On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 7:50 PM, Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:
I was sys admin for a Masscomp with a 40MB disk 
Right an early MC-500/DP system - although I think the minimum was a 20M [ST-506 based] disk.

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 8:55 PM, Mike Markowski <mike.ab3ap@gmail.com> wrote:
I remember Masscomp  ...  it allowed data acquisition to not be swapped out. 
Actually, not quite right in how it worked, but in practice you got the desired behavior. More in a minute.
[...lots of good stuff...]

Clem
 
Thanks very much, Clem!  I had no idea what was under the hood of the Masscomps I was using then, fresh out of grad school.  I was on a team designing a tracking radar system and using the Masscomp as a tool to control gear and acquire the return signals.  All my attention was on that and not so much the computer itself.  Super interesting to learn about it.

Mike Markowski