> On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
>
> > > Hmm, what are the odds... I just came across a small magnetic
> > > tape from CDC, from 1975, containing CDC 8090 Assembler, whatever
> > > that is... If the label is to be trusted, it is a 7 track tape,
> > > contains one file, and the density is 556?
> >
> > We had an 8090 in Bloomington, front-ending a 3600; later its was
> > replaced by a 3400. The 3400/3600 system was in turn replaced by the
> > 6600 in 1970.
>
> Do you know what happened to the VAXen used by IU Bloomington in the early
> 1990s? I was at Rose-Hulman at the time, but many of my friends were
> going to IU. I remember there being a couple of VAX/VMS systems like
> ROSE, JADE, and AQUA <?>.
Yeah, those sound like some of the names I've seen, although that was
after my time. But Greg Travis has an interest in these machines, his
web site is:
http://www.prime-mover.org/ClassicComputing/index.html
But while he mentions the VAXen, he doesn't have pictures or state he's
got one or more of them, so you might wan to ask him for further info.
Regards,
-doug q
Received on Tue Jun 12 2001 - 07:33:41 BST