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• . <br /> 2 <br /> ebroary :4, 1989 <br /> MEM17. O. John Link, County MeSer <br /> SUDjECT: Mainframe — Current and Projected <br /> FRnM : P. Keith Broosi Data P'rocessing Manager <br /> 1. 17quipment Description <br /> Orange County currently has two mainframes installed <br /> with a combined capacity of one hundred and flinty two ( 192) <br /> use or ports. We are usino hardware manufactured by the <br /> McDonnell Douglas Compute Systems Company . (formally <br /> Mitrodata) which ie a member of the McDonnell Douglas <br /> Information Systems 'oup. e are currently using one <br /> hundred and sixty eight •16,2) f those one hundred and rintj <br /> two ports, one hundred and tw,7-r't eight ( 12E) on the Sequel <br /> the': was installed in Februru of 19e3, and forty (40) on <br /> the Spirit that was installed in January of 1986. The <br /> Sequel ;.5 a member- of an ol -r series of computers ( 19000) <br /> which was first released in ISS.1 and was replaced by the <br /> M9200 series that was introduced in mid 1966. The Spirit is <br /> a member of a series of onmp,:ters (M6000) first releAsed in <br /> la rg 19e5. ,McDonnell Douglas has just started shipping <br /> their latest series of new cc7.puters, the series M18. The <br /> Sequel is at user capacity whe—eas we can add another tWenty <br /> four users or the Spirit. <br /> !.le are Operatinc on in—house developed software or <br /> software that was vendor e.:.! plied in 197E-79. We are <br /> operatinc under the "7:-ICK' operating sustem. The County <br /> data processing stC has added major revisions or <br /> enhancements to the ...fandor apr=licAton software. <br /> Infocel, out of Raleich, is a licensed McDonnell Douglas <br /> deal= for nardware sales an =,e11 =-, software to local <br /> government s . and secondary ed,:cation. Hardware maintenance <br /> is primarily provided by the T.^cDonnell Douglas Field Service <br /> Company out of Raleigh. <br /> We also have forty five :45) microcomputers installed <br /> and in use by most county depaT.tments. <br /> Cur.nent Eq!..:ipment <br /> M6T:DO <br /> 4C Open ports (33 in—use) <br /> 512 <br /> lip Memory <br /> 115 MB Stcr,=o= <br /> 1 1600/3203 BF,: f:T•ive <br />