12 Apr
2001
12 Apr
'01
11:49 a.m.
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
I used to work at TI, and for a while we used a TI
990
minicomputer. I can't remember many details (we replaced
the 990 with a MicroVAX II about six months after I
started). I remember using TI914 terminals, which were
block-mode terminals. I don't remember the name of the
operating system, but I do remember the OS was not very
secure.
Did the 990's go to HP with the Unix systems, or to Siemens or Fujitsu or
somebody else, or were they just abandoned?
You wouldn't believe how hard it is tracking down 990 and
BS300,600,800 stuff, unless you fork out corporate prices at the couple of
remaining TI vendors/repair centers..
Believe me, any light you can shed that would help locate parts,
documentation, software, etc. will be greatly appreciated by more
than myself on this list.
There was a TI-developed 914 terminal emulator that
was widely used in TI. Long after the 990 systems
were gone the 914 terminal emulator was used to
connect to the IBM mainframes.
I have 3 911 VDT's and a 990/1 here (effectively a 915 since I'm missing a
disk subsystem) with my 990/10. Not familiar with the 914 or the 914
emulator. I do know there was 924 emulator for the PC that was extant at
one time, but I haven't been able to get hold of a copy.
jbdigriz