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[hopelessdemigod@mstdn.social]

The internet never disappoints.

"[The] WOPR [mainframe] was able to brute force a 7-10 digit nuclear code in a couple of minutes. Modern computers can't do that."

This is in reference to the movie War Games that came out in 1983.

[hopelessdemigod@mstdn.social]

#UNIX

What multiuser, multitasking operating system do you think WOPR ran in 1983?

[hopelessdemigod@mstdn.social]

@Dianora

Any thoughts?

[dianora@ottawa.place]

@HopelessDemigod Not really.

[steff@soc.femme.cat]

@HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social @Dianora@ottawa.place VMS

[brouhaha@mastodon.social]

@HopelessDemigod
MVS/XA

[flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange]

@HopelessDemigod I would have voted for DEC TOPS-20 if it were available

[hopelessdemigod@mstdn.social]

@flyingsaceur

Not familiar with that. Tell me more.

[flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange]

@HopelessDemigod TOPS-20 was a peoprietary operating system for the DEC PDP-10 sold from 1976 to 1988 and there was some history of use within DARPA and the military so I think it would be period appropriate

I was thinking there was a historical connection to CP/M but that was the unrelated and earlier TOPS-10 operating system