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The '''[[SDS]] Sigma''' was a family of 32-bit [[time-sharing]] computers.
The '''SDS Sigma series''' from [[Scientific Data Systems|SDS]] was a family of 16-bit and (later) 32-bit computers. They were intended for use partially or wholly in [[real-time]] settings, but also provided [[time-sharing]] and [[batch processing]] facilities. The Sigma 6, 8 and 9 were all produced after the merger of SDS and [[Xerox]] (forming 'Xerox Data Systems') in March 1969.


A '''Sigma 7''' at [[UCLA]] was the first computer connected to the nascent [[ARPANET]].
A Sigma 7 at [[UCLA]] was the first computer connected to the nascent [[ARPANET]].


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==External links==
==External links==


* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/sds/sigma/ Sigma documentation on Bitsavers]
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/sds/sigma/ sigma] - documentation on [[Bitsavers]]
* [https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1464291.1464296 The SDS Sigma 7: a Real-Time Time-Sharing Computer]
* [https://s3data.computerhistory.org/brochures/sds.sigma.1967.102646100.pdf The Sigma Family] - sales brochure; pre-dates the Xerox merger
* [https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1464291.1464296 The SDS Sigma 7: A Real-Time Time-Sharing Computer]
* [https://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/profess/SDSigma7.htm The Computer That Will Not Die: The SDS Sigma 7] ''Narrator: it died.''
* [https://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/profess/SDSigma7.htm The Computer That Will Not Die: The SDS Sigma 7] ''Narrator: it died.''
* [https://s3data.computerhistory.org/brochures/sds.sigma.1967.102646100.pdf Sales brochure]
* [https://uclaconnectionlab.org/internet-museum/ 3420 Boelter Hall: Where It All Began] - UCLA Internet Museum, displaying a Sigma 7 front panel
* [https://uclaconnectionlab.org/internet-museum/ UCLA Internet Museum] displaying a Sigma 7 front panel
 


[[Category: 32-bit Computers]]
[[Category: 32-bit Computers]]
[[Category: Xerox]]

Revision as of 08:53, 21 July 2025

The SDS Sigma series from SDS was a family of 16-bit and (later) 32-bit computers. They were intended for use partially or wholly in real-time settings, but also provided time-sharing and batch processing facilities. The Sigma 6, 8 and 9 were all produced after the merger of SDS and Xerox (forming 'Xerox Data Systems') in March 1969.

A Sigma 7 at UCLA was the first computer connected to the nascent ARPANET.

External links