! DECSys-7
! DECSys-7 was an operating system for the DEC PDP-7 computer. It was DEC's first operating system for a computer smaller than its 36-bit timesharing systems. We can run it on the SIMH PDP-7 emulator.
📄️ ! DECSys-7 on SIMH
We can run ! DECSys-7 on the SIMH PDP-7 emulator. First, we need to download the ! DECSys-7 kit. You can download the kit needed to run DECSys on the SIMH PDP-7 emulator from the "SIMH Legacy" website:
Manuals
You can download the ! DECSys-7 manual from here:
You may also be interested in the PDP-7 and PDP-4 manuals. They were the computers on which ! DECSys-7 was supposed to run. You can download them from Bitsavers:
Out of those, these are the ones referenced by the Operating Manual:
- PDP-7 User's Handbook (F-75)
- PDP-7 Programming Manual, FORTRAN II (7-2-S)
- PDP-7 Programming Manual, Symbolic Assembler (7-3-S)
- PDP-7 Programming Manual, Debugging System (7-4-S)
- PDP-7 DECTOG Program, PDP-7 Program Library (7-20-10-FB)
Related Pages
Credits
- The manuals were taken from Bitsavers.
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