• DocumentCode
    882133
  • Title

    MGDPs and DSDPS-Two Stages of an Early Operating System

  • Author

    Jones, William J.

  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1989
  • Firstpage
    99
  • Lastpage
    108
  • Abstract
    The purpose of these recollections is to describe an operating system(called MGDPS, then DSDPS) that made possible the efficient and timely processing of missile test data by the General Electric Company for the Atlas Missile program in the late 1950s.
  • Keywords
    Control systems; Data processing; History; Missiles; Operating systems; Software design; Software performance; Software systems; System testing; Technological innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0164-1239
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.1989.10012
  • Filename
    4638291
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=882133