https://e-sygoing.link Latest links in the Multics category en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:46:22 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5682613-wikipedia-multics A brief history and description of this operating system with links to further reading. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:33:48 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5682613 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5682611-honeywell-dps8 Brief technical information on the DPS8 platform used to run the Multics OS, plus links. Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:14:34 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5682611 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5682607-multics-home-page Information on Multics, much of it from the newsgroup alt.os.multics. Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:31:21 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5682607 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5682602-slashdot-the-last-multics-system-decommissioned The announcement of the closure of the last Multics system and a brief discussion as the significance of the Operating System. Mon, 15 Sep 2025 07:27:26 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5682602 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5682601-multiciansorg Multics was the acronym for "Multiplexed Information and Computing Service" - a mainframe timesharing operating system begun in 1965 and used up until 2000. Although this was the immediate forerunner of the Unix operating system, it was also in many ways its antithesis. Wed, 05 Mar 2025 03:00:14 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5682601 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5682614-the-life-and-times-of-the-multics-os A short essay exploring the possibilities of porting the OS to a modern hardware environment Sun, 08 Dec 2024 10:09:00 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5682614 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5682603-risks-digest-the-end-of-the-multics-era Article by Peter G. Neumann on the decommissioning of the last Multics system at the Canadian Department of National Defence in October 2000. Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:39:35 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5682603