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Conference hydra::dejavu

Title:	Psychic Phenomena
Notice:	Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:	JARETH::PAINTER

Created:	Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:	Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2143
Total number of notes:	41773

1123.0. "Looking for MicroVAX leads ...." by LESCOM::KALLIS (Time takes things.) Tue Sep 05 1989 17:24

                 -<anything unusual and not embarrassing?>-
                 
    I'm starting this over because it generated a lot of confusion.
    I'm asking this as a personal favor.
    
    There are enough different folk that participate here that maybe
    something will spring to mind.
    
    The Low End Systems group is looking for interesting ways to publicize
    the MicroVAX family.  One thought is if there are some very unusual
    applications and/or situations involving MicroVAX computers that
    a) it's proper and appropriate to talk about [obviously, nothing
    classified, or nothing that could be construed as an "inappropriate"
    use (either of questionable practice or something that could embarrass
    the corporation), and b) a user would be willing to talk about
    or would let us publicize.
    
    Please let us know first before contacting a user so that we can
    make evaluations without raising user expectations (in case what
    appears at first as an interesting use turns out not to be).
    
    If you can think of any, please VAXmail them to me.  This is a somewhat
    unusual request, but if anyone can supply raw data for us to evaluate,
    we'd appreciate it.
    
    I realize this is a bit unusual for this most unusual of Conferences,
    but I just wondered what out-of-the-ordinary MicroVAX uses you might
    have heard of ...
    
    Thanks.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

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1123.1	Seagoing vaxen ?	CSC32::S_LEDOUX	Smalltime hacker with an Attitude	`Sun Sep 10 1989 05:26`	7
	> the MicroVAX family. One thought is if there are some very unusual > applications and/or situations involving MicroVAX computers that Weren't some microvaxes used on the yachts during the last americas cup ? Scott.
1123.2		CSC32::MORGAN	Celebrating the Cybernetic Age.	`Mon Sep 11 1989 12:12`	5
	Reply to .1123.1 A VAX 750 was used to test the design of the America's Cup winner. And onboard a chase ship a microvax was used to montior the performance or the yacht in actual test runs on the wet.
1123.3	What's the root of growth?	MISERY::WARD_FR	Going HOME--as an Adventurer	`Mon Sep 11 1989 12:39`	8
	re: .0 I'm sure this isn't what you want, however I just heard last week that there are two ancient microvaxes upstairs somewhere that are being used only as plant stands. Frederick
1123.4	sailing the sea of gates...	AV8OR::EDECK		`Wed Sep 13 1989 10:31`	31
	(Coincidentally, I got this in the mail this morning.) The Whitbread is an around the world Maxi yacht race. F&P is a New Zealand yacht somewhere about 6th now after aboput 2 weeks of racing. There's about 4 weeks left to the first leg. This is a portion of an article I found in :SAILING. Talk about environmental testing! Geoff The estimated computering power necessary to run the ORCA programme efficently was large and way beyond an ordinary desktop system, so the Digital Microvax 2000 computer was recommended and used.It was a quantum leap to consider putting a powerful computer like a microvax on board a yacht that would expreince everything from from equatorial heat and thunderstorms to polar ice and gales.Special light wieght equipment provided the computer with a 240v supply. In essence the programme takes forecast weather maps,calculates the wind strengths and directions and then predict's the distance's F+P can sail over a certian time period in many directions.The programme,using the historical database set up by Gordon, picks the best direction to sail.Fisher & Paykel also has on board 2 weather fax's the image is entered into the computer and then reproduced on the Vt330. Logically it would have been to more convenient to have land based computers directly transmit weather information in digital form to the yacht based system but this breaks the rule prohibit outside assistance to the race yachts and the whitbread committee actuall banned systems that went outside the spirit of ocean racing - independence.
1123.5	MicroVAX in Orbit	HSOMAI::RENTERIA		`Tue Oct 31 1989 13:06`	6
	There is a MicroVAX II that has been or is being made space-flight ready. I can't remember the name of the system integrator involved, but if you're interested it would be easy for me to find out. Anita