[rescue] the Last DPS-9/CP6 system is now offline.

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 18:50:14 (-0500), Timothy Lawless wrote: ]
> Subject: [rescue] the Last DPS-9/CP6 system is now offline.
>
> I recieved word that "The University of Southern Mississippi"
> has shutdown and is preparing to sell at public auction 
> (or failing that, trash) a Honeywell/Bull DPS-9 (and some
> parts from the legacy DPS-8) Running CP6. The only other
> opperating system that this system could run would be GECOS.
> (bull.cc.usm.edu)

Hmmm.... what's missing to allow it to run Multics?

I wonder if the Computer Museum History Center needs any parts to keep
DOCKMASTER running....  (www.computerhistory.org)  It was "only" a
DPS-8, but....

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