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Multics was the acronym for "Multiplexed Information and Computing Service" - a mainframe timesharing operating system begun in 1965 and used up until 2000. Although this was the immediate forerunner of the Unix operating system, it was also in many ways its antithesis.
http://www.multicians.org/
The announcement of the closure of the last Multics system and a brief discussion as the significance of the Operating System.
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Slashdot The Last Multics System Decommissioned A key feature of the brief news item The end of the Multics era in the latest issue of the The Risks Digest is the list of goals Multics had fulfilled which, as the author describes them, are as relevant...Article by Peter G. Neumann on the decommissioning of the last Multics system at the Canadian Department of National Defence in October 2000.
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The Risks Digest Volume 21: Issue 12 Excessive bounce activity and lost messages PGN Info on RISKS (comp.risks) Sanity in the Election Process Lauren Weinstein lauren@vortex.com Sat, 11 Nov 2000 13:29:47 -0800 (PST) Lauren Weinstein Co-Founder, PFIR People For Internet Responsibility Moderator, PRIVACY Forum Member, ACM Committee...A collection of applications written in PL/1, exec_com and other languagues, plus papers and other documentation [ftp].
ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/multics/multics.html
The history and technical details of the DPS8 installation at the University of Mainz, Germany. Site includes a photo gallery of Multics hardware components.
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Multics These pages are devoted to the Multics operating system and the hardware it was running on When I started studying mathematics at the Universitaet Mainz the most fascinating institution was the Center for Data Processing which owned a Honeywell-Bull DPS-8...A brief history and some photographs of the system at the University of Wales.
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Cardiff Multics M chose the perfect moment to crash, ten minutes before the Centre's Christmas meal. Pictured are various completely baffled no-hopers trying to get it working again. Below is a close up of Chris the Chief Operator who, rather offended by...Information on Multics, much of it from the newsgroup alt.os.multics.
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Multics Home page The system was started as a joint project by MIT Project MAC, Bell Telephone Laboratories, and GE. Prof. F. J. Corbato of MIT led the project. Bell Labs withdrew from the development effort in 1969, and later GE sold its...The USAF's analysis into potential weaknesses and strengths of the Multics OS. Published in 1974. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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The Creation of the UNIX* Operating System After three decades of use, the UNIX* computer operating system from Bell Labs is still regarded as one of the most powerful, versatile, and flexible operating systems (OS) in the computer world. Its popularity is due to many factors, including...Marking the demise of the Multics OS and drawing parallels with the PBS show "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."
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Seattle Weekly tech: Multics and Mr. Rogers Berger is a regular guest on Weekday discussing the week's news, Fridays at 10 a.m. on KUOW-FM (94.9).Columnist Geov Parrish is a regular guest on Mind Over Matters on KEXP-FM (90.3) Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. and provides news commentary on...Brief technical information on the DPS8 platform used to run the Multics OS, plus links.
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DPS8 Items are certainly not complete, and may be inaccurate. Your information, comments, corrections, etc. are eagerly requested. Click here to e-mail Ed. Please include the URL under discussion. Thank you Honeywell DPS8 Manufacturer Honeywell Information Systems, Inc. Identification,ID DPS8 DPS8/70M...
A humorous prayer well-known to veteran Multicians. Scanned PNG file.
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Multics Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Retrospective observations 5 See also 6 Further reading 6.1 Further reading technical details 6.2 Further reading security 7 External links [edit] Overview Initial planning and development for Multics started in 1964. Originally it was a cooperative project led by MIT...A short essay exploring the possibilities of porting the OS to a modern hardware environment
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The Life and Times of the Multics OS When asking most consumers to give their opinions about operating systems, it's rare to find an average person who even knows what an OS is, let alone one who has something insightful to say, other than perhaps what he or...