13 Apr
2006
13 Apr
'06
7:14 p.m.
Dave wrote....
Thanks for the info Jay, it seems fairly impressive -
It's got 16 DB-9
connectors (serial?) on the back - Is this a serious multi-user machine?
Pick is
designed from the Virtual Assembler on up to be a multi-user RDBMS.
It is a serious multiuser machine. Probably on all DB9's, but particularly I
noticed on most Pick machines.... every vendor had a different pinout for
the DB9 port. GA Zebra's did tx/rx/sgnd on 3/4/5!
I have some documentation, but not all that much (and
no media), can
you suggest any resources - Probably won't get to it for a while (still
working on the Unisys), but eventually I'll be hungry for details!
When you get
ready let me know, I have quite a few manuals. There is also
books on Pick at B.Dalton/Waldenbooks, at least their used to be! The best
part if pick is dynamic arrays. A little odd at first, but once the light
bulb goes off, you'll wonder why everyone didn't do it that way!
> This is most likely a Pick machine. it probably
took a tape to boot
> it. It may be a Z 8000 type
> machine, if it is Pick. They were one of the first ones to try to use
> the Z8000 in a system.
Most pick systems would boot up right from the hard
drives, the tape was
only needed to install a fresh system.
I don't recall if the Adds Mentor 2000 was a firmware implementation or a
software implementation. I found the software implementations to be much
more fascinating/fun.
Jay