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Article #113Re: Who needs files?
From: darrell
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1987 16:43
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1987 16:43
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> yerazuws@lll-crg.ARPA (Crah): > > Multics used the idea of "no such thing as 'files' from the very > > start. Everything was in virtual memory (36-bit addresses, too) > > > > Look where it got them. :-( > > Actually, the hardware limitations are probably what did Multics in. > The processor itself (Level-68) was pretty weird. Not that wierd (GE-645). The point is that there were other operating systems (e.g. DTSS, early UN*X) that would run on the same processor without such overhead. Multics was developed in a research environment where burning up hardware wasn't an issue. [DTSS? I'd like to hear more about that. -DL]
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!sdcsvax!darrell From: darrell@sdcsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.os Subject: Re: Who needs files? Message-ID: <2899@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Date: Mon, 23-Mar-87 11:43:18 EST Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.2899 Posted: Mon Mar 23 11:43:18 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Mar-87 06:08:19 EST Sender: darrell@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 18 Approved: mod-os@sdcsvax.uucp