2 Aug
2021
2 Aug
'21
12:58 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Zane Healy via
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Sent: 02 August 2021 04:24
To: William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com>
Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
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Subject: Re: Branching the thread away from Compaq deskpro boards: "What
We Have Lost"
Until very recently Fujitsu was still supporting the ICL VMS operating system, as I
understand it for use by UK Government departments.
I think it?s a pity we don't see the S/38, AS/400, I software more widely available.
I am sure that it would run well on modern Intel or even ARM
Dave
On Aug 1, 2021, at 5:51 PM, William Donzelli
<wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
> z/OS runs on IBM Mainframes, there is also ?IBM i?, which was previously
called OS/400.
>
> Last I checked, GCOS-8 is still running, but with Itanium end-of-life, I?m
not
sure what on. It?s been a niche market for decades. I?d argue that it was
a serious niche when I was using it in the early 90?s.
It is amazing how many people - IBMers included - that simply do not
realize that Unisys exists, and both MCP and OS2200 are modern, up to
date operating systems running on quite a lot of sites in the real
world.
Actually I should remember that one as well? I supported a Unisys
mainframe, after I worked with GCOS-8, though I spent most of my time with
HP-UX and SunOS at that time.
Zane