[Simh] What is CDC OS?

[Will Senn]

Thanks Clem and I agree with Bill's quip - greatness.

On 2/16/16 1:01 PM, Clem Cole wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com 
> <mailto:clemc at ccc.com>> wrote:
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>     However, the book has some programs that claim to take advantage
>     of the CDC OS and utilize a card reader.
>
> ​Yup, IMO, part of why Pascal I/O was dorked was because he used the 
> read/write semantics of the CDC systems.   It very screwy and simple 
> in nature.  Don't expect much.
>
> It's been a while since I used them, but my memory is that the Kronos, 
> NOS and SCOPE all used the same semantics for batch programs.   I 
> never ran COS or MACE.
>
> I still know a couple of folks that might remember - Tektronix had two 
> CDC systems (1) and I one of my old colleagues from those days that 
> was a programmer for the CDC Center(2), I'm working with again.  If 
> you have specific questions send them to me off list and I'll see if I 
> can get you in contact.
>
> Clem
>
> 1) As I have mentioned I helped to write the original IP/TCP 
> implementation for VMS, besides our 11/70 running Unix.  The other 
> side of that link was these CDC systems.
>
> 2) In one of my favorite all time quotes that I wish I had said.  Bill 
> Price who had been one of the B5000 designers and was then working 
> with us in Tek Labs when the Tek CDC team was renamed from the 
> "Scientific Computer Center" to the "Computer Science Center".  Bill 
> hears this and quips:  "That's like calling a strip mine and 
> archeology dig."
>
> ​
>
>

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