MULTICS survivability

From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Fri Jan 29 00:46:03 1999

At 10:30 PM 28-01-99 -0800, Zane H. Healy wrote:

>How close is a GE635 to a Honeywell DPS-6? I know the picture on the main
>page of the multicians web site looks like a DPS-8 to me.

I believe that a DPS-6 is a GE635 less a bit - in particular the hardware
protection
mechanism (it's been a long day and I can't remember the Multics word for
this). My guess is that if you had a DPS-6 emulator adding the GE635 stuff
mightn't be too hard but again this is based on reading Organick's book
about 10 years ago...

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