Last (or next to last) Multics System to be Decommissioned

From: Tim Harrison <harrison_at_timharrison.com>
Date: Fri Oct 20 17:20:53 2000

Douglas Quebbeman wrote:

> Doubtful... this was a military machine, and although it didn't handle
> classified data, they didn't grant accounts to outsiders, which even
> the NSA did with the DOCKMASTER system until it was decomissioned in
> 1998.

Considering my oft-lamented PDP is from the Canadian Department of
National Defence, I'm sure it's possible. It was part of the
engineering corps at CFB London, and was definitely not handling
classified material.
 
> But maybe if someone with deep enough pockets and good Canadian
> connections tries, who knows what might be possible...

Just asking them might not be a bad plan. I'm willing to bet there are
a lot of people who worked on this thing that would prefer not to see it
scrapped, and would love to hear from someone willing to take it off the
government's hands. :)

I wish I could do it. :)

-- 
Tim Harrison
Network Engineer
harrison_at_timharrison.com
http://www.networklevel.com/
Received on Fri Oct 20 2000 - 17:20:53 BST

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