Branching the thread away from Compaq deskpro boards: "What We Have Lost"

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 8/1/21 8:51 PM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote:
>> z/OS runs on IBM Mainframes, there is also “IBM i”, which was previously called OS/400.
>>
>> Last I checked, GCOS-8 is still running, but with Itanium end-of-life, I’m not sure what on.  It’s been a niche market for decades.  I’d argue that it was a serious niche when I was using it in the early 90’s.
> 
> It is amazing how many people - IBMers included - that simply do not
> realize that Unisys exists, and both MCP and OS2200 are modern, up to
> date operating systems running on quite a lot of sites in the real
> world.
> 
> --
> Will
> 

And that like IBM still being able to run S/360 programs Unisys 2200
can still run Univac 1100 programs.

bill