Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rls!randy From: randy@rls.UUCP (Randall L. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: compuserve Message-ID: <10716@rls.UUCP> Date: 23 May 91 03:15:00 GMT References: <9105201208.AA22490@tuatara.uofs.edu> <543@pyrite.nj.pyramid.com> Organization: The Internet Lines: 27 In article <543@pyrite.nj.pyramid.com>, bill@pyrite.nj.pyramid.com (Bill Pechter) writes: > In article <9105201208.AA22490@tuatara.uofs.edu> bill@TUATARA.UOFS.EDU (Bill Gunshannon) writes: >> >> Unless things have changed drastically since the last article I read about >> Compuserve, they are running PRIME Mini's. > > Nah, they're running DEC KL10's which run a modified TOPS10. The Source, > purchased by Compuserve, ran Prime minis. True and they're now converting to VMS. I toured their data center last fall and they still had *ton's* of RP06's!! The antique KL10's and KL20's still humming along. The Primes were sitting the corner running but not being used, as I was told. Modifying TOPS seemed to be a costly venture in the long run. Might have been more costly to be out of business though. Anyway, I really don't know how central it was to the business. Presumably, very. They do all (almost) their own hw support even on the new Vaxen. The biggest Vax they had (at the time) was a 6410. Cheers! - randy Usenet: randy@rls.uucp Bangpath: ...!osu-cis!rls!randy Internet: rls!randy@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Do not meddle in the affairs of the network news, for they are subtle and quick to anger.