I was there 1980-1984, I don't ever recall using a 7600 though, I thought I used a CDC Cyber 172 (or 170 or something similar). It is possible I may have some records buried at home, but I am away at the moment and they would not be easily accessible. I have to re-arrange a lot of stuff over Christmas so I will keep a lookout.
However, *I* have a question for *you*. For the last year I have been working on building an emulator for MU5 (see https://robs-old-computers.com/projects/mu5/). Do you have *any* information at all about MU5? I am particularly short on anything about the operating system, MUSS. Thanks Rob > > On 17 November 2017 at 17:24 Peter Allan via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > I was a student at Manchester University from 1974 to 1980. During that > time I used the University of Manchester Regional Computer Centre (UMRCC) > computer system. The so-called Joint System consisted of a CDC 7600 with > an > ICL 1906A front end. We used to submit card decks via a Systime (a PDP-11 > clone, I believe) that functioned as a remote job entry service. > > I am trying to find out information about the structure of those card > decks > (mine were used for shopping lists years ago), and in particular, what the > first card in the deck was that routed the job to the correct computer. > > I have found information about JOB cards for both ICL computers running > George 3 and for the CDC 7600 running SCOPE 2.1 (which is what the > computers ran), but I believe that neither of these gives the full story > about what we used on the Joint System. > > Does anyone who used this system, or similar ones in the UK, recall > anything relevant? > > If you have suggestions about where else to post this query, I would be > grateful for that too. > > Cheers > > Peter Allan >