[Info-vax] CPU Refresher for Programmers

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-01-19 00:45, Chris Scheers wrote:
> IanD wrote:
>> I think the OS was Aviion? Didn't that morph into the OS behind EMC's
>> storage frames?
>
> The main MV OSes were AOS/VS and AOS/VS II.

Ah, yes! Thanks. AOS - Advanced Operating System. Fancy name for a 
pretty ugly OS.

> IIRC, Aviion was the name originally used for their RISC hardware
> (Motorola 88000?).  The storage arrays were mostly under the Clariion
> name.  These storage arrays were EMC's main interest, but they also got
> (and killed) the computer parts.

Yes, Aviion was Motorola 88000. Later they shifted to Intel hardware.
And also thanks for Clariion. That was the name of the storage stuff 
that EMC wanted. Wow, how much one forgets...

>> When I worked in the electronic field (basic stuff), the future was
>> designer chips. That whole line of stuff never went anywhere and the
>> rise of the commodity chips came to power. Now power itself is a major
>> focus, since the true cost of energy is being realised
>
> FWIW: The DG MV hardware with the ring capabilities was the basis for
> the book "The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder.

Yes. The 32-bit Eclipse... An ugly machine...

	Johnny

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