[rescue] rescue Digest, Vol 260, Issue 20

[Neill Griffin]

Liam, I worked on a Pick system back in the mid 80's. These were 
Microdata machines, later taken over by McDonnell Douglas Information 
Systems.

One of the other big players at the time was Ultimate which produced 
Pick co-processor boards that fitted into certain Vax machines from 
memory. There were also other hosting hardware like Group Bull 
(Honeywell) DPS6? and many Motorola based hardware solutions from NCR, 
Adds-Mentor... and a few curiosities like the Sanyo-Icon.

Pick was indeed an interesting environment to work with and very much 
aimed at the business market. Very low operator involvement required.
As another poster said, it had an integrated database which is a bit of 
an understatement. Every object in the file system; source code file, 
object file, document file etc, were all records in a database.

I don't believe there was ever any Sparc port done for Pick although 
there were a number of software implementations produced which ran on 
various hardware... Prime Information, being one of the main ones.
There was also VMark Universe which ran on various Intel Unixes... and 
others.

> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:48:44 +0100
> From: Liam Proven<lproven at gmail.com>
> To:rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [rescue] Pick system in Manitoba looking for a new home
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> Would anyone like to rescue a vintage Pick minicomputer in Manitoba, Canada?
>
> https://discuss.systems/@ahelwer/112836345012817998
>
> ?
> A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying to get rid of
> an old business computer, and I was wondering whether any vintage
> computer people might want it. It was purchased for $50k from The
> Ultimate Corporation in the early 80s. This ran the Pick operating
> system, and my best guess is the hardware was originally manufactured by
> GE or Honeywell. It's about the size of a half-rack and currently lives
> in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. It has sat covered in plastic in a
> chemical warehouse for the past 35 years. Where do people usually post
> stuff like this other than here? Thanks!
> ?
>
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