20 Oct
2000
20 Oct
'00
1:30 a.m.
The OS that ran on the system was called KRONOS. It
was a multi-user
multi-executive OS that did both interactive and batch processing. There
were a number of RJE stations around the campus that had punch card
readers and printers that users could submit their F77 (Fortran 77)
and PASCAL jobs to remotely.
How pleasant to find someone else who worked at a Kronos site
instead of the more usual SCOPE sites. We had Kronos at IU on
a CDC 6600/Cyber 174 Multi-Mainframe system (using some code
from Cambridge University and some Z-80 based disk
controllers
designed by a guy named Steel at Purdue).
What are my
chances of fiding one?
Next to nil, I would guess. They were loaded with precious metals (gold!)
and lots of good scrap metal too. The scrappers loved 'em.