10 Jun
2006
10 Jun
'06
6:04 p.m.
>> Apollo should have open-documented their
stuff.
>Yup.. A huge problem for Apollo historical
preservation.
>I don't even know what might still exist inside
HP for the early
>stuff.
Absolutely nothing, and that's confirmed. Boeing
was the last
existing Apollo customer with systems still in production until
September of 2005. The final three years of which all hardware
maintenance was performed in-house, scavenging parts from
decomissioned machines. All leftover parts cleared surplus by
CYE2005, which is a pity as I owed DOMAIN keyboards to a few folks
and now I am not sure if I'll be able to make good on it.
I think the FAA were the second-to-last existing Apollo
customer. Not
sure when they finally retired their last systems, but it was years
before Boeing did.
FAA had, I think, some in-house S/W on their Apollos- what did Boeing use on them?
Scott Quinn
P.S. - I got one of those last-dump Apollos- there weren't any keyboards or mice at
Boeing, but still several 425es.
I was kind of wondering if they used them as Apollos or HP 9ks. Now I know.