A time-sharing debugging system for a small computer

  • Authors:
  • J. McCarthy;S. Boilen;E. Fredkin;J. C. R. Licklider

  • Affiliations:
  • Stanford University, Stanford, California;Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, Mass.;Information International Inc., Maynard, Mass.;Advanced Research Projects Agency

  • Venue:
  • AFIPS '63 (Spring) Proceedings of the May 21-23, 1963, spring joint computer conference
  • Year:
  • 1963

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Abstract

The purpose of the BBN time-sharing system is to increase the effectiveness of the PDP-1 computer for those applications involving manmachine interaction by allowing each of the five users, each at his own typewriter to interact with the computer just as if he had a computer all to himself. The effectiveness of this interaction is further enhanced by the use of the TYC language for controlling the operation and modification of programs.