TOPS-20

From: Will Emerson <wpe101_at_banet.net>
Date: Mon Oct 19 20:11:48 1998

Big cut performed here......

Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
 
> -spc (Has anyone here actually used TOPS-20?)

        As a system operator, and, later production control analyst with
DEC, I dealt with it.. All of the "system managers" in our group didn't
want to deal with the "pre vax/vms stuff". so I ended up as the de-facto
administrator of a KL1091 running TOPS-10 V7.01, and a KL2060 running
(gawd, I ferget) V TOPS-20.. Eventually, we shut down the 1091, and
brought up the 2060 running (believe it or not) V7.02 TOPS-10... At
least, when the KL's crashed, they'd let the Op know, Such as:
[DECsystem-10 Not Running], with an appropriate "beep" at the CTY,
and the same message displayed on any user's terminal..

Oh, with the VAXen, at the time, you suspected a crash about the same
time
some VP called on the phone and blasted you because they could not get
any response from the system.... (progress?)

                                               Will
Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 20:11:48 BST