Unisys "Micro A"

From: Vance Dereksen <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Sun Jun 3 15:15:46 2001

That would be my guess as well. IBM put out a S/390 processor-on-a-PCI
once (I have two myself).

Peace... Sridhar

On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:

> John,
>
> My guess would be a PC sized version of a Unisys A series Mainframe. I
> don't know anything about them..... just that they exist. You might
> inquire in the Unisys newsgroup.
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
> John Allain wrote:
> >
> > Unisys "Micro A"
> > Anybody know about such a system?
> >
> > I took in a stray cat system a few months ago, started
> > parting it out, saw something interesting, then put it all
> > back together again. Today I booted it up (fits on 15A,
> > hurrah!) and determined the following:
> >
> > Base system:
> > Intel mobo w/8MB
> > Adaptec SCSI
> > OS/2 on SCSI disk
> > internal SCSI tape (QIC)
> > external SCSI tape (DAT)
> > VGA card
> >
> > Add-Ons:
> > Unisys "Micro A" CPU card (perhaps DC113)
> > daughter memory card
> > two multiplexed serial cards
> > Another Adaptec SCSI card,
> > apparently for the Uni half of the system.
> > Another Internal SCSI drive
> > two external drives
> >
> > Surprized it actually does stuff.
> > The "Micro A" system is controlled by three OS/2 Apps:
> > Admin, ODT 1,
> > and SCS (System Control Subsystem) (nice name) (huh?).
> > ODT 1 is a cryptic CLI system,
> > SCS is a boot console for the HW
> >
> > Anybody got any beans to spill on this?
> > is it just a big printer controller?
> > I noticed the Micro A is apparently microcontrolled.
> > What was it sold for?
> >
> > John A.
>
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