Honeywell 6000 series
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The Honeywell 6000 series was a family of mainframe computers from the 1960s and 1970s known for supporting advanced time-sharing operating systems such as Multics.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Honeywell 6180 | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mainframe computer family ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Honeywell 6000 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architectureFamily | Honeywell 600/6000 architecture ⓘ |
| commercialStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | Honeywell 600 series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| computingCategory | mainframe computer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| designedFor | large-scale multi-user workloads ⓘ |
| discontinuedInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| era | third-generation computers ⓘ |
| hardwareType | general-purpose mainframe ⓘ |
| industry | computer hardware ⓘ |
| instructionSetCompatibility | Honeywell 600 instruction set NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| inUseDuringDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Honeywell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedBy | Honeywell Information Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early commercial platform for Multics
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supporting advanced time-sharing ⓘ |
| predecessor | Honeywell 200 series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
batch processing
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time-sharing ⓘ |
| relatedProject | Multics time-sharing system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| segment | enterprise computing ⓘ |
| successor |
Honeywell DPS 8
NERFINISHED
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Honeywell Level 66 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedOperatingSystem |
GCOS
NERFINISHED
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GCOS 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ GCOS 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Multics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
multiprogramming
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segmentation ⓘ time-sharing ⓘ virtual memory ⓘ |
| supportsProgrammingLanguage |
COBOL
NERFINISHED
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FORTRAN NERFINISHED ⓘ PL/I NERFINISHED ⓘ assembly language ⓘ |
| technologyBase | integrated circuits ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Bell Labs
NERFINISHED
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General Electric (via lineage of Multics project) NERFINISHED ⓘ MIT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
academic computing
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commercial data processing ⓘ government computing ⓘ |
| wordSize | 36-bit ⓘ |
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