MS/8
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| MS/8 | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Richard F. Lary |
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Initial release | 1966 |
| Repository |
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| Available in | English |
| Supported platforms | PDP-8 |
| Succeeded by | P?S/8, COS-310 |
| Official website | {{ |
MS/8 or The RL Monitor System is a discontinued computer operating system developed for the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8 in 1966 by Richard F. Lary.[1][2]
History
[edit | edit source]RL Monitor System, as it was initially called, was developed on a 4K (12-bit) PDP-8 with "a Teletype that had a paper tape reader and punch and .. a single DECtape."[3] It was a disk oriented system, faster than its predecessor, the PDP-8 4K Disk Monitor System, with tricks to make it run quickly on DECtape based systems.
Still named RL, it was submitted to DECUS in 1970.[4]
MS/8 was replaced by P?S/8[5] and COS-310.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- "What is a PDP-8?". PDP-8 and DECmate documentation files.
