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Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> writes:
>On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:56:15 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
>wrote:
>
>>BobRahe <BobRahe@icloud.com> writes:
>>>On 10/16/25 9:17 PM, Crash wrote:
>>>> Just wondering - I have not seen a post in months.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>Yep, but me neither....
>>>
>>
>>One might wonder if there is anything left to discuss
>>other than history...  And most of us veterans of the
>>big B or Sperry are not getting any younger.
>
>Looking at the current Unisys website there is still mention of
>Clearpath Forward and AB Site (was Enterprise Application Environment,
>was LINC) but it is well buried.
>
>I was wondering whether there were still mainframes (MCP and OS2200)
>still being sold.  I am from the MCP (Burroughs) heritage.

Both V-series and A-series can be considered MCP.   The last V-series
was decomissioned circa 2010.   I believe that there are still
A-Series (Clearpath Libra) systems running, albeit in emulation on
Intel hardware.   Likewise the Univac descendents.

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Any subscribers to this ng left? Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> - 2025-10-17 14:17 +1300
  Re: Any subscribers to this ng left? BobRahe <BobRahe@icloud.com> - 2025-10-16 21:29 -0400
    Re: Any subscribers to this ng left? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-10-17 01:56 +0000
      Re: Any subscribers to this ng left? Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> - 2025-10-17 16:27 +1300
        Re: Any subscribers to this ng left? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-10-17 14:51 +0000
          Re: Any subscribers to this ng left? bill <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> - 2025-10-18 19:27 -0400
            Re: Any subscribers to this ng left? Paul Kimpel <paul.kimpel@digm.com> - 2025-10-20 07:47 -0700
  Re: Any subscribers to this ng left? Don Vito Martinelli <hyperspace.flyover@vogon.gov.invalid> - 2025-10-17 20:33 +0200
  Re: Any subscribers to this ng left? Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2025-10-18 17:29 -0700

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