Burroughs B21 / Convergent AWS Vintage Computer Restoration – Dr. Scott M. Baker(www.smbaker.com)
8 pointsby rbanffy25 days ago1 comment
  • JoeAltmaier25 days 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.
    • rbanffy24 days 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.

      • JoeAltmaier24 days ago
        Yes, they came networked, no administrator needed. Why they were popular with military installations - they saved a headcount. Plug and play.
        • rbanffy24 days ago
          It’s a shame business-oriented machines tended to be scrapped and recycled more responsibly than home computers. I’d love to have one of these to play with.
          • JoeAltmaier24 days ago
            I actually had a cabinet full of them. Sent them off to the guy in the OP, and he was glad to see them! Somebody got some fun out of them anyway. And I got some of the files off of the old defunct disk drive. He's a nice guy that way.