Yes, the pdp-8 also supported multi user and multi tasking. The burger king manex system used os-8 as it's os.
-- Jerry Feldman <gaf.li...@gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org On Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 10:40 AM jon.maddog.h...@gmail.com < jonhal...@comcast.net> wrote: > I also disagree with many items in the article. > > Ignoring architectures like the PDP-11 and implying that multi-user > started with VMS is just plain wrong. The PDP-11 was a premier platform > for multi-user operating systems like RSTS, RSX-11, and Unix to name just a > few. > > Secondly the movement of the Linux kernel from being a single-architecture > 32-bit architecture to being a N-architecture, 32/64 bit kernel had immense > impact on the computer industry and that was facilitated by the Linux/Alpha > project. > > Finally, I disagree that WNT was based either on OS/2 or VMS. It was > based on a micro-kernel system that was developed by Dave Cutler and his > crew, and transported to Microsoft when Dave left and went there. This > was one reason why the three architectures that were supported by WNT at > the announcement were Intel, MIPS and Alpha. MIPS was dropped before > shipping since DEC did not care about it anymore. Alpha was dropped as > soon as Microsoft could scrub all the code that came from DEC. > > I am familiar with this history since I was one of the people that Dave > Cutler interviewed for being a product manager for the system when Dave was > still working for DEC. It was only months later that he left for > Microsoft. > > md > > > On 10/07/2023 4:35 PM EDT mik...@colossus.bilow.com wrote: > > > > It's a great article. I was the principal consultant for IDS in that era, > and there is a staff alumni group active on Facebook where I posted this > link. > > I disagree with a number of the claims in the article, especially that > Windows NT was based on VMS when in fact it was based on and developed > using OS/2. There is a good and detailed book about this: > > > https://www.gpascalzachary.com/showstopper__the_breakneck_race_to_create_windows_nt_and_the_next_generation_at_m_50101.htm > > > On 10/7/23 16:07, Don wrote: > > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/long-gone-dec-is-still-powering-the-world-of-computing/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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