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Subject: [TUHS] 516-TSS, was re: Joe Condon
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 > The page says that Joe "was exposed to UNIX on the Honeywell 516
 > machines in the early 1970s."  This seems wrong to me.  We did have a
 > 516, but it ran an experimental virtual memory system called 516-TSS.
 > I lived on this system and still have some of the octal instruction
 > opcodes burned into my brain-ROM.

As a Prime 50-Series buff, I'd be interested in knowing more about this
516-TSS.  Pointers appreciated, if there are any bits, documentation, or
war stories lurking about.

De