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| name = TOPS-10
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| creator = [[DEC]]
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| current version = 7.04
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| type = Multi-tasking, multi-user, virtual memory
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| architecture = [[PDP-10]]
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}}
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'''TOPS-10''' was [[DEC]]'s [[operating system]] for the early [[PDP-10]] computers. It was descended from the 'Monitor' OS used on the [[PDP-6]]. It provided both [[batch]] and [[time-sharing]] capabilities.
 
'''TOPS-10''' was [[DEC]]'s [[operating system]] for the early [[PDP-10]] computers. It was descended from the 'Monitor' OS used on the [[PDP-6]]. It provided both [[batch]] and [[time-sharing]] capabilities.
  
 
TOPS-10 allowed programs to be separated into data and [[object code]] segments; the latter could be shared by all [[process]]es running that program. Once support for [[virtual memory]] was added to the hardware (in the [[KI10]]), TOPS-10 added support for that.
 
TOPS-10 allowed programs to be separated into data and [[object code]] segments; the latter could be shared by all [[process]]es running that program. Once support for [[virtual memory]] was added to the hardware (in the [[KI10]]), TOPS-10 added support for that.
  
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== How to get this running ==
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TOPS-10 can run under emulation in [[SIMH]] and [[KLH10]].
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*[https://www.sky-visions.com/dec/tops10.shtml Running TOPS-10 5.03, 6.03, 7.03, and 7.04 under SIMH]
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[[Category: PDP-10 Operating Systems]]
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[[Category: DEC Operating Systems]]

Revision as of 08:16, 11 April 2022


TOPS-10
Type: Multi-tasking, multi-user, virtual memory
Creator: DEC
Architecture: PDP-10
This Version: 7.04


TOPS-10 was DEC's operating system for the early PDP-10 computers. It was descended from the 'Monitor' OS used on the PDP-6. It provided both batch and time-sharing capabilities.

TOPS-10 allowed programs to be separated into data and object code segments; the latter could be shared by all processes running that program. Once support for virtual memory was added to the hardware (in the KI10), TOPS-10 added support for that.

How to get this running

TOPS-10 can run under emulation in SIMH and KLH10.