What are the major technical difference between Multics and Unix ...
Jul 20, 2020 · From the naming of operating system only i.e Unix = Uniplexed Information and Computing Service vs Multics = Multiplexed Information and Computing Service, I was first having a …
When was the term Multics (operating system) coined and by whom?
Jul 5, 2020 · The history of Multics is interesting because the failure of its development led to the development of Unix which is now used in the form of BSD and macOS/iOS and further we have …
unix - What is the earliest filesystem that is case-sensitive for ...
Mar 11, 2025 · Unices are influenced by Multics, the Multics File System is also case-sensitive. I am curious what is the earliest filesystem that is case-sensitive for filenames? Is it Multics? PS: Unices …
What was the complete list of overstrikes supported by Multics APL?
Sep 9, 2025 · Can anyone find out the exact list of overstrikes that was supported by Multics APL at any point in its history? I see that there's something on GitHub purporting to be the source code of …
Newest 'multics' Questions - Retrocomputing Stack Exchange
Sep 9, 2025 · What are the major technical difference between Multics and Unix? From the naming of operating system only i.e Unix = Uniplexed Information and Computing Service vs Multics = …
Why did so many OS names end in "x?"
Jan 31, 2025 · Multics was meant to be many things; reliable, available, meant to support multiple layers of security, meant to support many users, meant to support hot-swapping of system components.
emulation - Are there runnable Multics systems available ...
Jul 6, 2018 · 25 There are a number of ways to use Multics today. One option is to run it locally under an emulator. The source code that's available should run (under emulation) on most Linux systems, Mac …
How did Multics make library calls available as shell commands?
Dec 31, 2022 · In Multics, when the command processor calls out to a program the system linker finds the right entry point in the file system and links it into the process right then and there and an actual …
history - What methods were used for password encryption before ...
Mar 5, 2024 · The Multics scrambler works by first compressing the 8 Multics-ASCII character password from 72 to 56 bits by removing the high-order two bits (always zero in the 9 bit Multics representation …
multics - Why did Unix use slash as the directory separator ...
The Unix designers came from the GE/MIT Multics project, and Multics inspired some Unix features. In particular, Multics has a hierarchical filesystem, and so does Unix. On Multics, pathnames were...