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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

4480.0. "Unisys 2200 on Alpha" by MPOS02::CAMPBELL (Progam Manager) Wed Mar 13 1996 23:54

    Met with a Unisys engineer a couple days ago who works on the channel
    code for their 2200's.  He mentioned that they are trying to emulate
    the 2200 on the Pentium Pro and not getting the performance they had
    hoped during simulations.  My question is, who would call on them to
    try and do this?  We used to have a technical sales force - are they
    still around?
    
    Pat Campbell@MPO
    Program Manager
    Minneapolis, MN
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4480.1Unisys Migration CenterCOHOES::PARDEEWed Mar 20 1996 18:0213
Hi Pat,

Try Rich Rose @ALO.  

He has been working with the Digital Unisys Migration Center for several years
on the New York State Department of Social Services Programs.

I believe that there is a third-party partner in Canada that has ported the 2200
operating system to Alpha.

Barry Pardee @ALO
Program Manager
Albany, NY
4480.2I'll pass it on (Mainframe Solutions)ALFSS2::FOLDEVIMainframe Downsizing @ALF 343-2368Thu Mar 21 1996 14:4422
    I'll make sure that my manager gets the base note.  We're the Mainframe
    Solutions Group, a corporate marketing & account support group, and
    we've been dealing with Unisys and their "starving" customers many
    times.
    
    Re .-1 No, OS2200 does NOT run on an Alpha. What I guess you refer to
    is Allinson-Ross, a company that has a TP monitor for the Unisys
    platform that they now also support on Alpha Unix.
    
    and Re .-1 There is no such org as a "migration center". That
    disappeared years ago.  As for the actual migration work we bring in
    third parties that actually know their stuff and have bodies.
    
    And working with Unisys mightbe  alittlebit easier now, since their SI
    group can actually sell (and have done!) Digital systems as part of a
    SI project.  They've also ported MAPPER (a very popular 4GL tool) to
    Alpha - BUT they refuse to sell it as a product.  They still think it's
    too risky.
    
    Anyway, I'll pass on the base note.  We'll see what happens.
    
    - Lars