> On Oct 31, 2016, at 10:26 AM, william degnan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Given 128K core, wouldn't one be able to save the OS in core, no need to
> load what would need to "get started" from a diskpak? The data would be on
> the tape drives, and something on stand by to re-load the OS back into core.
Only if the OS implements the ability to resume from a power failure without
reloading from disk or tape. Few do. Perhaps some flavors of RSX, I don't
know. RSTS V4A, when built with the power fail handling option, could do so.
Later versions do not; they unconditionally reboot (from disk) at powerup.
paul
