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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,
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  • ...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
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  • Performing normal system tests.<br> root file system type: ffs<br>
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  • <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.
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  • | name = System/360 <!-- | logic type = [[Standard Modular System|SMS]] cards using alloy-junction [[transistor]]s -->
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  • ...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
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  • | operating system = [[TSS/8]]. Disk Monitor System
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  • ...al [[Commodore]] Atari quickly put together the Atari ST. The [[operating system]] was provided by [[Digital Research]], GEMDOS.
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  • ...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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  • ...nly for [[input/output|I/O]]; [[main memory]] used the [[KA650 Main Memory System]], using a special [[bus]] carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well ...Xserver 3900'''. The difference between these and the MicroVAXen is in the system ROM on the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] board, which prevents multi-user
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  • | caption = Logging into a 4.3 BSD system ...ws [[4.2 BSD]], with more mature [[TCP/IP]] networking, an improved [[file system]], in -Tahoe, partial cross-platform capability, and in -Reno, a significan
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  • ...Unix system used by many. Unlike Solaris, which is based primarily upon [[System V]], SunOS is based extensively on [[BSD]], and by the 4.x releases, being |Bundled with [[Motorola 68000|68000]]-based Sun-1 system
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  • | caption = Logging into an Ultrix 4.0 system ...for the VAX was derived from [[4.2 BSD]] with some influences from [[UNIX System V|SYSV]] and included support for specific DEC technologies. The latest ver
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  • ...tems can network directly onto the [[Internet]], if the emulated operating system supports it, like BSD or [[VMS]]. ...ost versions of TOPS-10 and TOPS-20, as well as [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]], [[WAITS]], and (soon) [[TENEX]].
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  • The Macintosh II series all had a 68020 or better CPU and ran System 4 through 7.5 depending on model. [[A/UX]] was available as an additional ...computers of their eras), but for their operating system, MacOS, Macintosh System Software... it goes by a few names.
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  • They used the [[KA650 CPU]]; [[main memory]] used the [[KA650 Main Memory System]], using a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as t ...es/c/c6/EK-VAXCT-CG-006.pdf VAXcluster Systems - Guidelines for VAXcluster System Configurations] (EK-VAXCT-CG-006)</div>
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  • | caption = Logging into a 4.2 BSD system ...s the basis for [[SunOS]]. Later [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]] licensed [[UNIX System V|SYSV]] from AT&T and started to incorporate the two versions, before swit
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  • -rw-r--r-- 1 Neozeed +SYSTEM 69943640 Feb 6 12:39 42.tap Build root file system
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  • On-line information may be obtained with the commands HELP and INFO. Zork's [[Muddle]] source on [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]] for the [[PDP-10]].
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  • ...rt about putty is that it does not require any installation, nor any other system packages, you can just download and run the exe. Putty also can handle var
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  • Build root file system Check the file system
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  • ...nt. UNIX soon spread to other groups at Bell; the Switching Control Center System group also used UNIX on an -11/20 for their early work. ...a single [[RS11 disk drive]] (512KB) for both [[swapping]] and the [[file system]]. By the time of the version for which we have the [[source code]] (below)
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  • ...use a web browser to download them, to deal with the sourceforge download system. But that's the price of free hosting.<br><br> Performing normal system tests.
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  • ...easily be decompressed. This is for the [[4.3 BSD]] Quasijarus Operating System.
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  • ...E that the tape does NOT boot under SIMH. Instead you also need a 4.3 BSD system to build the bootable disk to be used for RENO. starting system logger, time daemon.
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  • The '''TK50 Tape Drive''' was a [[magnetic tape]] [[backup]] system popular on [[VAX]]en and other [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] comput
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  • ...ixth Edition|V6]] (from the user's point of view) was that the [[UNIX file system]] had been modified to use 32-bit [[disk block]] numbers, to support the la ...ddition of the [[process]]' 'environment', and the addition of the exece() system call to pass it
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  • ...Mac.rom] you are almost ready to go! Now you need a copy of the operating system. Luckily Apple has made systems prior to 7.6 free, and you can download th ...QUExFJTVEJTIwTWFjJTIwSUl4LUlJY3gtU2UzMC56aXA= macII.rom]. I've found that System 7 works best, and is available below.
