Wicat 68000 based system ...

G'day [ex-]Wicat-users - We mainly used the WS-150 derivative Wicat systems in the early '80s running both U*IX and MCS. U*IX was System III, then System 7. The 1xx series was based on the Multibus I standard, and use the MC68000 processor originally running a 8MHz. A custom map (of 512 map registers as I recall) was introduced later for the 1xx series. The 2xx series and others used "custom bus" and I/O cards, but we added standard Multibus-compatible controller cards for all types of peripherals and communications devices. We still have some systems in running order, but didn't think that there would be a call for Wicat nostalgia in addition to our own preferred Data General melancholy. Wicat's in-house-developed MCS operating system was very VMS-like as they used VAX internally and liked much of the OS design. However, they implemented things in a, well, "unsophisticated fashion" which resulted in poorer performance than necessary and loss of hair for some their users. Perhaps I can scan the doc set and put in on the SimuLogics web site in a few weeks for you amusement. Bruce bkr(a)WildHareComputers.com -or- bkr(a)SimuLogics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Allain" <John.Allain(a)Donnelley.InfoUSA.Com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:22 PM Subject: RE: Wicat 68000 based system ...