12 Apr
2006
12 Apr
'06
6:58 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?
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!
- ADDS Mentor 2000
Can anyone tell me anything about this? Worth keeping? (It's fairly
big).
Got some manuals, but no media.
The ADDS Mentor was a Pick (see footnote) Operating System/Database machine.
It was not one of the most common ones, but it wasn't rare either. They had
a very nice pick implementation but didn't do the best job marketing it,
perhaps because they also were pushing unix ADDS machines at the same time.
I personally think it's worth saving, but, not many people are pick-heads
like me :) I know those machines (the OS at least) inside and out and could
help you get it running. Pick's RDBMS is unique and interesting (to me!).
Jay Footnote - Pick Operating System - also known as
UniVerse, Unidata,
Revelation, Reality, Sequel, Mentor, Zebra, OpenInsight (mostly), Ultimate,
PR1ME Information, etc. etc.
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.
Jim
Thanks Jim - indeed the only removable storage appears to be a QIC
tape ...
Regards,
Dave
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