Which Happened First?

Release of Multics

Release of Multics
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Multics is an influential early time-sharing operating system based on the concept of a single-level memory. It has been written that Multics "has influenced all modern operating systems since, from microcomputers to mainframes."

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Release of Multics (this page)October 1969
  2. Release of OpenVMSOctober 25, 1977
  3. Release of 86-DOS1980
  4. Release of IBM PC DOSAugust 1981
  5. Release of MS-DOSAugust 12, 1981
  6. Release of UNIX System V1983

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