| Developer | Digital Equipment Corporation |
|---|---|
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Closed source |
| Initial release | 1971 |
| Platforms | PDP-8 |
| Default user interface | Concise Command Language (CCL) (Command-line interface) |
| License | Proprietary |
| Preceded by | PS/8 |
OS/8 is the primary operating system used on the Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-8 minicomputer.
PDP-8 operating systems which precede OS/8 include:
- R-L Monitor,[1] also referred to as MS/8.
- P?S/8,[a] requiring only 4K of memory.
- PDP-8 4K Disk Monitor System[2]
- PS/8 ("Programming System/8"), requiring 8K. This is what became OS/8 in 1971.
Other/related DEC operating systems are OS/78, OS/278,[3] and OS/12. The latter is a virtually identical version of OS/8, and runs on Digital's PDP-12 computer.
Digital released OS/8 images for non-commercial purposes[4] which can be emulated through SIMH.
- ^ for Richard Lary, who also was involved with OS/8 and RTS8. "What is a PDP 8?". Archived from the original on 2004-08-25.
- ^ "Disk Monitor System" (PDF). BitSavers.
- ^ COMPUTERWORLD, June 1984: "OS/278 is available for $74." "Decmate II 08/278 Digital Equipment Corp. has introduced a new version of its OS/8 ..." Computerworld. June 11, 1984. p. 130.
- ^ File: /Licenses/os8_license.txt in os8swre.tar.Z
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