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From: rogers@ofc.Columbia.NCR.COM (HL Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Owner of SA/VA (was Re: shadow passwd in Tower 500 OS 1.01.02)
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.120419.18039@nncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 28 Jun 91 16:04:19 GMT
Reply-To: hl.rogers@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (HL Rogers)
Organization: NCR Corp, E&M-Columbia, Columbia, SC
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>>> | > "We liked sa a lot more than va"
>>>> Did it come from ATT?
No.

>>>> 	an NCR exclusive?
Yes.

>>>> Do the 3000 machines use va? is it part of V.4?
No.  No.

>>>> Would va give me a head start in any later migration?
No.

>>> Both sa and va are NCR products.
Correct.

>>WRONG!  sa menus are added by Unisys on their version of the NCR release.
Unisys did add some of their own menues.
>
>NCR designed and wrote both SA and VA.  Neither AT&T or Unisys were
>parties to the original design.
Correct.
>
>Unisys purchased the TOWER and modified the OS (including SA/VA) for
>their own purposes.
I believe Unisys uses only the host comm. portion of the sa menues,
while they inserted their own from another third-party for
routine system administration.
-- 
HL Rogers    (hl.rogers@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM)
These opinions are mine and may not be consistent
with those of my employer.