CAL Time-Sharing System - Revision history

Jnc: More corrections from Paul McJones

2024-01-09T23:56:56Z

More corrections from Paul McJones

Jnc: Correction from Paul McJones; add link to retrospective paper

2024-01-09T20:53:25Z

Correction from Paul McJones; add link to retrospective paper

Jnc: Re-class

2023-12-27T18:01:20Z

Re-class

Jnc: /* External links */ +History of the Cal Timesharing System

2023-06-12T04:28:41Z

‎External links: +History of the Cal Timesharing System

Larsbrinkhoff: Typo.

2023-06-11T11:46:36Z

Typo.

Jnc: More info on its afterlife

2023-06-11T11:16:42Z

More info on its afterlife

Larsbrinkhoff: /* External links */ Link to Paul McJones' info.

2023-06-10T20:04:39Z

‎External links: Link to Paul McJones' info.

Jnc: A bit og info on the schedule

2023-06-10T19:51:11Z

A bit og info on the schedule

Jnc: /* External links */ +Reflections on an Operating System Design

2023-06-10T19:45:33Z

‎External links: +Reflections on an Operating System Design

Jnc: /* External links */ +The Control Structure of an Operating System

2023-06-10T19:38:19Z

‎External links: +The Control Structure of an Operating System

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-The '''CAL Time-Sharing System''' (usually given as '''CAL-TSS''') was an unsuccessful [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]] for the [[CDC 6400]], written by a team at the Campus Computer Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
+The '''CAL Time-Sharing System''' (usually given as '''CAL-TSS''') was an unsuccessful [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]] for the [[CDC 6400]], written by a team at the Campus Computer Center at the University of California, Berkeley. (It was contemporaneous with the [[Berkeley Computer Corporation]] project, but other than [[Butler Lampson]], there was no cross-over between the two.)
-Design commenced in June 1968; implementation began in December 1968, and a prototype version of the system was running in July 1969. By October 1969 the system was self-supporting. The project was cancelled in November 1971, when funding was terminated; some of the staff decamped to the new [[Berkeley Computer Corporation]]. The machine remained on campus, and in use, until the second half of 1982, but it is not known if it continued to run CAL-TSS, or instead ran the usual [[Control Data Corporation|CDC]] OS.
+Design commenced in June 1968; implementation began in December 1968, and a prototype version of the system was running in July 1969. By October 1969 the system was self-supporting. The project was cancelled in November 1971, when funding was terminated. One of the two 6400's bought by Berkeley remained on campus, and in use, until the second half of 1982, but it ran a Berkeley variant of the usual [[Control Data Corporation|CDC]] OS, [[SCOPE]].
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 The '''CAL Time-Sharing System''' (usually given as '''CAL-TSS''') was an unsuccessful [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]] for the [[CDC 6400]], written by a team at the Campus Computer Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
-Design commenced in June 1968; implementation began in December 1968, and a prototype version of the system was running in July 1969. By October 1969 the system was self-supporting. The project was cancelled in November 1971, when funding was terminated; most of the staff decamped to the new [[Berkeley Computer Corporation]]. The machine remained on campus, and in use, until the second half of 1982, but it is not known if it continued to run CAL-TSS, or instead ran the usual [[Control Data Corporation|CDC]] OS.
+Design commenced in June 1968; implementation began in December 1968, and a prototype version of the system was running in July 1969. By October 1969 the system was self-supporting. The project was cancelled in November 1971, when funding was terminated; some of the staff decamped to the new [[Berkeley Computer Corporation]]. The machine remained on campus, and in use, until the second half of 1982, but it is not known if it continued to run CAL-TSS, or instead ran the usual [[Control Data Corporation|CDC]] OS.
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 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/parc/techReports/CSL-74-1_A_Postmortem_for_a_Timesharing_System.pdf A Postmortem for a Time Sharing System]
 * [http://bwlampson.site/15-ReflectionsOnOS/Acrobat.pdf Reflections on an Operating System Design]
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 Design commenced in June 1968; implementation began in December 1968, and a prototype version of the system was running in July 1969. By October 1969 the system was self-supporting. The project was cancelled in November 1971, when funding was terminated; most of the staff decamped to the new [[Berkeley Computer Corporation]]. The machine remained on campus, and in use, until the second half of 1982, but it is not known if it continued to run CAL-TSS, or instead ran the usual [[Control Data Corporation|CDC]] OS.
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 ==External links==

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 * [https://caltss.computerhistory.org/ Cal TSS Archive]
 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univOfCalBerkeley/Cal_TSS_Overview_Oct69.pdf An Overview of the CAL Time-Sharing System]
 * J. Gray, B. Lampson, B. Lindsay, H. Sturgis, ''[http://bwlampson.site/10a-ControlOS/10a-ControlOS.pdf The Control Structure of an Operating System]''

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 The '''CAL Time-Sharing System''' (usually given as '''CAL-TSS''') was an unsuccessful [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]] for the [[CDC 6400]], written by a team at the Campus Computer Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
-Design commenced in June 1968; implementation began in December 1968, and a prototype version of the system was running in July 1969. By October 1969 the system was self-supporting. The project was cancelled in November 1971, when funding was terminated; most of the staff decamped to the new [[Berkeley Computer Corporation]]. The machine remained on campus, and in use, until the second halt of 1982, but it is not known if it continued to run CAL-TSS, or instead ran the usual [[Control Data Corporation|CDC]] OS.
+Design commenced in June 1968; implementation began in December 1968, and a prototype version of the system was running in July 1969. By October 1969 the system was self-supporting. The project was cancelled in November 1971, when funding was terminated; most of the staff decamped to the new [[Berkeley Computer Corporation]]. The machine remained on campus, and in use, until the second half of 1982, but it is not known if it continued to run CAL-TSS, or instead ran the usual [[Control Data Corporation|CDC]] OS.
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−	The '''CAL Time-Sharing System''' (usually given as '''CAL-TSS''') was an unsuccessful [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]] for the [[CDC 6400]] written by the Campus Computer Center at the University of California, Berkeley. It was cancelled in ~~the Fall of~~ 1971 when funding was terminated.	+	The '''CAL Time-Sharing System''' (usually given as '''CAL-TSS''') was an unsuccessful [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]] for the [[CDC 6400]] written by a team at the Campus Computer Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
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		+	Design commenced in June 1968; implementation began in December 1968, and a prototype version of the system was running in July 1969. By October 1969 the system was self-supporting. It was cancelled in November 1971 when funding was terminated.

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