Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!strath-cs!nott-cs!clan!cczdao From: cczdao@clan.clan.nott.ac.uk (David Osborne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tahoe Subject: Re: Query on S/W availability for Tahoe computers Keywords: ICL, Clan Message-ID: <6004@robin.cs.nott.ac.uk> Date: 5 Jul 89 09:08:31 GMT References: <569@vax1.tcd.ie> Sender: root@cs.nott.ac.uk Reply-To: cczdao%clan.nott.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (David Osborne) Organization: Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, UK Lines: 41 In article <569@vax1.tcd.ie>, Michael Doherty writes: >I am interested in the unit ICL call the >Clan 7 or DRS 500 and wish to know if anyone is using it in >a University mode to support student and researchers. In particular >I am interested in what software of academic interest is available. Michael, i manage a machine of the very type you were enquiring about. we had heard that ICL were suggesting a that Dublin buy a Clan -- is this to front-end your VME system? our machine is a Clan 7/200 (identical to CCI's Power6/32), but this is now replaced as ICL's offering by the "Clan 7/400", which is a more compact but otherwise similar box. our system is underconfigured with 8Mb memory and 2 CDC 330Mb disks, 64 async lines, TCP/IP over ethernet, OSI level 4 over Oslan and, recently, X25. it runs a System V.3-ish kernel over a Berkeley fast filesystem and performance seems adequate for our usual dozen or so users. we're using ours to offer a text-processing service based on TeX and LaTeX to staff, postgrads and undergrads. mail me direct if you want any more detail or gossip. [ help! i tried to mail this response to the info-tahoe list but it was rejected by "Mail Delivery Subsystem " with the Subject: "Returned mail: Host unknown" ... ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 ... Host unknown can anyone remind me of the correct address, please? ] dave -- David Osborne | JANET: d.osborne@uk.ac.nott.clan Cripps Computing Centre | BITNET: d.osborne%uk.ac.nott.clan@ukacrl.bitnet University of Nottingham |Internet: d.osborne%uk.ac.nott.clan@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK | (Phone: +44 602 484848 x2064) David Osborne