GoSearchFor Web Directory : Computers : Software : Operating

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 many ways
http://www.multicians.org/

Sites:

http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/honeywell-DPS8.html

» Honeywell DPS8
Brief technical information on the DPS8 platform used to run the Multics OS, plus links.
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/honeywell-DPS8.html

» Introduction to Multics
Providing Multics OS concepts and examples.
http://www.jinformation.com/multics/index.htm

http://www.vaxman.de/historic_computers/multics/multics.html

» Mainz Multics
The history and technical details of the DPS8 installation at the University of Mainz, Germany. Photo gallery of Multics hardware components.
http://www.vaxman.de/historic_computers/multics/multics.html

» Multics Home Page
Information on Multics, much of it from the newsgroup alt.os.multics.
http://www.mit.edu/afs/net/user/srz/www/multics.html

http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~eswierk/misc/multics_psalm.png

» Multics Psalm
A humorous prayer well-known to veteran Multicians. Scanned PNG file.
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~eswierk/misc/multics_psalm.png

ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/multics/multics.html

» Multics Repository
A collection of applications written in PL/1, exec_com and other languages, plus papers and other documentation [ftp].
ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/multics/multics.html

http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/history/karg74.pdf

» Multics Security Evaluation: Vulnerability Analysis
The USAF's analysis into potential weaknesses and strengths of the Multics OS.
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/history/karg74.pdf

http://web.mit.edu/multics-history/source/Multics_Internet_Server/Multics_sources.html

» Multics Source Repository
Complete Source for MR12.5 contributed by Bull HN and MIT.
http://web.mit.edu/multics-history/source/Multics_Internet_Server/Multics_sources.html

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/21.12.html#subj4

» 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.
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/21.12.html#subj4

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2000-11-22/news/multics-and-mr-rogers/

» Seattle Weekly: Multics and Mr. Rogers
Marking the demise of the Multics OS and drawing parallels with the PBS show "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2000-11-22/news/multics-and-mr-rogers/

http://slashdot.org/articles/00/11/13/066228.shtml

» 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.
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/11/13/066228.shtml

» 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.
http://www.bell-labs.com/history/unix/

» Wikipedia - Multics
A brief history and description of this operating system with links to further reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics

Category Editor: shritwod

Last Updated: 2007-01-02 19:57:02

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.

Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

The content of this directory is based on the Open Directory and has been modified by GoSearchFor.com