Title
The evolution of the DECsystem 10
Abstract
The DECsystem 10, also known as the PDP-10, evolved from the PDP-6 (circa 1963) over five generations of implementations to presently include systems covering a price range of five to one. The origin and evolution of the hardware, operating system, and languages are described in terms of technological change, user requirements, and user developments. The PDP-10's contributions to computing technology include: accelerating the transition from batch oriented to time sharing computing systems; transferring hardware technology within DEC (and elsewhere) to minicomputer design and manufacturing; supporting minicomputer hardware and software development; and serving as a model for single user and timeshared interactive minicomputer/microcomputer systems.
Year
DOI
Venue
1978
10.1145/359327.359335
Commun. ACM
Keywords
Field
DocType
timesharing,user development,single user,operating system,minicomputer hardware,architecture,timeshared interactive minicomputer,computer structures,user requirement,time sharing computing system,microcomputer system,minicomputer design,hardware technology,computing technology,technological change,software development,time sharing,user requirements
Architecture,Programming language,Computer science,Minicomputer,Implementation,Technological change,User requirements document,Microcomputer,Operating system,Software development,Time-sharing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
21
1
0001-0782
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
2.15
7
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gordon Bell11050532.60
A. Kotok252.15
T. N. Hastings352.15
R. Hill452.15