Hardware/software interaction on the Honeywell model 8200

  • Authors:
  • Theodore F. Hatch, Jr.;James B. Geyer

  • Affiliations:
  • Honeywell, Waltham, Massachusetts;Honeywell, Waltham, Massachusetts

  • Venue:
  • AFIPS '68 (Fall, part I) Proceedings of the December 9-11, 1968, fall joint computer conference, part I
  • Year:
  • 1968

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the multiprogramming and multiprocessing features provided by the Honeywell Model 8200 and its Mod 8 Operating System. Many hardware features are included on the Model 8200 to enhance its multiprogramming performance, and these are utilized by the Mod 8 Operating System to reduce system overhead, to provide efficient usage of the computer's throughput capacity for any program mix, and to simplify the user's job of scheduling programs.