Wizard of Odd

Category: DEC

Digital Equipment Corporation produced some of the more interesting hardware and software and created the foundations upon which the modern versions of UNIX and Windows ultimately grew.

  • The Wayback Machines

    There’s a lot of work preserving the work that had been done to preserve some of the important computing developments of the past. My own past has these:

    IBM CorporationOSDigital EquipmentOSControl Data
    Corporation    		OS
    IBM 1130
    IBM 360
    IBM 370
    IBM 4381
    IBM 3090

    AMDAHL 580
    		DMS 2.0

    VM/370
    VM/XA
    VM/ESA
    OS/MVT
    OS/MVS
    OS/VS1

    UTS    		DEC PDP-8

    DEC VAX-11/750
    DEC VAX-11/780
    		UNIX
    RT-11
    RSTS/E
    RSX-11/M

    VAX/VMS
    		CDC 6600
    CDC 7600

    CRAY X-MP
    CRAY 2
    CRAY Y-MP    		NOS 1
    NOS 2
    PLATO

    UNICOS
    Table of Companies and the Systems Used

    Many posts here, in combination with the technical details outlined in the CODEX, will attempt to capture a portion of the conservation efforts and general operations of these systems which are now available to run on your own.

    Most of these systems can be explored through Kevin Jordan’s site “Nostalgic Computing Center“!

    Other posts on the CDC Community Wiki will show you how to install your own instance of VM/CMS, IBM-1130, OS/MVS 3.8, VAX/VMS, CDC NOS 2/871, CDC/PLATO(CYBIS), and more.