On Thu, 17 May 2018 21:43:27 +0100, Vir Campestris wrote:

On 17/05/2018 18:40, Bob Eager wrote:
Incomplete as yet, but:

http://www.bobeager.uk/ihaveused.html


My first job was on VME/K development. It should have been canned years
before. We'd just about got it working and reliable (SV18) when ICL
finally did pull the plug. On a system with a larger order book than
installed base... I never went to West Gorton, though Kidsgrove was a
frequent trip, all the way from Bracknell.

VME/K was a mess. The last version we used was SV12. SV13 was a big
change and it was wholly unsuitable for us. So we moved to the homebrew
operating system, which increased the MTBF from 20 hours to about 2000!
And was more functional.

You might like to read my anecdotes:

http://www.bobeager.uk/anecdotes.html

some of which are VME/K (or 2900) related.

Also, have you read the 'ICL Anthology' books (which are the source of
the story of the middle manager and his car)?



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