the hp 2000A system was 1969! Phoenix union High School had one... we have
the 2116 on display here for it. It started as the main processor for the
early 2000A timeshare system then was used as the I/O processor when the
system was upgraded. its final form was A 2000F.
This system is signiffant in the history of computing here in Arizona as it
was the first timesharing system used at an Arizona highschool...
see a short blurb we lifted form the PUHSD booklet on the history...
http://www.smecc.org/puhs_-_arizona.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Kossow" <aek_at_spies.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: Early timesharing/BBS systems
>
>
> There were probably a lot, but I remember "Call/370", which I think was
> one of the first commercial ones.
>
> ==
>
> I have an Auerbach report on timesharing services which I'll try to dig
> up, which gives short company histories for many of the early commercial
> services. Most of the major computer companies were offering some service
> by the late 60's. Part of IBM's antitrust settlement with CDC was that
> CDC got IBM's service bureau operation. GE timsharing stuck around for
> a while. Tymeshare was one of the earliest independents, bootstrapping
> themselves and fixing tons of bugs in the GENIE code.
>
> I also forgot to mention HPs timeshared basic and 3000 systems, also from
> the very early 70s ( the 3000 being HP's 'real' timesharing machine, so
> they said)
>
>
Received on Tue Jul 20 2004 - 19:29:42 BST