22 Jun
1998
22 Jun
'98
1:18 p.m.
Ken Kant wrote:
Then I believe it would be a Convergent Mini, because it does run System
V, what does "Convergent" mean? There were actually to cases that came
with this system (each about the size of a dishwasher) and I was told
the two systems ran parralell to each other or something.. they were
hooked together. The second case and components is trashed but the one I
do have is in very good condition. It is an XPS-100 after I did some
checking. Also it has 3, 340 meg ESDI drives sitting in it.. and about 16
meg of ram. plus a tape backup, and 5.25 floppy drive. Also I have more
terminal cards, and procesor cards also.. to stick in it. How does one
go about re-installing System V unix?
Convergent Technologies of San Jose California built a number of Unix
and other platforms, most of which were OEMed by other companies --
NCR, Burroughs, Sperry, AT&T are the most prevalent. A few years
after Burroughs and Sperry merged into Unisys, they bought Convergent,
so I'm an ex-Unisys person since I got there a year later. Anything
you find running CTOS or CTIX is a Convergent box -- the AT&T Unix PC
ran CTIX, though the name didn't show up on screen. Convergent's
68xxx systems included the Miniframe and the Megaframe that later
evolved into the Convergent S-Series and the Unisys 5000 series.
(When I was there I got stuck on the damned U/6000 series, with
bloody Intel CPUs and ISA buses).
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_