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From: rey@safn2.UUCP (rey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: shadow passwd in Tower 500 OS 1.01.02
Summary: whence va?
Message-ID: <1975@safn2.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jun 91 18:12:05 GMT
References: <1991Jun21.202108.18914@bohtsg.UUCP>
Organization: Southern Aluminum Finishing, Atlanta, GA
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In article <1991Jun21.202108.18914@bohtsg.UUCP>, art@bohtsg.pegasus.com (Art Neilson) writes:
> security.  The old sa administration system was composed of shell scripts
> so it is easy to modify, however the new va administration system is a
> binary file and cannot be easily modified.  We really liked the old
> menu system and the ease of adding our own custom Banking menus to the
> standard sa menu system.  This is no longer the case, we haven't a clue
> as to how one can hook into the va menu system.
We have va on a 450/32 Unix 3.00.01. It is hard to give up the sa stuff.
We brought a lot of it over when we migrated; but any new applications
would be hard to figure out what to do. I got the va manuals and tape
for installation from NCR; but it looked kinda foreign and I have never
gotten into it.

Did it come from ATT?
What was(is) the point? sa was pretty good I thought.
Do any 3rd party software vendors supply va installable product, or is it
	an NCR exclusive?
Do the 3000 machines use va? is it part of V.4?
Would va give me a head start in any later migration?
-- 
Reynolds McClatchey (Southern Aluminum Finishing Co, Atlanta, GA, USA)
Architectural Aluminum. Custom Fabrication. Paint, Powder Coating, Anodizing.
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