31 Oct
2019
31 Oct
'19
6:13 p.m.
On Oct 31, 2019, at 6:04 PM, Charles Anthony
<charles.unix.pro at gmail.com> wrote:
It looks like you need a copy of Multics
Communications Software (MCS).
We have MCS for the 355. MCS for the 6661, not so much, but that document shows that I
can lease it for $275 month, but I can't get through to the sales department.
Have you seen the following document? It appears to touch on some of your questions.
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/datapro/communications_processors/C13-480_Hone…
<http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/datapro/communications_processors/C13-480_Honeywell_DATANET_6661.pdf>
Really no point in pursuing a 6661 emulation unless the MCS software can be located.
? Charles
So to sum it up, you have the software for the 355, and the documentation for the 6661.
That?s rough. Once again, I find myself wishing more software was preserved and
available.
Another obscure Honeywell tidbit, back around ?93 the DPS-6 was emulated on HP-UX systems.
Part of my very limited GCOS-6 experience was helping to migrate from physical hardware,
to the emulated systems in January of ?94.
Zane