Title :
MGDPs and DSDPS-Two Stages of an Early Operating System
Author :
Jones, William J.
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;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.1989.10012
