MS/8
| Developer | Richard F. Lary |
|---|---|
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Initial release | 1966 |
| Available in | English |
| Platforms | PDP-8 |
| Succeeded by | P?S/8, COS-310 |
MS/8 or The RL Monitor System is a discontinued computer operating system developed for the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8 in 1966 by Richard F. Lary.[1][2]
History
[edit]RL Monitor System, as it was initially called, was developed on a 4K (12-bit) PDP-8 with "a Teletype that had a paper tape reader and punch and .. a single DECtape."[3] It was a disk oriented system, faster than its predecessor, the PDP-8 4K Disk Monitor System, with tricks to make it run quickly on DECtape based systems.
Still named RL, it was submitted to DECUS in 1970.[4]
MS/8 was replaced by P?S/8[5] and COS-310.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "5/8-1.1a BPAK - A Binary Input/Output Package for the PDP-5". BitSavers. Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
System 8-466A RL Monitor System (WCFMPG Version)
- ^ "RL Monitor System". Archived from the original on 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ Tom Burniece (August 14, 2015). "Interview of Richard (Richie) Lary, part 1" (PDF). ComputerHistory.org.
- ^ "PDP-a" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
Author: Richard Lary, Mario DeNobili, et al. Submitted by: Stanley Rabinowitz, Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard
- ^ yes, with a question-mark!
External links
[edit]- "What is a PDP-8?". PDP-8 and DECmate documentation files.
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