Multics Mainframe Operating Systems

Multics Mainframe Operating Systems

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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

Multics Psalm - A humorous prayer well-known to veteran Multicians. Scanned PNG file.
Multics Source Repository - Complete Source for MR12.5 contributed by Bull HN and MIT.
Introduction to Multics - Providing Multics OS concepts and examples.
Multics Security Evaluation: Vulnerability Analysis - The USAF's analysis into potential weaknesses and strengths of the Multics OS. [PDF]
The Life and Times of the Multics OS - A short essay exploring the possibilities of porting the OS to a modern hardware environment
Slashdot: The Last Multics System Decommissioned - The announcement of the closure of the last Multics system and a brief discussion as the significance of the Operating System.
Mainz Multics - The history and technical details of the DPS8 installation at the University of Mainz, Germany. Photo gallery of Multics hardware components.
Risks Digest: The End of the Multics Era - Article by Peter G. Neumann on the decommissioning of the last Multics system at the Canadian Department of National Defence in October 2000.
Seattle Weekly: Multics and Mr. Rogers - Marking the demise of the Multics OS and drawing parallels with the PBS show "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."
Multics Repository - A collection of applications written in PL/1, exec_com and other languagues, plus papers and other documentation [ftp].
Wikipedia - Multics - A brief history and description of this operating system with links to further reading.
Multics Home Page - Information on Multics, much of it from the newsgroup alt.os.multics.
The Creation of the Unix Operating System - The history of the development of Unix at Bell Labs, and how Multics was an important stepping stone.
Honeywell DPS8 - Brief technical information on the DPS8 platform used to run the Multics OS, plus links.

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