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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Pick was indeed an interesting environment to work with and very
much aimed at the business market. Very low operator involvement
required.<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
There was also VMark Universe which ran on various Intel Unixes...
and others.<br>
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From: Liam Proven <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com"><lproven@gmail.com></a>
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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?
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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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