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diff --git a/content/unix-history/01_multics.md b/content/unix-history/01_multics.md index d4feb5f..0cdf7b5 100644 --- a/content/unix-history/01_multics.md +++ b/content/unix-history/01_multics.md @@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-03-09T21:03:00+01:00 categories = ["unix-history"] draft = false -weight = 1002 -primary_menu = "unix-history" +weight = 2002 +image_dir = "unix-history" +image_max_width = 700 abstract = "Unix history starts with Multics" shortname = "Part I: Multics" link = "part-ii-multics" aliases = ["/bsd/history/01_multics/"] +primary_menu = "unix-history" [menu] [menu.unix-history] - weight = 1002 + weight = 2002 identifier = "history-of-unix-part-i-multics" name = "1. Multics" +++ @@ -29,9 +31,9 @@ Sellers earned a lot from the devices. But, naturally, companies making all those investments wanted a nice return. This led to the creation of _time-sharing_. -{{< img-c "ibm-360.jpg" "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets/5-reasons-love-mad-mens-new-star-ibm-360-n101716" >}} +{{< image class="centered" alt="Photo of old computer room full of tape drives. The primary color is red." source="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets/5-reasons-love-mad-mens-new-star-ibm-360-n101716" file="ibm-360.jpg" >}} IBM 360 in an official photoshoot. -{{< /img-c >}} +{{< /image >}} This concept seems natural now: multiple processes were able to share computer resources, so multiple applications could run at the same time. Applications could even run for different users. @@ -46,9 +48,9 @@ What is multiplexing you ask? Simply said, it's a way to combine different signals into a shared medium. It was used extensively for land-line telephony, where all signals were transferred over shared wires. -{{< img-c "edsac.jpg" "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/rebuilding-edsac-the-first-real-computer/" >}} +{{< image class="centered" alt="Black and white photo of a group of man standing next to a mechanical computer" source="https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/rebuilding-edsac-the-first-real-computer/" file="edsac.jpg" >}} EDSAC, the "first computer". -{{< /img-c >}} +{{< /image >}} ## Multics {#multics} @@ -61,13 +63,13 @@ It was however also huge, both in terms of memory usage (the resident kernel cou _Multics_ was experimental and therefore ambitious, complex - designed by trial and error. It was delivered late, early on had performance problems, and in 1969 _Bell Labs_ withrew from the project[^fn:5]. -{{< img-c "multics-login.png" "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics#/media/File:Multics-Login.png" >}} +{{< image class="centered" alt="Screenshot of SSH connection with big Multics written in ASCII" source="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics#/media/File:Multics-Login.png" file="multics-login.png" >}} Multics login screen. -{{< /img-c >}} +{{< /image >}} -{{< img-c "thompson-ritchie.jpg" "https://computerhistory.org/blog/discovering-dennis-ritchies-lost-dissertation/" >}} +{{< image class="centered" alt="Photo of two white, bearded men. They are both wearing thick glasses. The person on the left is wearing gray-blue polo shirt. The person on the right is wearing a red tshift with big X and Bell Labs Sensitive text in center" source="https://computerhistory.org/blog/discovering-dennis-ritchies-lost-dissertation/" file="thompson-ritchie.jpg" >}} Ken Thompson and Denis Ritchie. -{{< /img-c >}} +{{< /image >}} Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna, frustrated with their experiences with _Multics_ Operating System are starting to work on their own alternative. Their work will become one of the most beloved computer products of all time - _UNIX_. |