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

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

> On Aug 1, 2021, at 5:51 PM, William Donzelli <wdonze...@gmail.com> 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.

Actually I should remember that one as well…  I supported a Unisys mainframe, 
after I worked with GCOS-8, though I spent most of my time with HP-UX and SunOS 
at that time.

Zane