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==1970s== * 1970 ** [[DEC BATCH-11/DOS-11|DOS-11]] (PDP-11) * 1971 ** [[Edinburgh Multiple Access System|EMAS]] ** [[CDC Kronos|Kronos]] ** [[RSTS/E|RSTS-11]] 2A-19 (''First released version; PDP-11'') ** [[PDP-15#RSX-15|RSX-15]] ** [[OS/8]] * 1972 ** [[NCR Century 100|B4]] (NCR Century series)<ref name=NCR01></ref> ** [[Commercial Operating System|COS-300]] ** [[Data General RDOS]] ** [[Edos]] ** [[MUSIC/SP]] ** [[OS/4]] ** [[OS 2200#History|OS 1100]] ** [[OS/VS1|Operating System/Virtual Storage 1]] (OS/VS1) ** [[OS/VS2 (SVS)|Operating System/Virtual Storage 2 R1]] (OS/VS2 SVS) ** [[PRIMOS]] (written in [[FORTRAN IV]], that didn't have [[Pointer (computer programming)|pointers]], while later versions, around version 18, written in a version of [[PL/I]], called [[PL/P]]) ** Virtual Machine/Basic System Extensions Program Product (BSEPP or VM/SE) ** Virtual Machine/System Extensions Program Product (SEPP or VM/BSE) ** [[VM (operating system)|Virtual Machine Facility/370]] (VM/370), sometimes known as VM/CMS * 1973 ** ΠΠ»ΡΠ±ΡΡΡ-1 ([[Elbrus (computer)|Elbrus-1]]) β Soviet computer β created using high-level language uΠΠ»Ρ-76 ([[ALGOL 68|AL-76/ALGOL 68]]) ** [[Xerox Alto|Alto OS]] ** [[SDS Sigma series#Operating systems|CP-V]] (Control Program V) ** [[RSX-11]]D ** [[RT-11]] ** [[ICL VME|VME]] β implementation language [[S3 (programming language)|S3]] ([[ALGOL 68]]) * 1974 ** [[Advanced Comprehensive Operating System|ACOS-2]] ([[NEC]]) ** [[Advanced Comprehensive Operating System|ACOS-4]] ** [[Advanced Comprehensive Operating System|ACOS-6]] ** [[CP/M]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.digitalresearch.biz/CPM.HTM |title=Digital Research home page |access-date=September 27, 2021 }}</ref> ** [[DEC BATCH-11/DOS-11|DOS-11]] V09-20C (''Last stable release, June 1974'') ** Hydra<ref>{{Cite journal | journal = [[Communications of the ACM]] | title = HYDRA:The Kernel of a Multiprocessor Operating System | date = June 1974 | volume = 17 | number = 6 | first1 = W. | last1 = Wulf | first2 = E. | last2 = Cohen | first3 = W. | last3 = Corwin | first4 = A. | last4 = Jones | first5 = R. | last5 = Levin | first6 = C. | last6 = Pierson | first7 = F. | last7 = Pollack | doi = 10.1145/355616.364017 | s2cid = 8011765 | url= https://www.cs.virginia.edu/people/faculty/pdfs/p337-wulf.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140503035517/https://www.cs.virginia.edu/people/faculty/pdfs/p337-wulf.pdf | archive-date = May 3, 2014 | url-status= dead | df= mdy-all | access-date = March 26, 2023}}</ref> β capability-based, multiprocessing OS kernel ** [[MONECS]] ** [[HP Multi-Programming Executive|Multi-Programming Executive]] (MPE) β Hewlett-Packard ** [[MVS|Operating System/Virtual Storage 2 R2]] (MVS) ** [[OS/7]] ** [[Interdata|OS/16]] ** [[Interdata 7/32 and 8/32#Operating systems|OS/32]] ** [[Sintran III]] * 1975 ** [[BS2000]] V2.0 (''First released version'') ** [[Commercial Operating System|COS-350]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=30 July 1975|title=Time-Sharing Uses Emphasized For DEC Datasystem 350 Series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jT2fQqJplN8C&pg=PT29|magazine=Computerworld|publisher=Computerworld, Inc.