Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Anne & Lynn Wheeler Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: DEBE? Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:06:32 -1000 Organization: Wheeler&Wheeler Lines: 29 Message-ID: <87sg6etet3.fsf@localhost> References: <410189141.633897878.626206.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <626385917.633898006.045097.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="85f03fe9d03c4ea293df35de146b5c55"; logging-data="12016"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/+gg4WC+AoBm4MYVUaTOUMvaBPpWRms2Y=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:r/a0nbHeHOmHOLAc617R/RX+njM= sha1:pTXmcwBUm0usSW5NmDKAPRAlpjo= Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:216803 Peter Flass writes: > DEBE was a “do everything” program, like DITTO. one was for OS and one for > DOS, but I can’t recall which was which. They were both invaluable > programs for things like media conversion - tape to print, etc., but, as I > recall, they did a lot more. Every shop probably had a copy. similar was LLMPS from lincoln labs ... had a small (stand-alone) multi-task monitor that could concurrently do a number of different things ... was in the SHARE contribution library ... along with documentation (originally done for 360/40) folklore is that Univ of Michigan started out scaffolded MTS off of LLMPS (i.e. michigan terminal system, virtual memory implementation originally done for 360/67). 8. Did anything of LLMPS remain as part of UMMPS? http://archive.michigan-terminal-system.org/discussions/anecdotes-comments-observations/8didanythingofllmpsremainaspartofummps 8.1: Some information about LLMPS http://archive.michigan-terminal-system.org/discussions/anecdotes-comments-observations/8-1someinformationaboutllmps some old archived posts mentionin LLMPS http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/93.html#15 unit record & other controllers http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/93.html#23 MTS & LLMPS? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/93.html#25 MTS & LLMPS? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/93.html#26 MTS & LLMPS? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/98.html#15 S/360 operating systems geneaology -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970