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TOPS-10
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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.
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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Article
13 sectionsContents
- 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
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.
== 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.