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multics multics 02 aug 2026 home home history features myths project mac dates glossary history proj last site people stories people pictures humor memorabilia library papers articles dev docs source simulator sites site timeline afdsc asea avon bell canada cisl cno dnd h dockmaster ford gm mainz mit nwgs ou prha radc rae stc system m systeme x uc actc usgs usl vpi about changes news links image gallery site map menu history features myths project mac dates glossary history proj last site people stories people pictures humor memorabilia library papers articles dev docs source simulator sites site timeline about changes news links image gallery site map the multicians web site presents the story of the multics operating system for people interested in the system s history especially multicians the site s goals are to preserve the technical ideas and advances of multics so others don t need to reinvent them record the history of multics its builders and its users before we all forget give credit where it s due for important innovations remember some good times and good people the multicians web site contains 488 html files see the site map comprising over 540k lines 1798 pdf files and 670 graphic images the site has benefited from the contributions of many authors contributions are invited if you have a correction fact date name anecdote or picture please share it with multicians everywhere by sending mail to the editor the late harry reed and charles anthony reached a major milestone on the multics simulator on saturday 08 november 2014 their hardware simulator booted multics mr 12 5 software came to operator command level entered admin mode created a small pl i program compiled and executed it and shut down dps8m simulator release 3 1 0 is now available see the release notes there have been multiple updates to multics software for the simulator the latest version is mr 12 8 august 2023 anyone can try out a simulated multics or install the simulator on their own computer open source for multics is hosted at mit courtesy of bull hn it is available for any purpose and without fee provided that the copyright notice and historical background are preserved in all copies multics multiplexed information and computing service was a mainframe time sharing operating system begun in 1965 and used until 2000 multics began as a research project and was an important influence on operating system development the system became a commercial product sold by honeywell to education government and industry multics was a prototype of a computer utility providing secure computing to remote users at their terminals multicians still miss the elegant consistent and powerful programming environment some multics features are only now being added to contemporary systems 86 multics stories corby 1926 2019 history 1963 2026 2059 multicians documents 23 myths about multics 46 conference papers development process about the web site 31 articles multics picnics phase one memorabilia security site timeline recent changes 07 23 history added a link to the whirlwind exhibit at the heinz nixdorf museum 07 05 multicians howard j weiss died in april 2026 06 27 simulator fixed broken links to multics simulator documents bibliography fixed broken links to multics simulator documents 06 20 bibliography updated authors and added urls for 2 usgs documents 05 24 multicians added entry for gordon cambpbell all changes rss