johnston%lbl-csam@sri-unix.UUCP (09/20/83)
From: Bill Johnston [csam] <johnston@lbl-csam>
I need information on:
1) UNIX implementations on "class IV" machines.
(Class IV machines have approximate processor speeds of 10 million
floating point ops/sec, and examples are: Univac 1100/44, CDC7600,
IBM 3033 & 370/195, Amdahl V7A, CDC Cyber 175)
I am aware of implementations on the IBM 3081 and Amdahl V7, but could some
pointers to information about them.
2) The contact names of those people who are (were) responsible for
any such implementations.
Thanks, Bill Johnston
(415) 486-5014
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
johnston@lbl-csamBRUCE@umdb@sri-unix.UUCP (09/20/83)
From: Bruce Crabill <BRUCE@umdb>
Well, two thirds of the vendors you listed have Unix implementations for them
(IBM and Univac). I don't know of any Unix for CDC machines however. The IBM
(and IBM look-alikes) is called the Universal Timesharing System (UTS) and is
available from Amdahl. It runs under VM/370 or VM/SP and hence should run on
just about any member of the 370 family (at least any that can support VM).
For further information on UTS, contact:
Amdahl Corporation
Marketing Communications, M/S 215
1250 East Arques Avenue
P.O. Bose 470
Sunnyvale, California 94086
408/746-SOFT (inside CA)
800/638-4242 (outside CA)
It is based on release 7 and seems to work. The Univac version is also a
release 7 and is called the UNIX(TM) TIME-SHARING SYSTEM FOR UNIVAC(TM)
1100 SERIES SYSTEMS, and as you might guess from the title is distributed
by Bell. It runs under EXEC-8 (oops, 'Series 1100 Operating System', they
don't support 1108s anymore or 1100/40s either for that matter). You must
be running level 36 or 37 of EXEC-8 and it only runs on 1100/60s and 1100/80s.
Some problem with the banking hardware prevents it from running on a 1100/40
so you are probably out of luck on that. Now if you want to run Unix on a
really large machine, BRL probably should mention their plan to Unix on a
Denelcor HEP. Any comments Ron?
Brucemike@brl-vgr@sri-unix.UUCP (09/20/83)
From: Mike Muuss <mike@brl-vgr> You may wish to consider the Denelcor HEP (model H1000). The HEP is an MIMD (Multiple Instruction Stream, Multiple Data Stream) Multi-processor SuperComputer. Each processor operates at 10 MIPS, and a system can be comprised of up to 16 processors. At BRL, we have a 4 processor (40 MIP) configuration. The Advanced Computer System Team here at BRL is well along with our port of 4.2 BSD to the HEP. The kernel will begin testing early next week, and we should have the system up and on the ArpaNet in October. Best, Mike Muuss Leader, Advanced Computer Systems Team Computer Techniques and Analysis Branch Systems Engineering and Concepts Analysis Division U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory Attn: DRSMC-BLB (Muuss) APG, MD 21005 (301)-278-6678 AV 283-6678 FTS 939-6678 ArpaNet: Mike @ BRL UUCP: ...!decvax!brl-bmd!mike