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  • ...Sheepshaver_system_755.png|300px|thumb|right|SheepShaver running Macintosh System 7.5.5]]
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  • After [[Steve Jobs]] left [[Apple]], they scrambled to put together a system that could compete with [[NeXT]]. Hearing that NeXT was going to enter the ...YSV filesystem, while later versions of A/UX used 4.2BSD's [[BSD Fast File System|FFS]].
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  • | caption = Logging into a 32v system ...e installation instructions [[Setting Up Version 1.0 of UNIX/32V Operating System]].
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  • | caption = Logging into a 3 BSD/VM system ...r [[virtual memory]] system, that went from 32V's [[swapping]], to a paged system. Additionally all of the BSD tools from [[1BSD]] & [[2BSD]] on the [[PDP-1
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  • | caption = Logging into a 4BSD system ...So this isn't very useful if you were hoping for some kind of multi-user system. The only 'good' thing is the 32v idle in simh-3.8-0 works well on this ve
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  • * TYPE SYSTEM NO REG REGS
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  • .... ITS was designed to make software development easy. The designers of the system assumed that it would have a small, knowledgeable, friendly group of users, ...nd I maintained/hacked it; it was actually a legitimate test of a database system the group used for a research project.
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  • ...isk controller|RF11]], the [[RP11 disk controller|RP11]], and the [[DX11-B System 360/370 Channel to PDP-11 Unibus Interface|DX11]]; the [[RK11-C disk contro ...ge:DX11IndicatorPanel.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Indicator panel from a [[DX11-B System 360/370 Channel to PDP-11 Unibus Interface|DX11]]]]
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  • While the Lisa's shipped with "[[Lisa Office System]]", they did have a few different OS's. *[[Lisa Office System]]
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  • ...[[Unix Seventh Edition|v7]], [[UNIX System III|SYSIII]], and later [[UNIX System V|SYSV]]. ...eloped on a DEC Virtual Address Extension (VAX) running the Virtual Memory System (VMS) and a PDP-11 running UNIX V7, albeit now using Microsoft's own in-hou
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  • ...es|IBM]] and [[Microsoft]] to put together the next generation [[operating system]] for the [[IBM AT]] and [[IBM PS/2|PS/2]] machines. ...king version of DOS. There was clearly a need for an 'advanced' operating system on the desktop, unfortunately in retrospect Microsoft had to get involved w
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  • NeXTSTEP was the [[operating system]] popularized by [[NeXT Computer, Inc|NeXT]], and is commonly thought of wi
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  • ...hat ran on top of [[Atari TOS|TOS]] (The Atari [[MS-DOS]] like [[operating system|OS]]) and provided basic Unix services. With the program aptly called JET (
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  • | caption = Logging into a V6 UNIX system ...inicomputer OS's at the time. Many also still consider it to have been the system with the highest ratio of power to size, ever.
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  • ...umentation/Lions/book.pdf A Commentary on The Sixth Edition Unix Operating System] - PDF (not a scan)
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  • ...s made popular by [[Microsoft]] for not only being the bundled [[operating system]] on the [[IBM-PC]] but also being available to the other clone [[OEM]]'s o DOS made use of the FAT [[file system]], and thus its popularity.
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  • IBM doomed OS/2 2.0, in terms of a successful desktop system, almost from system to some customers, even in it's infancy. The bad news is that
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  • You want to verify the installation by running two file system checks, Now you are ready to mount(VII) the file system:
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  • OS/8 was the primary [[operating system]] for the [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]]. OS/8 is a [[single-user]] OS, used for su ...ripheral]] operations are handled without using [[interrupt]]s. The [[file system]] uses contiguous [[file]]s. [[Batch processing]] operation was supported b
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  • ...SP is more popular for its inclusion of [[TCP/IP]] into the base operating system.
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  • DO YOU WANT TO REPLACE THE FILE SYSTEM ON THE PUBLIC STRUCTURE? DO YOU WANT THE DEFAULT SIZE FRONT END FILE SYSTEM? Y
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