From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 3f67d3d9 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:38:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BFAEEA1B14; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 06:38:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5B79A1A8B; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 06:38:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 86270A1A8B; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 06:38:07 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 632 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 06:38:06 AEST Received: from anduin.eldar.org (anduin.eldar.org [24.106.248.90]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED56FA1A84 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 06:38:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from anduin.eldar.org (IDENT:brad@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by anduin.eldar.org (8.15.2/8.13.8) with ESMTPS id w7RKRXq2016075 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:27:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from brad@localhost) by anduin.eldar.org (8.15.2/8.13.8/Submit) id w7RKRWuV011096; Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:27:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Brad Spencer To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org In-Reply-To: (jpl.jpl@gmail.com) Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:27:32 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (anduin.eldar.org [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:27:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Research UNIX on the AT&T 3B2? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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" "John P. Linderman" writes: > We (at the Labs outside of 11127) were definitely forced to use the 3B > series, despite its unbelievable lack of documentation (and floating point, > for the 3B20s). Having to eat your own dog food doesn't make it palatable, > it just prevents you from doing something worthwhile, and dislike those who > prepare the menu. I'd be happy to apologize, if the 3Bs had proved their > worth. [snip] I was at 6200 Broad Street in Reynoldsburg in the late 1990s to early 2000s and while the group I was a part of was not forced to use the 3B series for our product, we did get forced into using GIS [a.k.a. NCR] systems after NCR was purchased. The OS running on it was some sort of SVR4, pretty vanilla, if I recall correctly. I just remember it being buggy. That version of the product was sold to a single domestic US customer. All of the rest of the domestic customers waited for the HP-UX port which happened after it was obvious no one wanted the NCR product. The product that I was a part of was old even at the time, having been ported to the VAX [SVR3], test ported to SunOS 4.x, Tandem and the AT&T rebranded variation [SVR3, and SVR4], GIS [SVR4] and HP [HP-UX, lots of versions]. I have heard since that the product is still around and runs on Linux at this point. -- Brad Spencer - brad@anduin.eldar.org - KC8VKS - http://anduin.eldar.org