[Info-vax] "Shanghai Stock Exchange" and OpenVMS

[William Webb]

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:44 PM, dsnyder <DanielDSnyder at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A number of steel mills still run VAXen for process control and a lot of
>> that
>> code incidentally was written in PL/I.  We have one customer that converted
>> to Alpha about 4 years ago.  Last I heard Mittal was still on VAXen
>>
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>
> Severstal still uses some DECstation Ultrix and Alphaserver 2100's,
> 1000A's with OpenVMS.
> California Steel uses Alphaserver 2100's and DS20E's. Varies from site
> to site. Some mills
> are converting to Integrity servers. Hyundai has bought into Integrity
> on a very large scale.
> The steel mill business has no room for excuses when it comes to
> production planning,
> process control/monitoring..
>
>
> Final note: I went to a Severstal plant in Ohio and found several
> MicroVAX 3300's.
> I thought the machines were retired but was told in no uncertain terms
> they were not available
> for my collection as these machines provide caster strand breakout
> detection. I remember
> when these machines and their applications were commissioned in 1990.
>
> Dan Snyder
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I know where a 3300 might be available if you're looking for one.

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