In order to qualify as a GCOS-8 Operator I was required to know how to configure all of these from memory, so I could configure and cold-boot the system from scratch. As a Systems Analyst, I never touched them.
We had two DPS-8 mainframes. One was a single CPU Development system, that at night we could do whatever we wanted with, for training. The other was the 4-CPU production system. Zane > On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:57 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > and for horrible deep level maint. I would imagine they would be > useful.... > > they look like something too complex to let operations level people > diddle with... > but are these used with exactly WHICH Honeywell system? If we are > going to display them need to tell the right story in the museum. > Ed# > > > In a message dated 3/12/2016 7:44:50 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > The panels would be pretty much un-used Unlike 360 panels these were hidden > behind doors for most of the time. Assuming the work the same on a Multics > box as on a regular L66/DPS box the only time they were really used was if > you split a 2 x CPU system into 2 x 1 CPU system, or changed the memory > configuration from interleaved to non-interleaved. Pretty sure you could IPL > from the console. > > > > Dave > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 12 March 2016 11:53 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Honneywell multics? from panels. the inline phots in this message > folks -smecc > > > > ok sent to all the people cc on the multics stuff.. will not go though on > main listserv probably > > here are some of the panels think there is more there are at least 2 of > each type > > one set will make display her at smecc museum in az the other set??? > maybe someone want to wire into an emulator <<<grin!>>> > > aside from a little dust and bad lighting these things look like they > were pretty unused thanks ed# www.smecc.org <http://www.smecc.org/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
