At 10:06 AM +0200 5/14/05, Jochen Kunz wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2005 23:23:53 -0400 (EDT)
John Lawson <jpl15 at panix.com> wrote:
There is a fee DPS-6 in Carson City, Nevada,
that is going to have to
be reduced to scrap, unless someone can step up to the plate
Isn't a DPS-6
capable of running Multics?
No, that would be select DPS-8 models. The DPS-6 is basically a
Minicomputer. It runs GCOS-6 and maybe other OS's.
Someone *really* needs to save this system. It can't be me for
multiple reasons. These systems are *VERY, VERY* rare to find in
Hobbyist hands. Since this is the system that Sellam had, I think
there is only one, maybe two, other systems in Hobbyist hands.
Zane
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