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Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> writes:
> A friend who had a summer job at MIT in '63 worked at a hardcopy
> terminal connected to a (the? :-) central computer. (time share? I'm
> not sure of the correct term for the tech used.) When a higher
> priority job ran, the terminal would print WAIT and become
> unresponsive for a bit.

from early on (mid-60s) CMS did something of the reverse (apparently
inherited from CTSS) ... as it received service ... it would send down
tilt/rotate code to 2741 ... which wouldn't actually print anything
... just "wiggle" the selectric typeball. You could specify the BLIP
function ... change the "wiggle" to actually print character ... like
"#" and get something like modern "progress".

ctss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatible_Time-Sharing_System
also references
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_CP/CMS

talks about begating Multics, CP/CMS and most other time-sharing
systems. I've joked about completely replacing original CP67/CMS
scheduling (as undergraduate in the 60s) that I conjectured it may have
come from CTSS ... because a couple decades later found something
similar in UNIX ... and assumed it may have traced back to common CTSS
heritage.
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#fairshare

some past posts
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2000g.html#12 360 Architecture, Multics, ... was (Re: X86 ultimate CISC? No.)
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2002i.html#56 wrt code first, document later
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2003b.html#71 Early attempts at console humor?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2003b.html#72 Early attempts at console humor?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2003c.html#16 Early attempts at console humor?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2003c.html#18 Early attempts at console humor?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2003m.html#39 S/360 undocumented instructions?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2003m.html#40 MAD Programming Language
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2003o.html#28 When nerds were nerds
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2004b.html#12 pointless embedded systems
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2012n.html#37 PDP-10 and Vax, was System/360--50 years--the future?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013c.html#33 What Makes an Architecture Bizarre?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013d.html#39 What Makes an Architecture Bizarre?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013h.html#63 NYT:  N.S.A. Chief Says Phone Logs Halted Terror Threats
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013l.html#7 What Makes a Tax System Bizarre?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014d.html#11 Royal Pardon For Turing
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015.html#91 IBM Data Processing Center and Pi

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  Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-06-07 02:30 -0300
    Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-07 16:49 +0000
    Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-06-07 10:44 -0700
    Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-06-07 13:47 -0400
    Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-06-07 10:54 -0700
    Re: History--early remote on-line computer access hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-07 13:17 -0700
      Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-08 00:23 +0200
      Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-06-07 19:22 -0500
        Re: History--early remote on-line computer access hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-08 12:11 -0700
      Re: History--early remote on-line computer access jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-08 12:25 +0000
        Re: History--early remote on-line computer access "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-11 10:37 -0500
          Re: History--early remote on-line computer access jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-12 12:27 +0000
            Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2016-06-16 17:11 -0400
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                Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2016-06-17 16:53 -0400
      Re: History--early remote on-line computer access JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 10:35 -0500
      Re: History--early remote on-line computer access "Joe Morris" <j.c.morris@verizon.net> - 2016-06-18 08:35 -0400
  Re:History--early remote on-line computer access Sarr Blumson  <sarr.blumson@alum.dartmouth.org> - 2016-06-07 12:20 -0400

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