|access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> ** [[ISIS (operating system)|ISIS]] ** [[NOS (operating system)|NOS]] (Control Data Corporation) ** [[UNIVAC Series 90|OS/3]] (Univac) ** [[VS/9]] (formerly RCA's [[Time Sharing Operating System|TSOS]], later named VMOS) ** [[Version 6 Unix]] ** [[PDP-15#Software|XVM/DOS]] ** [[PDP-15#XVM/RSX|XVM/RSX]] * 1976 ** [[CAP computer|Cambridge CAP computer]]<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-cambridge-cap-computer-and-its-operating-system/ | title = The Cambridge CAP Computer and Its Operating System | first1 = M. V. | last1 = Wilkes | first2 = R. M. | last2 = Needham | editor-first = Peter J. | editor-last = Denning | date = January 1, 1979 | series = Operating and Programming Systems Series | publisher = [[North Holland]] | via = www.microsoft.com | access-date = March 26, 2023 }} </ref> β all operating system procedures written in [[ALGOL 68C]], with some closely associated protected procedures in [[BCPL]] ** [[Cray Operating System]] ** [[DX10]] ** [[FLEX (operating system)|FLEX]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flexusergroup.com/flexusergroup/fug3.htm|title=FLEX User Group - History|author=Ian P. Blythe|access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref> ** [[TOPS-20]] ** [[TI-990#Operating systems|TX990/TXDS]] ** [[Tandem Computers|Tandem Nonstop OS v1]] ** [[Thoth (operating system)|Thoth]] * 1977 ** [[Berkeley Software Distribution|1BSD]] ** [[Alpha Microsystems|AMOS]] ** [[KERNAL]] ** [[OASIS operating system]] ** [[Smoke Signal Broadcasting|OS68]] ** [[OS4000]] ** [[RMX (operating system)|RMX-80]] ** [[PolyMorphic Systems#Software 2|System 88 (Exec)]] ** [[System Support Program]] (IBM System/34 and System/36) ** [[TRSDOS]] ** [[OpenVMS|Virtual Memory System (VMS)]] V1.0 (''Initial commercial release, October 25'') ** [[NCR VRX|VRX]] (Virtual Resource eXecutive) ** [[Wang Laboratories#Software|VS Virtual Memory Operating System]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bitsavers.org/pdf/wang/vs/800-1107OS-03_VS_Operating_System_Services_198708.pdf|title=Wang – Operating System Services|website=bitsavers.org|access-date=June 24, 2024}}</ref> * 1978 ** [[Berkeley Software Distribution|2BSD]] ** [[Apple DOS]] ** [[Control Program Facility]] (IBM System/38) ** [[Cray Time Sharing System]] (CTSS) ** [[IBM 8100 DPCX|DPCX]] (IBM) ** [[IBM DPPX|DPPX]] (IBM) ** [[HDOS]] ** KSOS<ref>{{cite web |url=http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/history/ford78.pdf |title= SECURE MINICOMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM (KSOS) |website=csrc.nist.gov |access-date=2020-09-14}}</ref> β secure OS design from Ford Aerospace ** KVM/370<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/projects/poirot3/Oakland/sp/PAPERS/00044538.PDF |title=KVM/370 IN RETROSPECT | first1=B. D. |last1=Gold |first2=R. R |last2=Linde |first3=P. F. |last3=Cudney |access-date=May 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503014429/http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/projects/poirot3/Oakland/sp/PAPERS/00044538.PDF |archive-date=May 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> β security retro-fit of IBM VM/370 ** [[Lisp machine]] (CADR) ** MVS/System Extensions (MVS/SE) ** [[Computer Automation|OS4]] (Naked Mini 4) ** [[PTDOS]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartetechnologies.com/manuals/Processor%20Technology/Solus%20News/proteus_v1n1.pdf|title=SOLUS NEWS|editor=Stan Sokolow|access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref> ** [[TRIPOS]] ** [[UCSD Pascal|UCSD p-System]] (''First released version'') * 1979 ** [[Atari DOS]] ** [[Berkeley Software Distribution|3BSD]] ** [[Honeywell CP-6|CP-6]] ** [[Idris (operating system)|Idris]] ** [[MP/M]] ** MVS/System Extensions R2 (MVS/SE2) ** [[NLTSS]] ** [[PERQ|POS]] ** [[Sinclair BASIC]] ** [[Transaction Processing Facility|Transaction Processing Facility (TPF)]] (IBM) ** UCLA Secure UNIX<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings-article/afips/1979/50870355/12OmNzcPAEy|title=CSDL | IEEE Computer Society|website=www.computer.org}}</ref> β an early secure UNIX OS based on security kernel ** [[UNIX/32V]] ** [[VSE (operating system)|DOS/VSE]] ** [[Version 7 Unix]]
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