Survey Results

PIEBALDconsult10-Nov-13 5:03

10-Nov-13 5:03

CP/M?

hpcoder210-Nov-13 10:09

hpcoder2

10-Nov-13 10:09

Yes - I did use CP/M for a period of 8 years, but my CP/M machine (a rather modest brand going by the name of "Superbrain") died a few years before the period when my group was supporting the 17 different OSes. Note that Windows 95 was on the list !

hpcoder210-Nov-13 10:13

hpcoder2

10-Nov-13 10:13

I should say that during the late 80s, I personally used CP/M, MSDOS, MacOS, VMS, MSP (Fujistu's MVS clone) and whatever ran on Univacs at the time. No doubt the computer support staff at that place (I was just a student at the time) could lay claim to a much larger range.

PIEBALDconsult10-Nov-13 4:56

10-Nov-13 4:56

How about VOS? I had to support that on a Stratus system back in the 90s. :shudder:

RSTS/E?

A Bunch.

rguilmette5-Nov-13 6:27

rguilmette

5-Nov-13 6:27

Win 98
Win XP
Win Vista
Win 7
Win 8
Win Home Server
Win SBS 2008
IOS 7
OSX
Ubuntu
Android

More than I thought.

KLPounds5-Nov-13 3:52

KLPounds

5-Nov-13 3:52

The trifecta
Win7- Primary for home and work
Vista, XP SP3 for home and testing/support cycle

Client Contract Support
Server 2003, Server 2008, MSDOS 6.0, & Win95 I know.. WTF | :WTF:

Hey at least I got the win2000 box retired. Big Grin | :-D

Other
Win8.1 on netbook/tablet convertible
Mac OSX (Mountain Lion) soon to be Mavericks
Ubuntu (Meerkat)

Mobile
WinPhone 7.5
WinMobile 6
Android (ice cream sandwich)
Kindle Fire (gen 1)

I answered 3 but ....

tom14435-Nov-13 2:46

tom1443

5-Nov-13 2:46

The embedded target I am working on runs QNX. Cross platform work is done in XP and cygwin. The prior 2 projects where an Android tablet and another embedded target running Nucleus. We do overnight builds using Bamboo on machines running Ubuntu. My desktop at home runs Vista (no laughing please), and I'm the technician for my wife's Windows 7 laptop and iPad.

Mainly 3 but...

Nelek4-Nov-13 22:30

Nelek

4-Nov-13 22:30

Win 7 Enterprise at work
Win XP SP3 in VM at work
Win 7 Professional at home

iOS in iPhone
Win98 in ancient desktop (yeah, still working) with some old arcade games I really like Smile | :)

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Re: Mainly 3 but...

Amol_B6-Nov-13 18:17

Amol_B

6-Nov-13 18:17

i had one machine on Win98 till few years back... i felt sorry when it finally crashed.. (it was s my first computer)

Three

contracting19904-Nov-13 21:06

contracting1990

4-Nov-13 21:06

Windows 7 on my laptops
Windows Server 2008 On the Server
Android on my Smart Phone

Hello World!

Read 'em and weep boys

PIEBALDconsult4-Nov-13 13:07

4-Nov-13 13:07

Windows 7 Ultimate (Home, desktop)
Vista Home Premium (Home, laptop)

Windows 7 Enterprise (Work, laptop)
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (Work, several VMs)

OpenVMS V8.3 (AXP) (Home, AlphaServer)
OpenVMS V7.2 (AXP) (Home, AlphaServer)
OpenVMS V7.3 (VAX) (Home, MicroVAX)

Android 4.1.2 (Phone)
Android ? (Kindle Fire)

Whatever the XBox 360 runs

And apparently my car's audio system runs some form of Linux

Mike Hankey4-Nov-13 14:58

Mike Hankey

4-Nov-13 14:58

I used to work a lot with DEC computers including PDP-11/23 and MicroVAX, they had such a good thing going then dropped into oblivion. Shame!
One of the things I liked about them is you could cluster them.
Never did get to work much on the Alpha how is it?

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PIEBALDconsult4-Nov-13 17:14

4-Nov-13 17:14

Mike Hankey wrote:
how is it?

All kinds of 64-bit goodness. Cool | :cool:

Mike Hankey4-Nov-13 17:25

Mike Hankey

4-Nov-13 17:25

I noticed you had several DEC machines have you got them clustered?

I think if I had the money I would have an alpha here at the house. I used to do real time client server systems with DEC machines and they are awesome, was sorry to see them fade away.
The first time I got my hands on a MicroVAX my company told me I could buy a computer I did some research and decided I wanted either a IBM or a VAX. I called both companies, DEC got back to me that day IBM took a week???

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PIEBALDconsult5-Nov-13 4:29

5-Nov-13 4:29

Mike Hankey wrote:
have you got them clustered?

No. I could cluster the Alphas, but clustering VAX and Alpha together isn't recommended other than perhaps temporarily during a transition.

Furthermore, in my case, I don't run the systems very frequently (noise, heat, power consumption) so it wouldn't make much sense.

Mike Hankey5-Nov-13 4:42

Mike Hankey

5-Nov-13 4:42

PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Furthermore, in my case, I don't run the systems very frequently (noise, heat, power consumption) so it wouldn't make much sense.

Yeah I guess yo wouldn't want to run them too much especially if you don't use them day-to-day.

I got a little nostalgic a few years back and thought about buying one off ebay but got to thinking what the hell would I use it for. Would be fun to play with but I've got so many other things going right now it would sit on a shelf and collect dust.

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PIEBALDconsult5-Nov-13 14:22

5-Nov-13 14:22

Mike Hankey wrote:
off ebay

That's where I got mine.

Mike Hankey wrote:
what the hell would I use it for

Gloating.

Mike Hankey wrote:
sit on a shelf and collect dust

Yeah, mostly.

Dan Neely7-Nov-13 4:56

Dan Neely

7-Nov-13 4:56

PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Mike Hankey wrote:
off ebay

That's where I got mine.

Out of curiosity, how much did you pay? One my my projects uses a pair of massive alpha boxes to control some high end embedded hardware; and after 8+ years of use how much longer they're going to last is starting to become a concern (the vendor naturally wants a small fortune to do a linux-x64 upgrade). I took a look at what was on ebay now and, excluding parts from stripped systems, it looked like everyone was hoping to get new box prices for their antiques.

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PIEBALDconsult7-Nov-13 13:22

7-Nov-13 13:22

Shoot, I wrote a big reply and the hamsters ate it. Mad | :mad:

Three O/Ses and Windows 8

Bassam Abdul-Baki5-Nov-13 5:17

Bassam Abdul-Baki

5-Nov-13 5:17

Damn, I forgot the car.

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Forogar 4-Nov-13 11:02

Forogar

4-Nov-13 11:02

I am working with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 so I answered the survey with "3".
I am also evaluating Windows 8 again (for work this time - last time was for personal use) so the answer is still "3" on the basis I expect an operating system to be both of some use and usable.

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

Too Many

Deus ex Machina4-Nov-13 10:16

Deus ex Machina

4-Nov-13 10:16

Title says it all. Dead | X|

OS's

rriegel4-Nov-13 7:47

rriegel

4-Nov-13 7:47

Windows 7 Pro, Windows 2008 R2 Server, Windows 2003 Server at work.

Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro, Linux Mint, Gentoo Linux (command line only), CentOS 5, Android Tablet and Phone at home.

I do mess around with OpenVMS some but that is just a hobby Smile | :)

Re: OS's

PIEBALDconsult4-Nov-13 11:19