Difference between revisions of "PDP-10"
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| − | There are several emulators available, notably [[SIMH]] and [[KLH10]]. | + | A series of large, 36-bit [[mainframe]]-like systems built by [[DEC]]; they were basically a re-implementation of the earlier [[PDP-6]] architecture, whose engineering had been a failure. (The machines were so similar at the programming level that PDP-6 code could run on a PDP-10.) |
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| + | DEC sold 4 different generations of PDP-10 processors: the [[KA10]], the [[KI10]], the [[KL10]], and the [[KS10]]. The first three were marketed as the [[DECsystem-10]], running the [[TOPS-10]] operating system; the third was also sold as the [[DECSYSTEM-20]], running [[TOPS-20]]. (The varying capitalization was the result of a trademark infringment suit.) | ||
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| + | PDP-10s were very important machines on the early Internet, being one of the few (relatively!) cheaply available machines which could run a full NCP and later TCP/IP stack as a multi-user environment at the time. | ||
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| + | They still have a large following today. There are several emulators available, notably [[SIMH]] and [[KLH10]]. | ||
== Operating Systems == | == Operating Systems == | ||
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| + | [[Image:PDP-10 1090.jpg|thumb|A PDP-10 1090]] | ||
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*[[TOPS-10]] | *[[TOPS-10]] | ||
*[[TOPS-20]] | *[[TOPS-20]] | ||
*[[ITS]] | *[[ITS]] | ||
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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* Emulators ! - http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/pdp10emu.html | * Emulators ! - http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/pdp10emu.html | ||
* GCC port ! - http://pdp10.nocrew.org/gcc/ | * GCC port ! - http://pdp10.nocrew.org/gcc/ | ||
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[[Category:Computers]] | [[Category:Computers]] | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 27 March 2016
A series of large, 36-bit mainframe-like systems built by DEC; they were basically a re-implementation of the earlier PDP-6 architecture, whose engineering had been a failure. (The machines were so similar at the programming level that PDP-6 code could run on a PDP-10.)
DEC sold 4 different generations of PDP-10 processors: the KA10, the KI10, the KL10, and the KS10. The first three were marketed as the DECsystem-10, running the TOPS-10 operating system; the third was also sold as the DECSYSTEM-20, running TOPS-20. (The varying capitalization was the result of a trademark infringment suit.)
PDP-10s were very important machines on the early Internet, being one of the few (relatively!) cheaply available machines which could run a full NCP and later TCP/IP stack as a multi-user environment at the time.
They still have a large following today. There are several emulators available, notably SIMH and KLH10.
Operating Systems
See Also
- SIMH has a PDP-10 emulator
- Emulators ! - http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/pdp10emu.html
- GCC port ! - http://pdp10.nocrew.org/gcc/
