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| name = RTS/8
 
| name = RTS/8
| creator = DEC
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| creator = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]
 
| year introduced = 1968
 
| year introduced = 1968
| architecture = PDP-8
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| architecture = [[PDP-8 architecture|PDP-8]]
| type = time-shared
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| type = [[time-sharing|time-shared]]
 
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TSS/8 (Time-Sharing System for the PDP-8/I and -8 computers) is a general-purpose, time-sharing system offering up to 16 users (24 in certain applications) a comprehensive library of system Programs. These programs provide facility for editing, assembling, compiling, debugging, loading, saving, calling, and executing user programs on-line. Two conversational, interactive systems, [[FOCAL-8]] and [[BASIC-8]] are also included.
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'''TSS/8''' ('''Time-Sharing System''' for the [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]] computers) is a general-purpose, [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]] offering up to 16 users (24 in certain applications) a comprehensive [[library]] of system programs.
  
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These programs provide facility for editing, assembling, compiling, debugging, loading, saving, calling, and executing user programs on-line. Two conversational, interactive [[interpreter]] systems, [[FOCAL-8]] and [[BASIC-8]], are also included.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
From [http://bitsavers.org/ Bitsavers]: [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/dec/pdp8/tss8/DEC-T8-MRFB-D_UserGde_Feb70.pdf TSS/8 Time-Sharing System User's Guide]
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* From [http://bitsavers.org/ Bitsavers]: [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/dec/pdp8/tss8/DEC-T8-MRFB-D_UserGde_Feb70.pdf TSS/8 Time-Sharing System User's Guide]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS-8 Wikipedia:TSS-8]
  
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS-8 Wikipedia:TSS-8]
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[[Category: DEC Operating Systems]]

Latest revision as of 21:57, 22 November 2019


RTS/8
Type: time-shared
Creator: DEC
Architecture: PDP-8
Date Released: 1968


TSS/8 (Time-Sharing System for the PDP-8 computers) is a general-purpose, time-sharing operating system offering up to 16 users (24 in certain applications) a comprehensive library of system programs.

These programs provide facility for editing, assembling, compiling, debugging, loading, saving, calling, and executing user programs on-line. Two conversational, interactive interpreter systems, FOCAL-8 and BASIC-8, are also included.

References