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From: ekwok@cadev4.intel.com (Edward C. Kwok)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: The truth about cat
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Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 12:26:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 22 12:26:43 1987
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In article <5507@bbn.COM> cosell@bbn.com.UUCP (Bernie Cosell) writes:
>
>CTSS was the Compatible Time Sharing System (can't remember what it was 
>compatible with any more).  It ran on the 7094.  In fact, as I recall the 
>transition IBM made from the 7090->7094 was the result of MIT-suggested 
>improvements *specifically* to make the machine time sharable.  [we did a 


Subsequently, MIT made some more improvements and created a time-sharing
system called ITS, which was still in use the last time looked (1980).
ITS is, of course, a concatenation of "in" and "CTSS" (expanded).
Ah, the relentless pace of progress!