3 Dec
2014
3 Dec
'14
4:02 p.m.
On 12/3/2014 2:57 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 12/03/2014 01:42 PM, Dave G4UGM wrote:
Or if you were on Multics, you could get the console messages in Latin
courtesy of a bored programmer.
We had a processor that could run both Multics and Gcos concurrently, on
the 6180. I don't think they did much with GCOS, however, other than to
run some Cobol compiles for some classes taught at the university where
we were located. I don't know how the system and console side was
managed. The physical GE Terminet console was owned by Multics. I
don't know if there was a separate real or a virtual console for the
GCOS system.
JIm
Many years ago when I was a Honeywell L66 GCOS
systems programmer I
was on a course for a new release of GCOS....
...Around the time there was an "Issue" with WWMCCS reportedly become
close to launching an attack without proper authority....
Those of us on the course, who were having issues getting work run on
GCOS, which was , we were told the core of WWMCCS at the time were
somewhat disbelieving..
.. we said it couldn't happen. Some bright spark said even they want
to they can't, the Secret Service will wake the President, and he
will log into WWMCCS and type "Launch Missiles" and it would respond
"Thank you Mr. President, your job is at position 9 in queue
.bang1, estimated time for execution 1 day 4 hours..."
Hmmm, that probably explains the "100 usec. guaranteed response time."
points in the RFPs we got at CDC...
--Chuck