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The first general purpose time-sharing operating system.
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MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
6 linksResearch institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) formed by the 2003 merger of the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab).
Research institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) formed by the 2003 merger of the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab).
To this end, Corbató brought the first computer time-sharing system, Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS), with him from the MIT Computation Center, using the DARPA funding to purchase an IBM 7094 for research use.
Time-sharing
5 linksSharing of a computing resource among many users at the same time by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking.
Sharing of a computing resource among many users at the same time by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking.
One of the deliverables of the project, known as the Compatible Time-Sharing System or CTSS, was demonstrated in November 1961.
Multics
5 linksInfluential early time-sharing operating system based on the concept of a single-level memory.
Influential early time-sharing operating system based on the concept of a single-level memory.
Dennis Ritchie wrote that the design of UNIX was influenced by CTSS
TYPSET and RUNOFF
2 linksEarly document editor that was used with the 1964-released RUNOFF program, one of the earliest text formatting programs to see significant use.
Early document editor that was used with the 1964-released RUNOFF program, one of the earliest text formatting programs to see significant use.
The original RUNOFF type-setting program for CTSS was written by Jerome H. Saltzer circa 1964.
IBM 7090
2 linksSecond-generation transistorized version of the earlier IBM 709 vacuum tube mainframe computer that was designed for "large-scale scientific and technological applications".
Second-generation transistorized version of the earlier IBM 709 vacuum tube mainframe computer that was designed for "large-scale scientific and technological applications".
The Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS), the first general purpose time-sharing operating system, developed at MIT's Computation Center on three successive computers, an IBM 709, 7090 and 7094 with RPQs for additional features. It eventually ran on two separate 7094s, one of them at Project MAC.
Louis Pouzin
2 linksFrench computer scientist.
French computer scientist.
Having participated in the design of the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) at MIT, Pouzin wrote a program for it called RUNCOM around 1963–64.
John McCarthy (computer scientist)
2 linksAmerican computer scientist and cognitive scientist.
American computer scientist and cognitive scientist.
McCarthy was instrumental in the creation of three of the very earliest time-sharing systems (Compatible Time-Sharing System, BBN Time-Sharing System, and Dartmouth Time Sharing System).
History of IBM mainframe operating systems
1 linksSignificant within the history of mainframe operating systems, because of IBM's long-standing position as the world's largest hardware supplier of mainframe computers.
Significant within the history of mainframe operating systems, because of IBM's long-standing position as the world's largest hardware supplier of mainframe computers.
MIT's Fernando Corbató produced the first experimental time-sharing systems, such as CTSS, from 1957 to the early 1960s, using slightly modified IBM 709, IBM 7090, and IBM 7094 mainframes; these systems were based on a proposal by John McCarthy.
Batch processing
0 linksMethod of running software programs called jobs in batches automatically.
Method of running software programs called jobs in batches automatically.
The first general purpose time sharing system, CTSS was compatible with batch processing.