PDP-10 virtual machines

  • Authors:
  • S. W. Galley

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the workshop on virtual computer systems
  • Year:
  • 1973

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Abstract

The architecture of the DEC PDP-10 prohibits using standard methods to construct a virtual PDP-10 on it. However, by simulating all executive-mode instructions and in rare cases user-mode instructions, a “hybrid” virtual machine may be constructed. Building on such a simulator and an operating system with hierarchical process relationships, the author has easily constructed a prototype virtual machine.