Discover the Fascinating History of Mainframes: Multics & GE 645 🚀
Explore the origins of mainframe computing with insights into Multics and the innovative GE 645 system. Uncover how these pioneering technologies shaped modern computing.
ErnieTech's Little Mainframes
647 views • May 21, 2025
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Multics...'MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service'...more than a mouthful. Multics and the purpose-built GE's 645 system's unique approach to mainframes in the 60's.
Here's a little delve into Multics and DPS8M - a functional Honeywell 6180, Honeywell Series‑60 ∕ Level‑68, and Honeywell ∕ Bull simulator and Multics MR12.8 OS you can run on your PC.
https://dps8m.gitlab.io/dps8m/
https://multics-wiki.swenson.org/index.php/MR12.8
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https://swenson.org/multics_wiki/
https://bitsavers.org/pdf/honeywell/
https:/multicians.org/
https://multics-wiki.swenson.org/index.php/MR12.8
https://doc.lagout.org/science/0_Computer%20Science/
Here's a little delve into Multics and DPS8M - a functional Honeywell 6180, Honeywell Series‑60 ∕ Level‑68, and Honeywell ∕ Bull simulator and Multics MR12.8 OS you can run on your PC.
https://dps8m.gitlab.io/dps8m/
https://multics-wiki.swenson.org/index.php/MR12.8
--------------
https://swenson.org/multics_wiki/
https://bitsavers.org/pdf/honeywell/
https:/multicians.org/
https://multics-wiki.swenson.org/index.php/MR12.8
https://doc.lagout.org/science/0_Computer%20Science/
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May 21, 2025
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