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

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Fri Oct 20 17:05:06 2000

On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:

> > And someone is going to acquire this hardware for posterity I assume??
>
> 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.

Canadian military? That's like the Boy Scouts here in the US :) I'm sure
they don't have very many interesting secrets to keep.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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