gay_geekDick Pick.
I’m gonna need to know your familiarity with this machine, op
I’ve administered this OS, which for us was used to develop images on plates for printing. It ran atop ATT UNIX and had to be “defragged” every now and again to regain contiguous space back. This process involved backing up the system to 250MB QIC tapes (twice for two sets of tapes), wiping the disks and then restoring the data from tape. This was an all-weekend process and really sucked if a tape broke, but that’s why there were two sets and scotch tape can work in a pinch when the other tape is bad.
Veritably, a lifetime ago.
I worked for a company that still supports a critical healthcare system that runs on Rocket U2 on AIX which is an evolution of PICK.
It is so funny to hear about “critical” systems that run ancient OSes and I’ve supported my fair share of those environments. I did love AIX as well. Smitty (and F6) teaching me UNIX commands early in my career was a great help.
Was Rocket U2 still written in Pick Basic?
AnUnusualRelicWait, it’s an OS, but it runs on top of Unix?
Yes. Same as Windows 3.1 running atop DOS. I would say it doesn’t truly qualify as an operating system because of its dependence on a parent OS. Perhaps it’s more of an operating environment.
It used to be the Generalized Information Retrieval Language System, but for some reason Dick didn’t like GIRLS.
I feel like this would have been more interesting if they used Richard.
If it makes you feel any better the manuals had his name as Richard Pick.
nymnympseudonymFun fact: Richard Head was the assistant Attorney General for the State of New Hampshire
He was and is also a dickhead. Now he makes money giving talks
Head, Richard W. Archives - HalfMoon Education, Inc
Richard W. Head is of counsel to Rath, Young & Pignatelli in Concord, and of counsel to SL Environmental Law Group in San Francisco, CA. He focuses his practice on environmental law and environmental and commercial litigation. Mr. Head has experience in both the public and private sector with issues involving environmental compliance, permits, approvals and litigation. He also worked for the New Hampshire Department of Justice where he held multiple senior leadership roles throughout his tenure. As an associate attorney general, he was the director of the Division of Legal Counsel and oversaw the management of the Civil and Transportation Bureaus and the Charitable Trust Unit. As a senior assistant attorney general, he served as the Bureau Chief of the Environmental Protection Bureau and the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau. Prior to working for the Department of Justice, Mr. Head worked in the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services after spending 10 years in private practice as a litigator. He earned his B.A. degree from Clark University and his J.D. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Science from Indiana University.
wtf this is real
Drunk & Rootwell i searxng it and i can confirm its real
There are GIRLS in the article!
maccentricNot Richard, but Dick