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What OS runs on what hardware?

I find the article's description of the etiology of the various versions of GCOS to be hard to follow, though admittedly Bull hasn't done any favors in creating the situation. Could someone clarify which version of GCOS runs on which hardware? We could start with just the current shipping versions (7 and 8) and current hardware. Thanks. Riordanmr (talk) 19:55, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Name GECOS redux

I just took a look at some manuals from bitsavers. The first[1] has the title GE-635 Comprehensive Operating Supervisor but the text[2] uses the name General Comprehensive Operating Supervisor. Similarly, the next edition[3] has the title GE-635 Comprehensive Operating Supervisor but the text[4] uses the name General Comprehensive Operating Supervisor. In a Honeywell manual[5] the text[6] uses the name GE-600 Line Comprehensive Operating Supervisor (GECOS III). Given the above, what is appropriate to say about the original name? Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 18:48, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "GE-635 Comprehensive Operating Supervisor" (PDF), The Compatibles/600, General Electric, July 1964, CPB-1002
  2. ^ "Introduction to GECOS", CPB-1002 (PDF), p. I-1, GECOS - - General Comprehensive Operating Supervisor - - is the name given to the executive program ...
  3. ^ "GE-625 / 635 Comprehensive Operating Supervisor" (PDF), The Compatibles/600, General Electric, January 1965, CPB-1002A
  4. ^ "Introduction to GECOS", CPB-1002A (PDF), p. I-1, The General Comprehensive Operating Supervisor (GECOS) is the executive program ...
  5. ^ "GECOS TIME-SHARING SYSTEM GENERAL INFORMATION MANUAL" (PDF), Honeywell SERIES 600, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., July 1971, CPB-1643A
  6. ^ "General", CPB-1643A (PDF), p. 1, The GE-600 Line Time-Sharing System operates under the direction of the GE-600 Line Comprehensive Operating Supervisor (GECOS III),