Newsgroups: alt.os.multics Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!crl.dec.com!caen!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!wiretap.spies.com!times.aux.apple.com!mumbo.apple.com!gallant.apple.com!apple.com!taligent!tvv.taligent.com!user From: tom_van_vleck@taligent.com (Tom Van Vleck) Subject: FAQ Multics Chronology Message-ID: Sender: usenet@taligent.com (More Bytes Than You Can Read) Organization: Multicians Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 19:32:11 GMT Lines: 110 Summary: Multics chronology. Expires: 1 Jan 1995 archive-name: multics/chronology 06/01/94 THVV info from Steve Carlock, St Johns up/down dates Post additions & corrections or mail them to <tom_van_vleck@taligent.com> 07/63 Project MAC summer study 08/64 GE selected as supplier 11/65 Special Multics session at Fall Joint Computer Conf 08/65 GE 635 delivered, 6.36 simulator running 08/65 IBM announces TSS/360 01/67 GE 645 delivered to Project MAC 03/67 GE 635 removed from Project MAC 03/67 milestone phase .5 (file sys on simulator) 12/67 milestone phase 1 (single process) 03/68 milestone A3 - 3 processes 05/68 IBM releases CP/67 version 1 07/68 First Multics picnic 10/68 Demonstrable Initial Multics milestone (8 users) 12/68 console sessions in 545 Tech Sq 12/68 move MAC 7094 to MIT bldg 39 01/69 Limited Initial Multics milestone (12 users) 01/69 mini-gim & TTY 04/69 Bell Labs drops out of Multics development 05/69 file system 2.0 06/69 milestone 3.0.10 07/69 Experimental MIT use of Multics (Cambridge Project) 10/69 MSS 4.0 - Multics public at MIT 10/69 new PL1 compiler, new traffic control 12/69 MSS 5.0 - DSU270's (10 MB disk) 12/70 Honeywell buys GE computer division 03/70 MSS 6.0 - command loop 03/70 MSS 7.0 - page ctl 05/70 Multics talk at GESHUA XI in Seattle (TVV) 06/70 MSS 8.0 - pre-paging 08/70 MSS 9.0 - new dir ctl, user ctl 08/70 RADC installed 10/70 MSS 10.0 - new ttydim 11/70 MSS 11.0 - new init 12/70 MSS 12.0 - DSU170's 12/70 MSS 13.0 - AM fix 01/71 MSS 14.0 - ring 4 04/71 MSS 15.0 - retrofit 05/71 IBM decommits TSS/360 11/72 MIT 6180 delivered 12/72 MSS 18.0. - ACL redo 01/17/73 Multics announcement at Museum of Science 07/20/73 CTSS turned off at MIT IPC 01/74 MSS 22.0 01/74 Ford installed 05/74 GM Corporate installed 06/74 MR 1.0: EIS, BASIC, GCOS Simulator, DSS191 01/75 MR 2.0: CPU cache, NPS, 1600bpi tape, TN1200 03/75 MR 2.1: iox_, probe, debug, On-line T&D 06/75 MR 2.2: Secure Mail 09/75 MR 3.0: MCS, Scheduler, RCP, COBOL-74, SORT 07/75 University of Southwestern Louisiana installed 02/76 MSS 28.0: New storage system 03/76 MR 3.1: AIM, DTSS Simulator, HEALS, 4 FNPs 07/76 MR 4.0: New storage system, MRDS, MSU451 09/76 MR 4.0.1: Reconfiguration & Operator Interfaces 12/76 MR 5.0: 4MW SCUs 1977 Honeywell-MIT collaboration ends 10/77 MR 6.0: tape, ESD, salvager, RJE, WORDPRO, 7 CPUs 03/78 MR 6.1 09/78 MR 6.5: Video Terminals, DN6670, IBM 3780 11/78 Palyn Report presented to Honeywell management 12/78 MR 6.5a 03/79 MR 7.0: GTSS Sim, TP, MSU0500, Tape Archive, T&D 06/79 MR 7.0a: L6 Conc, 9 Track tape, EMACS, VIP7760 09/79 MR 7.0b: FIPS COBOL, WORDPRO 1980 Stratus formed, many Multicians leave 03/80 MR 8.0: VIP7801/7804, IBM 3270, Process Preservation 12/80 MR 8.2: MSU0500/501, T&D, COBOL, PL/I, FORTRAN, BOS 09/81 St Johns installed 10/81 MR 9.0: DPS 8/70M CPUs, 8 FNPs, Executive Mail 03/82 MR 9.1: T&D, Hasp, EMACS, FORTRAN, Tape 10/82 MR10.0: 4 IOMs, IOM Paged Mode, Dial-out, X.25, Forum 09/83 CISL moves from Tech Square to Cambridge Center 10/83 MR 10.1: Printers 901/1201, X.25 LAPB, Subsystem Utilities 01/84 MR 10.2: Satellite 6M, LINUS, FIPS FORTRAN 06/84 Special for DND: IO reconfiguration 1985 Almost 100 sites (Gintell ACM speech) 02/85 Flower canceled by Honeywell 06/85 Multics development capped by Honeywell 06/85 MR 11.0: 32k Cache, FAMIS, Exec Forum, PC Support 08/29/85 B2 rating awarded to MR11.0+ by NCSC 10/85 Black armbands at HLSUA 10/85 Multics spin-off (based on Flower) proposed at HLSUA 11/85 Spin-off dismissed by Honeywell 12/85 McDonnell Douglas installed 1986 MR 12.0: BOS eliminated, IMU, FIPS tape & disk 01/86 Opus (NOS/VS3) IPR-0 review at Honeywell 06/86 CISL closed, Opus team to Honeywell Billerica 04/88 Opus canceled by Honeywell 09/88 Shutdown of Brunel University 01/02/88 Shutdown of MIT Multics (MSS 38.3), eqpt to McDonnell 04/88 Development transferred to ACTC (Calgary) 09/14/89 Shutdown of St Johns 05/90 Shutdown of University of Southwestern Louisiana 03/15/91 Shutdown of Cardiff University 07/91 Shutdown of Loughborough University 09/92 Shutdown of AFDSC 04/93 alt.os.multics started by Magnus Olsson 06/16/93 Shutdown of U of Calgary 09/03/93 Shutdown of DDDS/ORAE (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) 11/28/93 Shutdown of Honeywell System M (Phoenix)