hsu@cvl.UUCP (Dave Hsu) (03/02/85)
> This is a Serious Servey. How many Sperry Univacs are still out there > being used for practical purposes. I am going to the University of > Alabama in Hunstville, which acclaims it has one of the best CS programs > in the country, and its main computer is a Univac. I am still wandering > if I will have to write my programs on punch cards.... > > - {ihnp4,akgua,cbosgd,nsc}!jett!linwood Hmmm...funny, here at the University of Maryland, College Park, we claim (note that we also take english here) to have one of the best CS programs in the country too, and although our most used machine is an 1100/82 (UMD2.ARPA) it is now getting competition from a set of IBM's. We also maintain an 1100/71 for (research/other) purposes. Rumor has it that we are slated for an 1100/90 too, when Sperry finishes it. And I thought WE were the only people left with an 1100 under EXEC-8! -dave hsu
mike@dolqci.UUCP (Mike Stalnaker) (03/04/85)
> > This is a Serious Servey. How many Sperry Univacs are still out there > > being used for practical purposes. I am going to the University of > > Alabama in Hunstville, which acclaims it has one of the best CS programs > > in the country, and its main computer is a Univac. I am still wandering > > if I will have to write my programs on punch cards.... > > > > - {ihnp4,akgua,cbosgd,nsc}!jett!linwood > > Hmmm...funny, here at the University of Maryland, College Park, we claim > (note that we also take english here) to have one of the best CS programs > in the country too, and although our most used machine is an 1100/82 > (UMD2.ARPA) it is now getting competition from a set of IBM's. We also > maintain an 1100/71 for (research/other) purposes. Rumor has it that we are > slated for an 1100/90 too, when Sperry finishes it. > > And I thought WE were the only people left with an 1100 under EXEC-8! > > -dave hsu As of six months ago, the National Bureau of Standards was still running an 1100/82. -- Mike Stalnaker {decvax!grendel,cbosgd!seismo}!dolqci!mike Be wary of strong drink: It can cause you to shoot at the tax collector... and miss.
cdh@ptsfc.UUCP (Chris Harvey) (03/05/85)
In Response to the Serious Servey(sic), there are numerous Sperry machines throughout the country. Federal and state governments use them extensively, and the entire Bell system uses quite a few Sperry machines at each company. Large corporations, such as Bectel and Lockheed are also customers. The installations are out there, but you generally have to look behind the IBM mainframes to find them. -- Chris Harvey,Pac Bell,SF ============================================================ "Joke 'em if they can't take a .... " (dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!cdh)