DEC TOPS-10

For background information on the PDP-10, see the previous article . TOPS-10 (standing for either Time-sharing or Total Operating System-10) was DEC's first operating system for the PDP-10 family of computers. It grew out of the original Monitor for the PDP-6 released in 1964, with the TOPS-10 name coming around the time the PDP-10 was launched. It received many updates adding new functionality…