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  • * A virtual memory system for the NORD-1 is created. Seemingly the first minicomputer to do so. (IIRC * Development is started on the [[NORDIC]] system, [[NORDCOM]], and [[NORD-20]].
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  • ...acting on each page and one on the mode of instructions. The [[interrupt]] system had 16 program levels in hardware, each with its own set of [[general-purpo ...a introducing the NORD-10. Some information, particularly about the memory system, may not be accurate for the later NORD-10/S.''
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  • The MicroVAX I bootstrap [[ROM]] can only bootstrap a system disk attached to the first [[Mass Storage Control Protocol]] (MSCP) control (DABO) will be the new system disk:
    10 KB (1,543 words) - 02:27, 7 May 2024
  • The following [[operating system]]s can run on the MicroVAX II: In version 4 of the [[VMS]] operating system there were two different subversions:
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  • | operating system = DECSYS-7 ...their [[FLIP CHIP|Flip-Chip®]] technology, but also included the older [[System Module]]s.
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  • ...perating system]]s written for them (especially [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]]). There are several good [[simulator]]s available, notably [[SIMH]] a * RC10 disk/drum system - RD10 [[fixed-head disk]], RM10B [[drum]]
    11 KB (1,640 words) - 20:59, 8 March 2024
  • ...[PDP-10]], [[DECSYSTEM-20]]. It was descended from [[TENEX]], an operating system for a modified version of the earlier [[KA10]] PDP-10; hence its nickname o
    1 KB (182 words) - 18:11, 12 December 2023
  • ...ingle-bit "link register", L). The first model used a magnetic core memory system that operated at a cycle time of 1.5 microseconds, so that a typical two-cy ...s that affected the processor as a whole such as turning the [[interrupt]] system on (ION, opcode ''6001'') and off (IOFF, opcode ''6002''). The PDP-8 proces
    22 KB (3,497 words) - 19:34, 29 November 2022
  • In many microcontrollers and [[embedded system]]s, an I/O bus still does not exist. Communication is controlled by the CP ...r to talk to other devices in the computer. While acceptable in [[embedded system]]s, this problem was not tolerated for long in commercial computers.
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  • Linux is a computer [[operating system]] originally developed in the 1990s by a student Linus Torvalds. Today's Li ...], early [[Macintosh|Macs]], a partial port to the [[VAX]] and a port to [[System/390]] as well as various [[SGI]] and [[Sun Microsystems]] workstations and
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  • CP/M was an early [[operating system]] for [[microcomputer]]s. It was ported to several CPUs, the first and mos ...e first version of (PC-)DOS didn't either). CP/M was a portable operating system that was popularized because it was cheap, and was not resource intensive,
    3 KB (539 words) - 18:26, 6 April 2023
  • ...C tape drive could be connected through an Archive QIC/SCSI converter. The system also supported 1/2" tape drives connected to a Computer Products Corporatio
    4 KB (605 words) - 08:49, 27 February 2024
  • Performing normal system tests.<br> root file system type: ffs<br>
    6 KB (970 words) - 18:48, 12 August 2010
  • <div id="ref_3">[3] VAXcluster Systems Guidelines for VAXcluster System Configurations". EK–VAXCT–CG–006</div>
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  • ...rs, and [[peripheral]]s for them. They were a successor to DEC's earlier [[System Module]]s. They were introduced as a replacement largely as a cost-reductio ...le, for cost reasons, to decrease the amount of connectors used in a (sub)-system, so the larger cards became the preferred direction.
    10 KB (1,460 words) - 15:50, 6 March 2024
  • | name = System/360 <!-- | logic type = [[Standard Modular System|SMS]] cards using alloy-junction [[transistor]]s -->
    15 KB (2,167 words) - 14:58, 23 January 2024
  • ...y [[RSX-11]], but took its most powerful form in the [[OpenVMS]] operating system. ...r|compiled language]] counterparts and allow scripts to get information on system state. DCL includes [[Conditional statement|IF-THEN-ELSE]], access to all t
    6 KB (913 words) - 18:07, 16 December 2018
  • | operating system = [[TSS/8]]. Disk Monitor System
    3 KB (416 words) - 14:10, 14 July 2023
  • ...al [[Commodore]] Atari quickly put together the Atari ST. The [[operating system]] was provided by [[Digital Research]], GEMDOS.
    1 KB (191 words) - 04:48, 13 January 2024
  • ...Corporation|DEC]] as a '[[mainframe]] computer'. They were built around a System Control Unit (SCU), which allowed the configuration of tightly-coupled [[mu ...[front end]]; it was primarily tasked with overseeing the operation of the system, e.g. error detection and recovery.
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