Wow. GCOS-6 and GCOS-8 … that takes me back. Great systems. Sent from my Windows 10 phone
From: Zane Healy Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 7:31 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: ISO: Honeywell DPS-6 things > On Jan 18, 2017, at 10:39 AM, Josh Dersch <dersc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So I have this DPS-6 taking up space in my basement right now and I thought > I'd put out a call again to see if anyone has anything at all related to > it. I'd like to get the system running but I'm missing: > > - Mass storage controllers (of any type -- floppy, tape, hard drive) > - GCOS 6 operating system media (in any format, any version, etc.) > > If anyone has any hardware lying around, or GCOS 6 media (or knows anyone > who might), drop me a line. > > Alternately, if there's anyone out there who has a need for a DPS-6 parts > machine, let me know... > > Thanks as always! > - Josh I’ve only known of one other person with a DPS-6, and that was (is?) Sellam. The hardware is virtually unobtainable, and sadly, I think GCOS or any other software might even be more difficult to obtain. I really wish someone could turn up a 25+ year old copy of GCOS-8, and get it running on an emulator, but don’t see that happening either. I know that the DPS-6 has been emulated for production systems. A lifetime ago I worked on both DPS-6 and DPS-8 systems running GCOS-6 and GCOS-8. Last I checked, Group Bull was still selling GCOS-8 systems, running on Itanium. Zane
