#decsystem10

[retrocompmx]

Un día como hoy (1 de diciembre) en la computación

El 1 de diciembre de 1973, comienza el desarrollo de la versión de prueba del CP/M (Control Program/Monitor) de la mano de Gary Kildall. Este fue el OS más usado de la época y el cuál fue prácticamente pirateado por Microsoft para crear el MS-DOS. Se comenzó a comercializar y distribuir en floppys de 8” para las Intellec-8, luego para las DECsystem-10. La primera licencia externa la obtuvo Gnat Computers y se masificó para cualquier microcomputador en su versión 1.0 por 90 usd en 1977 #retrocomputingmx #CPM #GaryKildall #decsystem10 #intellec8

[mudwerks]

So I was enjoying all the tech stuff like the Danish test gear and then suddenly there is a DECsystem10. I used to maintain one of them (PTSD Flashbacks!) The panel on the 3rd image had a shitload of incandescent lightbulbs that didn't take kindly to being switched on and off rapidly. So it was a real pain in the ass replacing these every week. In those days, if you didn't have banks of flashing lights, you didn't have a 'real' computer. OK, rant done. I'll take my medicine and go back to bed.

science and history

[netxtract]

And that, kids, is how you boot a system

Back in pilot fish’s college days, everything on campus runs off a DECsystem10 core-memory mainframe, connected to clusters of dumb terminals by “cluster controller” PDP-10 minicomputers. Late one night, one of those cluster controllers goes on the fritz. None of the college employees or designated student experts can be found, time is a-wasting, and fish’s friend Fred has a programming assignment due the next morning. 

After watching the other students try everything they can think of, to no avail, Fred decides it’s time for drastic action. He powers the PDP-10 down and orders, “Stand back. I’m going to boot this thing!” 

“He doesn’t mean ‘reboot,’ either,” says fish. “He winds up and kicks it. Hard. All the bystanders gasp in horror. How much damage has he just done to their fragile, expensive hardware?” 

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from Computerworld https://www.computerworld.com/article/3336144/computer-hardware/and-that-kids-is-how-you-boot-a-system.html#tk.rss_all

[mainframetech]

And that, kids, is how you boot a system

Back in pilot fish’s college days, everything on campus runs off a DECsystem10 core-memory mainframe, connected to clusters of dumb terminals by “cluster controller” PDP-10 minicomputers. Late one night, one of those cluster controllers goes on the fritz. None of the college employees or designated student experts can be found, time is a-wasting, and fish’s friend Fred has a programming assignment due the next morning. 

After watching the other students try everything they can think of, to no avail, Fred decides it’s time for drastic action. He powers the PDP-10 down and orders, “Stand back. I’m going to boot this thing!” 

“He doesn’t mean ‘reboot,’ either,” says fish. “He winds up and kicks it. Hard. All the bystanders gasp in horror. How much damage has he just done to their fragile, expensive hardware?” 

To read this article in full, please click here

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And that, kids, is how you boot a system

Back in pilot fish’s college days, everything on campus runs off a DECsystem10 core-memory mainframe, connected to clusters of dumb terminals by “cluster controller” PDP-10 minicomputers. Late one night, one of those cluster controllers goes on the fritz. None of the college employees or designated student experts can be found, time is a-wasting, and fish’s friend Fred has a programming assignment due the next morning. 

After watching the other students try everything they can think of, to no avail, Fred decides it’s time for drastic action. He powers the PDP-10 down and orders, “Stand back. I’m going to boot this thing!” 

“He doesn’t mean ‘reboot,’ either,” says fish. “He winds up and kicks it. Hard. All the bystanders gasp in horror. How much damage has he just done to their fragile, expensive hardware?” 

To read this article in full, please click here

from Computerworld News https://www.computerworld.com/article/3336144/computer-hardware/and-that-kids-is-how-you-boot-a-system.html#tk.rss_news