Re: Who needs files?

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1 total messages Started by darrell Mon, 23 Mar 1987 16:43

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Author: darrell
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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