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At the time of initial exposure, Burroughs had distinct architectures/divisions, Large Systems (B 6 and 7000 then A series) and Medium Systems (B 17 and 1900, then B series?). | At the time of our initial working exposure, [[Burroughs]] had distinct architectures/divisions, Large Systems (B 6 and 7000 then A series) and Medium Systems (B 17 and 1900, then B series?). | ||
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Here, by LargeSystem we mean the conceptual VM implemented by the current [[DMS III]] core domain control program. | |||
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Each host participating in the DCP is considered to be a processor under control of the | Each host participating in the DCP is considered to be a processor under control of the PVM and it's file system and | ||
IO capabilities are modelled using an amalgam of the Large Systems library and [[Algol68]] <i>transput</i> definitions | IO capabilities are modelled using an amalgam of the Large Systems library and [[Algol68]] <i>transput</i> definitions | ||
where a library is simply a collection of Books as defined in the Revised Report. | where a library is simply a collection of Books as defined in the Revised Report. | ||