IBM AIX for IA64 (Itanium) a.k.a. Project Monterey Runs Again

Re:IBM AIX for IA64 (Itanium) a.k.a. Project Monterey Runs A... by devstar on Saturday September 24, 2022 @01:09PM (#32964564)

Perhaps you are remembering the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) GUI? https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/txseries/8.2?topic=SSAL2T_8.2.0/...

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Re:IBM AIX for IA64 (Itanium) a.k.a. Project Monterey Runs A... by mech422 on Saturday September 24, 2022 @02:17PM (#32965243)

I used to get a kick out of how the lil 'running man' in SMIT would fall over if a command failed :-P More sense of humour then I gave IBM credit for :-D

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Re:IBM AIX for IA64 (Itanium) a.k.a. Project Monterey Runs A... by justsomehnguy on Saturday September 24, 2022 @03:28PM (#32965808)

> the lil 'running man' in SMIT would fall over if a command failed

To anyone wondering: https://youtu.be/YMWSD69BWqI?t=114

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Re:IBM AIX for IA64 (Itanium) a.k.a. Project Monterey Runs A... by mech422 on Saturday September 24, 2022 @10:24PM (#32968407)

Heh - I can't believe someone actually filmed it :-) Thanks!

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Re:IBM AIX for IA64 (Itanium) a.k.a. Project Monterey Runs A... by pram on Saturday September 24, 2022 @02:48PM (#32965511)

IBM GUIs were always pretty interesting. The cursor in early ThinkPad BIOS was a bird that flapped its wings.

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Re:IBM AIX for IA64 (Itanium) a.k.a. Project Monterey Runs A... by classichasclass on Saturday September 24, 2022 @02:48PM (#32965506)

Smit happens(tm)

Though I always preferred it from the command line (appropriately, the binary is named smitty: see, IBM does have a sense of humour).

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Re:IBM AIX for IA64 (Itanium) a.k.a. Project Monterey Runs A... by a-dub on Saturday September 24, 2022 @03:20PM (#32965754)

yeah it was actually a TUI. the screenshot looks right but the name "smit" doesn't sound familiar. i want to say it had a three letter name (this was circa 1996).

motif... lol

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