Multics Release Info

The latest Multics release is MR12.8. This release was produced by the DPS8M development team and is a follow-on to the series of MR12.6x releases and MR12.7 release also produced by this team. The team started with the last Multics release from Honeywell/Bull (MR12.5) and has added many features and fixed many bugs. At the time Multics was discontinued, support for Multics was being provided by ACTC (aka CGI, Perigon). Unreleased software, including partial Y2K fixes, existed on ACTC's Multics system. This software, along with other Multics sources/objects/executables that were not part of the standard Multics release, were captured in a set of tapes made available by Bull when Multics sources made available to the public in July 2000. Much of this software was incorporated into the MR12.6x, MR12.7, and MR12.8 releases.

In addition, MR12.8 includes new features and many bug fixes made by the DPS8M development team. Details of the release can be found in the release notes.

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Major Software Components in Multics

The following lists some of the major software components available in MR12.8:

Compilers/Interpreters

• PL/I
• ALM Assembler
• C
• Pascal
• Reduction Compiler (rdc)
• BCPL
• Exec_com
• BASIC
• COBOL

Database Management

• MRDS
• Linus

Debuggers

• Probe
• Debug

Text Processors

• compose
• runoff

Text Editors

• Multics Emacs
• qedx
• edm
• ted

Simulators

• GCOS (batch)
• GCOS (TSS)