In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
10/17/2005
at 05:06 PM, Doug Fuerst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>But that was true across the 360 line, that was the point. Same OS
>ran, same programs ran. The 40 was a TROS machine, and was very much
>a part of the 360 line, as was the 44.
The 2044 did not have SS instructions, e.g., MVC.
>and the 50/65/67 had what was just called ROS,CROS
>and the 85, if I remember, was a combo machine like the 165 (some
>ROS, some RCS.)
The I-fetch was hardwired. The WCS was for diagnostics and, if
installed, the emulator features.
>The 44 was the same TROS machine, but had was a
>scientific machine
No, hard wired.
>But all, even including the 20, which ran TOS at least in my
>father's case, were part of the 360 line, and adhered to the POP.
Are you a betting man?
>TOS ran on every 360,
No. Not on a 2020 and not[1] on a 2044.
[1] Unless you were running SS simulation from the shadow memory.
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