22 Jun
2001
22 Jun
'01
10:15 a.m.
Are you sure anyone is still using the Harris
Mini's? BTW, I believe they
were a Harris 550. They were supposed to be phased out around the same time
as the Honeywell DPS-6's that made up SNAP I. I think NEETS Module 21 has a
little info on the Harris Mini.
I'll have to see if I still have that NEETS module here. I
don't remember the section on the Harris systems though. I know some
of the oilers were still using them since the ship wasn't large
enough to accomodate the Honeywell systems. The last time I actually
worked on one was in '93. Even the Honeywell's are being replaced by
micro's running Unix though.
Also, if anyone has the sourcecode for the "Star
Trek" game that ran on the
Harris systems I'd love to get my hands on a copy! It wasn't the standard
X-Y Grid based Star Trek that has run on just about every platform (although
I think they did have one like that also).
I've played the Star Trek as installed on the DPS-6 but never
on the Harris. Given the wide spread porting of that game, it'd be
interesting to see an archive that included the various source
versions for it.
Jeff
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