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From: vause@cs-col.Columbia.NCR.COM (Sam Vause)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: shadow passwd in Tower 500 OS 1.01.02
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.015023.16508@nncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 28 Jun 91 05:50:23 GMT
References: <2004@ahds.ahold.nl> <1991Jun27.173338.6948@unislc.uucp>
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In article <1991Jun27.173338.6948@unislc.uucp> craig@unislc.uucp (Craig Ozancin) writes:
>From article <2004@ahds.ahold.nl>, by dick@ahds.ahold.nl (Dick Heijne CCS/TS):
>> In article <1975@safn2.UUCP>, rey@safn2.UUCP (rey) writes:
>>> In article <1991Jun21.202108.18914@bohtsg.UUCP>, art@bohtsg.pegasus.com (Art Neilson) writes:
>> | > "We liked sa a lot more than va"
>>> 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?
>> Both sa and va are NCR products.
>
>WRONG!  sa menus are added by Unisys on their version of the NCR release.
>
>
>Craig Ozancin

Let me try to put this issue to bed, once and for all.

NCR designed and wrote both SA and VA.  Neither AT&T or Unisys were
parties to the original design.

Unisys purchased the TOWER and modified the OS (including SA/VA) for
their own purposes.

System 3000 products do not have SA/VA menus; rather, NCR delivers
the AT&T SVR4 "sysadmin" subsystem as a replacement.
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