18 Jan
2017
18 Jan
'17
7:03 p.m.
Wow. GCOS-6 and GCOS-8 ? that takes me back. Great systems.
Sent from my Windows 10 phone
From: Zane Healy
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 7:31 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: ISO: Honeywell DPS-6 things
On Jan 18, 2017, at 10:39 AM, Josh Dersch <derschjo
at gmail.com> wrote:
So I have this DPS-6 taking up space in my basement right now and I thought
I'd put out a call again to see if anyone has anything at all related to
it. I'd like to get the system running but I'm missing:
- Mass storage controllers (of any type -- floppy, tape, hard drive)
- GCOS 6 operating system media (in any format, any version, etc.)
If anyone has any hardware lying around, or GCOS 6 media (or knows anyone
who might), drop me a line.
Alternately, if there's anyone out there who has a need for a DPS-6 parts
machine, let me know...
Thanks as always!
- Josh
I?ve only known of one other person with a DPS-6, and that was (is?) Sellam. The hardware
is virtually unobtainable, and sadly, I think GCOS or any other software might even be
more difficult to obtain. I really wish someone could turn up a 25+ year old copy of
GCOS-8, and get it running on an emulator, but don?t see that happening either. I know
that the DPS-6 has been emulated for production systems. A lifetime ago I worked on both
DPS-6 and DPS-8 systems running GCOS-6 and GCOS-8.
Last I checked, Group Bull was still selling GCOS-8 systems, running on Itanium.
Zane