xrjjm%dirbe.span@JPL-VLSI.ARPA (04/29/87)
Comment: Begin User Supplied Mail Headers. *Site: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. *Position: 76 Deg. 52' 28.5" West, 38 Deg. 59' 59.8" North. *From: John J. McMahon, Systems Programmer, STX - ST Systems Corporation. *Project: COBE Science Data Room (CSDR), Code 401.1 *Reply-To: (Arpa-Internet) XRJJM%CSDR.SPAN@JPL-VLSI.ARPA *Reply-To: (Bitnet) ZMJJM@SCFVM *Reply-To: (Span/Physnet/Hepnet) 6173::XRJJM = CSDR::XRJJM (Node 6.29) *Reply-To: (TEXnet) UTADNX::UTSPAN::CSDR::XRJJM > From: BERGER%CSGHSG5A.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu > On our VAX-8500 calling $GETSYI with the item SYI$_CPU gives me > back the value PR$_SID_TYP8NN. > I would like to get the information what kind of a 8NN it is. > What do I have to specify to get back this information ? Which > item gives me the value PR$_XSID_N8500 ? > > Ruedi Berger > Informatikbereich Hochschule St.Gallen Just as an interesting aside, I brought FINGER up on our 8200 a while back (For various reasons I had to take it off...). When it reported the computer type, instead of saying "8200", it said "Scorpio". Anybody know where that came from ? ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v John J. McMahon (Fast-Eddie) Disclaimer: Views expressed in this letter are my own, and are not meant to represent the views of my employers.