Honeywell DPS 6 Hard drives

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Tue Feb 2 13:47:53 1999

> Administrator accounts were cool as we could change
> our password to what WE wanted, not some random string (yeh, yeh, security
> and all that).

One interesting option the DPS-6 machines had was a security module. When
added, the thing became a SCOMP (Secure Communications Processor) and with
it, A-1 security (something Unix can not even begin to think about
claiming. VMS, too.).

> Unfortunatly the odds are that all this hardware has been melted
> down for razor blades by now.

Remember that these are the same people that still find World War 1
equipment (and even stuff from the Civil War) in dusty crates in the back
of some depots from time to time.

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Tue Feb 02 1999 - 13:47:53 GMT