21 Jun
2003
21 Jun
'03
11:30 a.m.
I am getting a gaggle of Burroughs B20/BTOS machines through eBay. I developed
software on them for Burroughs back in the late 80s. Didn't really care for
the machines at the time, but I thought the expansion capability by
adding "slices" was pretty neat.
Does anyone have any B20 "slices" or any BTOS/CTOS software or documentation
that they want to sell?
alan
BTW, long ago I promised to scan in some of my VAX documentation, but life
keeps getting in the way. I hope to get that stuff done in August now.
21 Jun
21 Jun
11:41 a.m.
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Alan Perry wrote:
I am getting a gaggle of Burroughs B20/BTOS machines
through eBay. I developed
software on them for Burroughs back in the late 80s.
That's interesting. I was a QC Engineer on them back in the late 80's, at
MPG Camarillo in Southern California. Only for about 8-9 months though.
Perhaps I even had the chance to nag you over broken code...???
It stands out as the single most boring job I ever had. The moment
something better came along, I was outtathere... ;}
I had some BTOS system disks, but they went to a (now forgotten)
listmember here a few years back.
Cheers
John
22 Jun
22 Jun
8:29 p.m.
I worked on DTS 3.x, a Burroughs block mode terminal emulator and file transfer
utility for B20s and PCs. I also did maintenance through end-of-life on
HostLink, an app that did more integration between Burroughs mainframes and
B20s/PCs (printing on mainframe printers from the B20/PC and mounting virtual
volumes on the B20/PC that were actually disk space on the mainframe, stuff
like that). That was 86-89.
I worked on other stuff as well, but that was my B20 work. I barely remember
any of it anymore.
alan
Quoting John Lawson <jpl15(a)panix.com>om>:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Alan Perry wrote:
I am getting a gaggle of Burroughs B20/BTOS
machines through eBay. I
developed software on them for Burroughs back in the late 80s.
That's interesting. I was a QC Engineer on them back in the late 80's, at
MPG Camarillo in Southern California. Only for about 8-9 months though.
Perhaps I even had the chance to nag you over broken code...???
It stands out as the single most boring job I ever had. The moment
something better came along, I was outtathere... ;}
I had some BTOS system disks, but they went to a (now forgotten)
listmember here a few years back.
Cheers
John 
23 Jun
23 Jun
9:06 a.m.
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Subject: Looking for Burroughs B20/BTOS software/hardware/docs
I am getting a gaggle of Burroughs B20/BTOS machines through
eBay. I developed
software on them for Burroughs back in the late 80s. Didn't
really care for
the machines at the time, but I thought the expansion capability by
adding "slices" was pretty neat.
Does anyone have any B20 "slices" or any BTOS/CTOS software or
documentation
that they want to sell?
Hi Alan,
Whereabouts on this planet are you? I've got an absolute stack of B20 and
BTOS stuff that doesn't fit in my museum 'cos they're not home computers.
There's even a spare B20, replacement hard drive and motherboard....
cheers
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