What ever happened to Tandem and NonStop OS 2059

Eric Chomko

I would be interested to see how my SWTPC's are still in production compared to -11s.

Therefore it's not a fully qualified system... Duh. SNIP

Let's say your rail network stops functioning for a couple of days. Or maybe your steel mill stops production. Could be pricey.

Sure I can. But in practice PDPs were Micros too, so the basic reliability of -11s would be at least as good if not better than the alternatives. The differentiator is that you had a significantly better chance of deploying a couple of hundred -11s without faults in the first month. If one did break you could reasonably expect it to be repaired within 24 hours.

I have already told you and Andrew Swallow why. You refused to accept or acknowledge it as a valid reason.

There appears to be a reality gap between you and the rest of us.

Nothing, it packed a lot more transistors than it's predecessors. If you are trying to decern the influences I suspect that MIPS and POWER might be a good place to start.

I still use UNIX shell scripts (AWK included btw). For anything more complex I use Python. If I need speed I use C++ and avoid virtuals. ;)

Cheers, Rupert