My first job at Packard Electric, we had 2 mainframes, 1 for production, a NAS 9000, and 1 for development, a NAS 6650.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, July 31, 2023, 7:40 PM, Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: Something that I read (in one post or another) indicated, to me, that Fujitsu was buying Amdahl machines. Wasn't pointing fingers. I know that Fujitsu owned 40% of Amdahl in the late 80s when I got hired. It was a sad day when they exercised their right to buy the rest of Amdahl. I lost money on that taking. I think I still have an Amdahl stock certificate somewhere. Steve Thompson On 7/31/2023 6:54 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: > Steve Thompson wrote, in part: >> Fujitsu did not "buy" Amdahl machines > If you were replying to me, note that I didn't say they bought Amdahl > machines; I said they bought Amdahl: > "Fujitsu agreed to acquire the 58 percent of Amdahl Corporation (including > the Canada-based DMR consulting group) that it did not already own for around > $850 million in July 1997." > https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/31/business/fujitsu-to-pay-850-million-to-acquire-rest-of-amdahl.html > > And thanks to those reminding me it was the z800 that Hitachi built for IBM. > I had about the right period in my wee brain but couldn't remember which > machine! > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Regards, Steve Thompson VS Strategies LLC Westfield IN 972-983-9430 cell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
