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Unisys ClearPath I've been trying to find an emulator for Unisys for years, as I've come in contact with those systems twice in my career, but both times it wa

Unisys ClearPath I've been trying to find an emulator for Unisys for years, as I've come in contact with those systems twice in my career, but both times it was "oh, those are used by [hushed tones] the legacy team" which isn't good for learning about how they work. Do you know of something akin to Hercules, or even eBay something, which would allow a sufficiently curious person to kick to the tires on a Unisys OS?

LittleAthena 9y ago
They have a free education/hobbyist version officially available that runs as a VM on top of Windows. (http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-forward-products/clearpath-mcp-software/clearpath-mcp-express/story/clearpath-mcp-express-id-2548 http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-...)
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JasonFruit 9y ago
There is a reply from a dead person with a educational/hobbyist version. They give the url http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-forward-products/clearpath-mcp-software/clearpath-mcp-express/story/clearpath-mcp-express-id-2548 http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-...
- cesarb 9y ago
  If you click on the comment timestamp you can find the "vouch" option which makes the comment visible. I've done so, so the comment is no longer [dead].
- mdaniel 9y ago
  Fantastic! Maybe I wasn't the only one who wanted to learn more about that ecosystem. My thanks to you both for bringing that offering to my attention. Also, for future comers-along, that link has all the same language as the download registration, minus the download registration link :-( Thankfully, I was able to find the real one from the Unisys MCP Express youtube channel: http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-forward-products/clearpath-mcp-software/clearpath-mcp-express http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-... Separately, the idea that one runs OS 2200 on Windows using (apparently) .NET 4.5 blows my mind. I can't wait to see what's up with it.

LittleAthena 9y ago

They have a free education/hobbyist version officially available that runs as a VM on top of Windows. (http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-forward-products/clearpath-mcp-software/clearpath-mcp-express/story/clearpath-mcp-express-id-2548 http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-...)

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JasonFruit 9y ago

There is a reply from a dead person with a educational/hobbyist version. They give the url http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-forward-products/clearpath-mcp-software/clearpath-mcp-express/story/clearpath-mcp-express-id-2548 http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-...

cesarb 9y ago
If you click on the comment timestamp you can find the "vouch" option which makes the comment visible. I've done so, so the comment is no longer [dead].
mdaniel 9y ago
Fantastic! Maybe I wasn't the only one who wanted to learn more about that ecosystem. My thanks to you both for bringing that offering to my attention. Also, for future comers-along, that link has all the same language as the download registration, minus the download registration link :-( Thankfully, I was able to find the real one from the Unisys MCP Express youtube channel: http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-forward-products/clearpath-mcp-software/clearpath-mcp-express http://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-... Separately, the idea that one runs OS 2200 on Windows using (apparently) .NET 4.5 blows my mind. I can't wait to see what's up with it.