The OS for the Xerox Sigma-7 (and Sigma-9s) was called "CP-V" (Control Program five) and the JCL was, IIRC, called "PCL" (a "pickle deck").
Honeywell took over the 'puter business but didn't do much with it. The CEs had a diagnostic tape that included System EXercisers (which could be launched by the command "SEX" or "NEW") and the first program on the tape was called "hardcore" to ensure that all of the instructions in the system still worked. Instead of Z EOD the operator typed "ZAP", the KSR-35 would do a little dance and type out "THAT'S ALL FOLKS" and the CPU speaker would play the Star Spangled Banner. (shakes head) It was a fun system. though there were some oddities. For instance, CP-V could be crashed by running 256 B *+1s in a row (because the CPU stalled in re-filling the pipeline and locked out the HS-RAD). "cat file" was spelled "copy file to me"... and it had the first meta-assembler I've ever seen. I used to hand-assemble some programs and toggle 'em in. I learned about channel programming on that beast. I went from those to TI-960s in late 1977 and then to UNIVAC 1100s in 1979. -------------------- John R. Campbell, Speaker to Machines (GNUrd) (813) 356-5322 (t/l 697) Adsumo ergo raptus sum MacOS X: Because making Unix user-friendly was easier than debugging Windows. Red Hat Certified Engineer (#803004680310286) IBM Certified: IBM AIX 4.3 System Administration, System Support ----- Forwarded by John Campbell/Tampa/IBM on 03/16/2005 11:45 AM ----- "Fargusson.Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU tb.ca.gov> cc: Sent by: Linux on Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] 9672 power requirements 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> 03/16/2005 11:35 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port I was going to ignore the "could heat your house" comment, but since David didn't. I heard this second hand, so I don't know how true it is. I heard that someone bought an old Sigma 7 and put it in his basement. Since it put out a lot of heat he connected it up to his heating ducts and used the Sigma 7 to heat his house. The Sigma computer systems were made by Sigma Data Systems, which was bought by Xerox. Xerox eventually left the computer business leaving Sigma customers without support. The university I graduated from had three Sigma 9s that they were still using when I graduated. Actually one was for parts for the other two. One of the professors there actually ported the Unix PCC C compiler to the Sigma operating system (I can't remember what the OS was called). -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:47 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: 9672 power requirements > At about 20 kbTU/hr, you could heat your house with it, too. Funny story: I can confirm this fact. This winter (which has been particularly cold in the Washington DC area) our office furnace completely failed -- totally casters-up, no function at all. The MP3000 and the other processors here generate so much heat that no one noticed that the heater was offline until someone said "has anyone heard the heater fan run in the last two weeks?" The machines and disk units kept the entire office at a comfortable 70 degrees F for at least a month before anyone noticed. Strange, but true...8-) -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390