TOPS-10

TOPS -10 (Time Sharing Operating System 10) was an interactive multi-user operating system from Digital Equipment Corporation ( DEC) for which also manufactured by DEC PDP -6 and PDP -10 computer.

The first version of TOPS -10 was version 1.4, which was introduced in 1964. Since the available 1967 Version 2.18 Compatible TOPS -10 and the PDP - 10th

With the 1972 featured TOPS- 10 Version 7.0 and later several PDP -10 computers could be combined to form symmetrical multi-processor systems by up to 8 computers, the uninterrupted operation guaranteed in spite of any hardware or software failures.

The latest version of TOPS -10 version 7.04 from July 1988.

The offered from 1976 TOPS-20 does not have much in common except the name similarity with TOPS -10. It has been newly developed based on the TENEX operating system.

Comments

  • Gary Kildall developed an emulator for the Intel 8080 under TOPS -10 operating system be CP / M.
  • TOPS -10 contained several Easter Eggs, one of which was this: they gave a MAKE LOVE, delivered TOPS -10 Not War? back.
  • Bill Gates has also worked on TOPS- 10 during his student days.
  • Mainframe operating system
  • Historic software
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