> Computerbank NSW has had 8 NCR 3400 computers donated to them.
> Google tells me that these are circa 1987 and I note that NASA has
> already tested them for raditation hardness. So, my assessment is boat
> anchors == scrap.
Hmm. Google tells different things to different people. My search turned up '92
486DX50 based system, microchannel, SCSI, 10baseT ethernet, tape, 64Mb RAM(!),
NCR SVR4 Unix. Oh, and the case. The case sounds like it is made out of recycled
tank armour. None of yer namby pamby wobbly thin stuff here.
1992 is also confirmed by a NCR press release about migrating its customers to
3400. Looks like they were sold as big boofy back office servers.
> Can anyone tell me of any computing use that they might be?
> The HW all looks proprietary, so I'm assuming the software was as well.
Some '99 messages from the kernel mailing list indicated that NCR made their
own microchannel controller which the kernel (then) did not support.
Finally, check out
http://www.classiccmp.org/mail-archive/classiccmp/1999-07/1201.html.
It says that they will run NT & Solaris, and NCR still have all the drivers on
their site. Well, did then, anyway. Looks like some are dual CPU as well.
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