Talk:Transaction Management eXecutive

Latest comment: 14 years ago by Alecclews in topic Basic Facts

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I will try to extend the article. --Fedkad (talk) 14:58, 14 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Basic Facts

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Basic facts on TMX OS:

  • Multiuser, multitasking
  • Proprietary network - LBN (local branch network)
  • Later versions had Token-Ring support (LBN emulation)
  • Device support for financial application on LBN - NCR dump terminals, passbook printers, cash dispensers, magnetic stripe reader and pinpad
  • SNA LU emulations for mainframe connectivity
  • Fixed peripheral device configuration during boot time. Configuration changes were made using the SYSGEN command
  • Flat file system. No sub-directories. File name format: <diskname>:<userno>.<catalogname>.<filename>.<ext>;<version>
  • Text files and index sequential data files
  • C compiler not ANSI C compliant
  • 32-bit architecture
  • limited memory (several MB) and disk (~100 MB)
  • NCR Tower-5000 systems were also capable of running UNIX SVR3 version

--Fedkad (talk) 18:03, 14 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

I'm pretty sure that the C compiler was the Whitesmiths' compiler and the system pre-dated ANSI C

Alecclews (talk) 08:19, 7 July 2010 (UTC)Reply