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Did find a reference in the DCALGOL manual, the ATTACHSPOQ and WRITESPO functions, which confirms the usage but not the origin of the acronym, the manual just refers to "supervisory console" (which suggest the origin I have) and ODT as SPO. | Did find a reference in the DCALGOL manual, the ATTACHSPOQ and WRITESPO functions, which confirms the usage but not the origin of the acronym, the manual just refers to "supervisory console" (which suggest the origin I have) and ODT as SPO. | ||
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In my homage it has become simply "SPO" ('spoh') for DCP/MCP, the | In my homage it has become simply "SPO" ('spoh') for DCP/MCP, the set of squeak sources as described above as a UI for the dominion control program in the style of the Burroughs MCP. BTW, this is a good place to point out the diff between "Burroughs MCP", "Unisys MCP", and just "MCP". The second is the product marketed by Unisys which until recently I never had hands on. The last is my invention which is no more than inspired by Burroughs MCP 4, the version of the Algol OS with which I had paid experience. | ||
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