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Started by John McLeod
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:25
End of an era
Author: John McLeod
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:25
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:25
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What may be the last breathing Multics site anywhere is scheduled to shut down for the last time Monday October 30, 2000 at 17:00 GMT (1:00 PM local) at MARLANT Headquarters in Halifax Canada.
Re: End of an era
Author: Ron Harvey
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 00:36
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 00:36
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Except, of course, for the one in Alice Springs. John McLeod wrote: > > What may be the last breathing Multics site anywhere is scheduled > to shut down for the last time Monday October 30, 2000 at 17:00 GMT > (1:00 PM local) at MARLANT Headquarters in Halifax Canada.
Re: End of an era
Author: "Douglas H. Queb
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:05
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:05
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"Ron Harvey" <rbh@goodnet.com> wrote in message news:39F93068.CF92FD4C@goodnet.com... > John McLeod wrote: > > > > What may be the last breathing Multics site anywhere is scheduled > > to shut down for the last time Monday October 30, 2000 at 17:00 GMT > > (1:00 PM local) at MARLANT Headquarters in Halifax Canada. > > Except, of course, for the one in Alice Springs. ??? Didn't see that one in Tom's site list... care to elaborate? Additionally, the one in San Juan may still be operational, but the person who has responsibility for operations there has not answered my e-mails, so who knows? -dq
Re: End of an era
Author: "David Schroth"
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 21:49
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 21:49
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The last I heard regarding PRHA was in April 1999. The site needed an 800 bpi off-line T&D tape. At that time the site was still on MR10.2 (with an updated scs_data.cds to allow boot until 23:59 GMT 1999-12-31). I am fairly confident that the MR10.2 release will not run post 1999. Most certainly all of the PDTs and the SAT would contain dates indicating project cutoff. Even MR12.5, the last release shipped to the field, required Y2K updates, right Allan. My guess is they are gone.... David "Douglas H. Quebbeman" <dhquebbeman@theestopinalgroup.com> wrote in message news:39f999d3_1@news.iglou.com... > "Ron Harvey" <rbh@goodnet.com> wrote in message > news:39F93068.CF92FD4C@goodnet.com... > > John McLeod wrote: > > > > > > What may be the last breathing Multics site anywhere is scheduled > > > to shut down for the last time Monday October 30, 2000 at 17:00 GMT > > > (1:00 PM local) at MARLANT Headquarters in Halifax Canada. > > > > Except, of course, for the one in Alice Springs. > > ??? > > Didn't see that one in Tom's site list... care to elaborate? > > Additionally, the one in San Juan may still be operational, > but the person who has responsibility for operations there > has not answered my e-mails, so who knows? > > -dq > > >
Re: End of an era
Author: John McLeod
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:26
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:26
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Multics in Halifax is now history. The actual shutdown was 17:08 GMT. As I understand it, this Multics system is to be sold by DND through Gov't of Canada "Crown Assets" as surplus. This will be without disks (but disks are supposed to be available though a third party supplier). Any interested party will need to move quickly because plan "A" is to rip it apart in about 2 weeks and dispose of it as scrap metal/plastic. For more information: please contact Mr. Dave Renshaw at Email: d.renshaw@dnd.ca David Schroth wrote: > > The last I heard regarding PRHA was in April 1999. The site needed an 800 > bpi off-line T&D tape. At that time the site was still on MR10.2 (with an > updated scs_data.cds to allow boot until 23:59 GMT 1999-12-31). I am fairly > confident that the MR10.2 release will not run post 1999. Most certainly all > of the PDTs and the SAT would contain dates indicating project cutoff. Even > MR12.5, the last release shipped to the field, required Y2K updates, right > Allan. > > My guess is they are gone.... > > David > > "Douglas H. Quebbeman" <dhquebbeman@theestopinalgroup.com> wrote in message > news:39f999d3_1@news.iglou.com... > > "Ron Harvey" <rbh@goodnet.com> wrote in message > > news:39F93068.CF92FD4C@goodnet.com... > > > John McLeod wrote: > > > > > > > > What may be the last breathing Multics site anywhere is scheduled > > > > to shut down for the last time Monday October 30, 2000 at 17:00 GMT > > > > (1:00 PM local) at MARLANT Headquarters in Halifax Canada. > > > > > > Except, of course, for the one in Alice Springs. > > > > ??? > > > > Didn't see that one in Tom's site list... care to elaborate? > > > > Additionally, the one in San Juan may still be operational, > > but the person who has responsibility for operations there > > has not answered my e-mails, so who knows? > > > > -dq > > > > > >
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