> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Zane Healy > Sent: 12 March 2016 04:51 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Any word on the Multics revival front? > > > > On Mar 11, 2016, at 6:22 AM, Kevin Monceaux <ke...@rawfeddogs.net> > wrote: > > > > OI hadn't checked on Multics progress in quite a while. Yesterday I > > discovered that the DPS-8/M emulator at: > > > > https://SourceForge.net/projects/dps8m/ > > > > is far enough along to boot Multics. I thought some folks on this > > list might be interested in it. > > What I’d like to know is if any copies of GCOS-8 exist in the wild. That’s > what > I’d personally really like to boot on the emulator. I used to be able > configure > all the IOP’s, IOM’s, CPU’s, etc. from memory, power them up, and boot > GCOS-8. > > Zane > Sadly, I doubt it very much. It was still in use on emulated hardware until relatively recently and I assume BULL was still making money from it and guarding its assets. Thinkage still have GCOS products listed on their web site.
https://www.thinkage.ca/english/gcos/index.shtml but sadly no longer a "B" compiler. I think that one has slipped past me... Dave Wade G4UGM
