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		tralarpa on Feb 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Burroughs B 5500 Infomration Processing System (19... > if anyone has come across the sources for the OS Wouldn't that be this one? http://www.phkimpel.us/B5500/webSite/SoftwareRequest.html

jbdigriz990 on Feb 4, 2022 [–]

Looks like it. I guess my info was a little stale. Thanks for the link!

rbanffy on Feb 4, 2022 | [–]

I remember at CCE (consumer electronics company in Brazil) they had an A-6 with hot failover to a bank’s A-10 across the street. It was pretty normal to see the MCP guru reading the source code for the OS (in ALGOL).

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