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JoeAltmaier | 1 month ago

I showed up at Convergent just out of school, and the AWS was the newest release. We went on to develop the NGEN, the GWS, the Megaframe before I moved on to other pastures.

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rbanffy|1 month ago

Those were pretty incredible machines. You were early for Sun’s slogan “the network is the computer”. I’ve seen the B-21 (or was it the 25?) at Unisys well after it was discontinued. It sold relatively well with financial institutions.

We need more articles on how they worked and reports on how they were used.

JoeAltmaier|1 month ago

Yes, they came networked, no administrator needed. Why they were popular with military installations - they saved a headcount. Plug and play.