31 Oct
2016
31 Oct
'16
7:48 a.m.
On Oct 31, 2016, at 10:26 AM, william degnan
<billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
Given 128K core, wouldn't one be able to save the OS in core, no need to
load what would need to "get started" from a diskpak? The data would be on
the tape drives, and something on stand by to re-load the OS back into core.
Only if the OS implements the ability to resume from a power failure without reloading
from disk or tape. Few do. Perhaps some flavors of RSX, I don't know. RSTS V4A,
when built with the power fail handling option, could do so. Later versions do not; they
unconditionally reboot (from disk) at powerup.
paul