FAQ Multics General (short)

[Tom Van Vleck]

archive-name: multics/general
URL: //www.multicians.org/general.html

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Q) What is the purpose of alt.os.multics?
A) This group is for the discussion of the Multics operating
system. Discussion sometimes strays to other topics of
interest to Multicians, e.g.
- Honeywell hardware architecture
- CTSS, DTSS and other ancestors
- Honeywell management mistakes and if-onlys
- PRIMOS, GCOS Timesharing, UNIX, and other cousins
and descendants
For discussions of the history of other operating
systems, try alt.folklore.computers or the groups
dedicated to these systems.

alt.os.multics is a public unmoderated newsgroup with an
estimated readership of thousands. If you have a comment
of limited interest, please use e-mail instead.
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Q) How can I view alt.os.multics via the web?
A) Go to http://groups.google.com/ and then enter alt.os.multics
in the top search box and return. You may wish to sort by date.
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Q) What other sources are available on-line to find out more
about Multics?
A1) There is a large set of Multics Web pages available at
http://www.multicians.org/
including History, People, Sites, bibliography, the 250K
Multics Glossary, papers, stories, and pictures of
Multicians and 6180s. There are 221 HTML pages
comprising over 1,000,000 lines and 376 graphic images.

Paul Green mirrors this information at Stratus at
ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/multics/tvv/multics.html

A2) There is a closed Yahoo Groups mailing list for Multicians.
It currently has 144 members.
Apply at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multicians/

A3) There is a large collection of scanned Multics manuals online
provided by Al Kossow at
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/honeywell/multics/

A4) The LinkedIn group "multicians" has been set up for Multicians
who use the LinkedIn social networking site.
It currently has 262 members.
To join it, send mail to the editor.

A5) There is a "fan page" for Multics on Facebook, open to
any Facebook user.
https://www.facebook.com/multicsfans
It currently has 238 fans.