:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-il1-f182.google.com (mail-il1-f182.google.com [209.85.166.182]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D517893D24 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 05:12:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-il1-f182.google.com with SMTP id m16so19213846iln.13 for ; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:12:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kev009.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=qrk6FUoKveubHqewjK6MFxVw9hsS86UKXhYfHor7LYY=; b=GGt47wmP3M/64KkkbTVh/d8m2OrkCUoTXCOUKFRhn4FhutNzNaZqfUQmI91B6kaNsl Zj2FFTnn0mbT48ebrOm6jAZqwdTJMPtyzAhSVLfc8Hj9C89w2QJY1EHnCEEPMjsUFw4H 9+WB/5TKBzl9djvragK3gMtYrS4ujoRvKNCds= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=qrk6FUoKveubHqewjK6MFxVw9hsS86UKXhYfHor7LYY=; b=X8Ao75gqTcZ1RKpNDMYeEqRlzMVAQhmJmjMFThwJhDCKPS6cppjM8hPPGFFUnw8VLJ EBHBCm1zoxdqC0I5Y47h8lEwTRHzSIpovwuwL2lNDKOa4XPuSr2MJAP46hQ3q/KWv6bi +pisyQtqTPslj+smS7PlmUqsJxNiCNBmd8nTkZrdDbv0TwvgFP3O5ZRvZyC+6Fdp6jdW w38TjeBGZ68wAho2v+TaDLZL8jg0ZH+mVa1cv0/ti8D2tftIcM0FavW0SFo8B6/xqbvw fqKpwiAOTb8s/97E9qugi9VNEshU1ueUTOSEbGgepF816rBJ30Hu+tosAnmtiBTE9bUc VK4A== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAW38Mgp3rsFqxVXwdaJmCKgLYVhD9CCTwr0iIv6HIrl8jyzExXV 1UhtRD0OFOmAs403BYEBG3uFa6tCnyWqxaq9RvPTpg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyS9kaQALaodpM5FppyCCyHco2OYNg1ubWfSxrPwpBUvPNTnLPwnNGCZ0F7w7DzRngPGnTnT4htGbc9w3XQYCY= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6e02:100b:: with SMTP id n11mr34711395ilj.212.1572981130955; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:12:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Kevin Bowling Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 12:12:00 -0700 Message-ID: To: Christopher Browne Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000008ca65e05969e3572" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Amdahl UTS, AIX/370, AIX/ESA 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: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000008ca65e05969e3572 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It was used in academia although it did appear elsewhere for instance in some PLC applications, for a long while some supertankers were running PS/2s with Optio22 I/O boards to control pumps and whatnot. I have seen the media kits in person recently. They comically come with an =E2=80=9Caction=E2=80=9D key cap for your Model M. I have a picture of int= erested. I don=E2=80=99t think the lack of popularity was any conspiracy. SCO had m= uch better ISV and hardware support for PS/2. And if you had a nickel for a real computer there=E2=80=99s a reason the RS/6000 platform and AIX are sti= ll around today, it=E2=80=99s not bad stuff despite being a bit different and = foreign. On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:03 PM Christopher Browne wrote: > On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 at 13:08, Kevin Bowling > wrote: > >> Clem, >> >> The AIX/386 stuff is readily available http://ps-2.kev009.com/aixps2/ >> and can run in virtualbox >> >> https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2018/09/14/running-aix-1-3-inside-virtua= l-box-5-2-16/ >> > > Wow, so the "x86" version of AIX truly existed! > > I had long heard rumour of this, and had heard of it from sources I was > inclined to trust not to be making it up. The dates seem to decently > explain the invisibility; introduction in 1992 and withdrawal in March 19= 95 > left but a brief period of time when anyone would have been willing to > acknowledge it as a product. > > -- > When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the > question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?" > --0000000000008ca65e05969e3572 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It was used in academia although it did appear elsew= here for instance in some PLC applications, for a long while some supertank= ers were running PS/2s with Optio22 I/O boards to control pumps and whatnot= .

I have seen the = media kits in person recently.=C2=A0 They comically come with an =E2=80=9Ca= ction=E2=80=9D key cap for your Model M.=C2=A0 I have a picture of interest= ed.

I don=E2=80=99t thin= k the lack of popularity was any conspiracy.=C2=A0 SCO had much better ISV = and hardware support for PS/2. And if you had a nickel for a real computer = there=E2=80=99s a reason the RS/6000 platform and AIX are still around toda= y, it=E2=80=99s not bad stuff despite being a bit different and foreign.

On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:03 PM Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 at = 13:08, Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> wrote:
Clem,

The AIX/386 stuff is readily available http://ps-2.kev009.com/aixps2/<= /a>
and can run in virtualbox
https://astr0ba= by.wordpress.com/2018/09/14/running-aix-1-3-inside-virtual-box-5-2-16/<= br clear=3D"all">

Wow, so the "x86&quo= t; version of AIX truly existed!

I had long heard = rumour of this, and had heard of it from sources I was inclined to trust no= t to be making it up.=C2=A0 The dates seem to decently explain the invisibi= lity; introduction in 1992 and withdrawal in March 1995 left but a brief pe= riod of time when anyone would have been willing to acknowledge it as a pro= duct.
--
When confronted by a difficult problem= , solve it by reducing it to the
question, "How would the Lone Rang= er handle this?"
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