TOPS-10

Also known as T, S

TOPS-10 System (Timesharing / Total Operating System-10) is a discontinued operating system from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for the PDP-10 (or DECsystem-10) mainframe computer family. Launched in 1967, TOPS-10 evolved from the earlier "Monitor" software for the PDP-6 and PDP-10 computers; this was renamed to TOPS-10 in 1970.

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Within Vinony's link graph, TOPS-10 is referenced by 225 other articles, and connects out to VT100, VT220 and VT52.

Vinony files it under 1964 software, DEC operating systems and Software programmed in assembly language.

Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

OS.name: TOPS-10
OS.developer: Digital Equipment Corporation
OS.supported_platforms: PDP-10
OS.ui: CCL Command-line interface
OS.latest_release_version: 7.04
OS.programmed_in: MACRO-10, BLISS
OS.prog_language: APL, ALGOL, BASIC, BLISS, COBOL, Fortran, MACRO-10
OS.language: English
OS.working_state: Discontinued
OS.license: ProprietaryFree for personal use

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections

Contents

Overview
Commands
History
Release history
TOPS-10 today
Software
Implemented programming languages
Implemented user utilities
Notable games implemented on TOPS-10
Legacy
TOPS-20
See also
References

== Overview == TOPS-10 supported shared memory and allowed the development of one of the first true multiplayer computer games. The game, called DECWAR, was a text-oriented Star Trek-type game. Users at terminals typed in commands and fought each other in real time. TOPS-10 was also the home of the original Multi User Dungeon, MUD, the forerunner to today's MMORPGs.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TOPS-10” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.