17 Nov
2017
17 Nov
'17
3:18 p.m.
I was there 1980-1984, I don't ever recall using a 7600 though, I thought I used
a CDC Cyber 172 (or 170 or something similar). It is possible I may have some
records buried at home, but I am away at the moment and they would not be easily
accessible. I have to re-arrange a lot of stuff over Christmas so I will keep a
lookout.
However, *I* have a question for *you*. For the last year I have been working on
building an emulator for MU5 (see https://robs-old-computers.com/projects/mu5/).
Do you have *any* information at all about MU5? I am particularly short on
anything about the operating system, MUSS.
Thanks
Rob
On 17 November 2017 at 17:24 Peter Allan via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I was a student at Manchester University from 1974 to 1980. During that
time I used the University of Manchester Regional Computer Centre (UMRCC)
computer system. The so-called Joint System consisted of a CDC 7600 with
an
ICL 1906A front end. We used to submit card decks via a Systime (a PDP-11
clone, I believe) that functioned as a remote job entry service.
I am trying to find out information about the structure of those card
decks
(mine were used for shopping lists years ago), and in particular, what the
first card in the deck was that routed the job to the correct computer.
I have found information about JOB cards for both ICL computers running
George 3 and for the CDC 7600 running SCOPE 2.1 (which is what the
computers ran), but I believe that neither of these gives the full story
about what we used on the Joint System.
Does anyone who used this system, or similar ones in the UK, recall
anything relevant?
If you have suggestions about where else to post this query, I would be
grateful for that too.
Cheers
Peter Allan