as400 wrote:
Hello-
Dispatchers who enter license plate numbers or license numbers to query
about our personal records get authorized to access the DMV databases
in order to do those tasks. My question is, do those records on the DMV
database stored on a DB2 or IMS application on the mainframes?
tems were mainframe based (IBM and
Unisys) and non-Unix based OS's, as DMV systems are are fairly old.
AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX where not around when DMV's were automating
their systems.
I'm not sure, but I beleive that HP-UX and "Solaris" (it was originally
called SunO
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John S. Giltner, Jr.) writes:
> I'm not sure, but I beleive that HP-UX and "Solaris" (it was
> originally called SunOS) came out in early 80's (82'ish) and that
> AIX did not come out until a few years later (86'ish). DMV systems
> wer
>A RS/6000 is not a mainframe.
Are we sure about that anymore?
-teD
Me? A skeptic? I trust you have proof!
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as400 wrote:
> Well, thanks for this information..I really appreciate it...
>
> And lastly, can Solaris (UNIX) be ran on a Mainframe or not? Because
> you said:
>
> " would say that most of the systems were mainframe based (IBM and
> Unisys) and non-Unix based OS's:"
>
> Please advise.
what you
John S. Giltner, Jr. wrote:
as400 wrote:
Hello-
Dispatchers who enter license plate numbers or license numbers to query
about our personal records get authorized to access the DMV databases
in order to do those tasks. My question is, do those records on the DMV
database stored on a DB2 or IMS
as400 wrote:
Well, thanks for this information..I really appreciate it...
And lastly, can Solaris (UNIX) be ran on a Mainframe or not? Because
you said:
" would say that most of the systems were mainframe based (IBM and
Unisys) and non-Unix based OS's:"
Please advise.
It depends on your def
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/27/2005
at 05:22 PM, "John S. Giltner, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>or I have a Unisys xxx running MCP (I think that is the OS name).
That depends on *which* Unisys processor. The lines inherited from
Burroughs run a system called MCP. The lines inherited from
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
A RS/6000 is not a mainframe.
Are we sure about that anymore?
-teD
Me? A skeptic? I trust you have proof!
Well, that depends on how you define "mainframe." When I go to IBM's
Web site and click on mainframes, I don't see any RS/6000's. However,
some of the higher end
Shmuel Metz , Seymour J. wrote:
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/27/2005
at 05:22 PM, "John S. Giltner, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
or I have a Unisys xxx running MCP (I think that is the OS name).
That depends on *which* Unisys processor. The lines inherited from
Burroughs run a system
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> Here in California, DMV uses the large MVS systems at the Stephen P.
> Teale Data Center in Sac
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Ray Mullins wrote:
Just to make a point...there are more than IBM and Unisys in the (what I
believe to be the true, IMHO) mainframe game.
There's Groupe Bull, Fujitsu-Siemens, Fujitsu and Hitachi. (Not all are
available in the USA, two due to legal reasons.)
And the F-S systems have the
,
I found that the CA DMV systems were on RCA equipment, with the
databases on the RCA RACE equipment (similar to the IBM data cells, but
not compatible). They were trying to convert the data to IBM equipment,
but the only apparent way to do so was via 6250 BPI tape, and it was
estimated it
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> >
> >
> >And how many times has CA DMV tried to rewrite the systems with the
> >help of "consulting companies" and failed? I can think of
> at least two.
> >
> CA DMV seems to
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/29/2005
at 02:22 PM, Bruce Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>CA DMV seems to be prone to making bad implementation choices. Back
>when I was working for Univac (35 years ago) on the former RCA
>systems, I found that the CA DMV systems were o
CA DMV seems to be prone to making bad implementation choices. Back
when I was working for Univac (35 years ago) on the former RCA
systems, I found that the CA DMV systems were on RCA equipment, with
the databases on the RCA RACE equipment (similar to the IBM data
cells, but not
Bruce Black wrote:
> One of my jobs at Univac/RCA was maintaining the error recovery routines
> for I/O devices, incluing the RACE. Luckily, the system was so flakey
> that it was easy to generate errors to test with. Unluckily, there was
> little you could do to recover from a card that got cru
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/30/2005
at 03:34 PM, Bruce Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>One of my jobs at Univac/RCA was maintaining the error recovery
>routines for I/O devices, incluing the RACE. Luckily, the system
>was so flakey that it was easy to generate errors to test with.
>Unlu
On 24 Dec 2005 08:06:44 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main,
"as400" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dispatchers who enter license plate numbers or license numbers to query
>about our personal records get authorized to access the DMV databases
>in order to do those tasks. My question is, do those records
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