36-bits, no waiting (was Re: Paul Allen's DECsystem-10)

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>> So in Central Ohio, at least, 36-bits survived into the 21st Century
>>> for commercial usage.
>>
>> Shhh....don't tell Unisys.
> 
> For that matter, what is GCOS-8 running on these days?  I know it's 
> still around, though it looks like they might be moving to 64-bit 
> Itanium 2.

They're *trying* to make everyone move to NovaScale systems with 
Itaniums, but they're still producing DPS9000's.  The newest DPS9000's 
are actually decent systems, but GCOS8 is by no means common anymore.

Peace...  Sridhar