11 Nov
2001
11 Nov
'01
6:04 p.m.
At 09:31 AM 8/11/2001 -0500, Bill Pechter wrote:
The 11/780 may have been in decline by 1987... but out
of
widespread use isn't true.
A large number of 11/780's were still being used in commercial
locations (although many had been upgraded to 11/780-5's -- non
FCC'd 11/785's)... but many were still in commercial use after
the scientific number cruncher types moved from the 11/780 to
newer faster and smaller boxes or to bigger boxes like the 8650.
I was still managing (and maintaining) 11/780s and 11/785s in the early
'90s. Indeed
we built the first Australian customer mixed architecture VMScluster using
an 11/785 and a 3000-300 in 1992 (if I recall the date correctly). I also
recall
our Digital salesperson remarking that she wouldn't have sold us the 3000
if she'd
known what I planned to do with it!
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