From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 12700 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2020 06:42:49 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Nov 2020 06:42:49 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7AD179CA56; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:42:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A22209C9EA; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:42:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C30199C9E7; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:42:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: from fourwinds.com (fourwinds.com [63.64.179.162]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B37A9C9E4 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:42:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 0AN6fwv5194689 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 22 Nov 2020 22:41:58 -0800 Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (jon@localhost) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 0AN6fvoS194686 for ; Sun, 22 Nov 2020 22:41:58 -0800 Message-Id: <202011230641.0AN6fvoS194686@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: Jon Steinhart To: tuhs@tuhs.org In-reply-to: <20201123040045.C732E18E749@yagi.h-net.msu.edu> References: <202011230016.0AN0G6K2158571@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <20201123040045.C732E18E749@yagi.h-net.msu.edu> Comments: In-reply-to Dennis Boone message dated "Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:00:45 -0500." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <194684.1606113717.1@darkstar.fourwinds.com> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 22:41:57 -0800 X-JON-SPAM: local delivery Subject: Re: [TUHS] 516-TSS Documents X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Dennis Boone writes: > > 516-TSS is a little-known but groundbreaking and influential > > operating system that was developed at Bell Telephone Laboratories. > > Can you put any dates to the creation / development of this system? > Even some estimate of its maturity when you first saw it would be of > interest. > > There was a timeshared os for the Series 16 developed by a group at Tech > Square, I think the NASA center that was there, late '60s. It involved > some custom memory mapping hardware. The os became the basis of Prime's > offering in the early 70s. > > De This was also late 60s as far as I know. The documents are dated, and the first one is in June 1968. It was a fully functional system when I first started using it. Heinz may be able to say more about it if he remembers. In many respects it wasn't a hugely interesting system in itself as much as it was a platform for the development of many other interesting technologies. Jon