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Re:A bit of XENIX history (2014) by mkovach on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:35PM (#26728103)
When I worked at Radio Shack in the late 90s, the entire POS was running as a main Xenix server and the terminals connecting to it. Backups were done on tape. Updates would come in over night and usually required a reboot at the worst times.

Fun times was one they sent a tape to do major upgrades.

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Re:A bit of XENIX history (2014) by saul_goodman on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @03:54PM (#26730250)
Ha, yea good memories... well sort of. I only worked there for a few months but my manager wouldn't let me near the Xenix main terminal in the back as he knew I was a little familiar and didn't want me messing with it. He assured me that Tandy had the tape backup drive custom made for them, lol. Still, he was a nice guy.

I remember discovering that we could generate reports of all clearance items in the store, led me to tracking down stuff I had no idea was hiding in there like ISA slots and various other parts already antiquated by the late 90's.

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