21 Aug
2020
21 Aug
'20
3:08 p.m.
Noel Chiappa writes:
I have a date for when this feature was announced for ITS. The previous
.CBLK UUO could not access files.
RMS 09/30/73 10:13:28 JOBS! BE FIRST IN YOUR TREE TO INSERT A DISK FILE PAGE!
SEE .INFO.;CORBLK ORDER FOR DETAILS.
(This is now redirected to COFF.)
In related news: A rather complete full dump of the MIT-AI PDP-10 from
1971 has been found. It includes full source code and documentation for
the system, including ITS version 671, DDT, TECO, MIDAS, (MAC)LISP,
CHESS (MacHack), MUDDLE, LOGO, MACSYMA, etc.
From: Larry
It's possible the concept existed in some other OS but I'm not
aware of it.
It's pretty old. Both TENEX and ITS had the ability to map file pages
into a process' address space.