Cambridge Supervisor Planning Documents

Here is a list of the Cambridge Supervisor Planning Documents (not yet all online).

1. The Proposed TITAN 'Disc' Supervisor, DFH, 25 May 1965
2. Some notes on the general characteristics of the proposed I/O system, RMN, 22 June 1965
3. (Untitled: preliminary to number 4), RMN, 29 June 1965
4. Software problems of core space allocation and addressing associated with object programs, DFH, 2 July 1965
5. Views of possible hardware alterations associated with object program core space allocation and addressing, DFH, 2 July 1965
6. A Proposed File Dictionary System: I - External View, DWB, 28 July 1965
7. Initial Planning of the Cambridge On-Line System, JCV, 9 November 1965
8. The hidden costs of line-numbering systems, RMN, 11 November 1965
9. (Number 9 missing)
10. Software for the Titan/PDP-7 link, C.A.L., 2 December 1965
11. The File Dictionary System: I - General Description, DWB, 11 February 1966 (supersedes number 6)
12. Organizational Extracodes for Input/Output, B.L., 9 February 1966
13. Input and Output in Foreign Codes, MFB and BL, 17 November 1966
14. File Storage and Protection, AGF, August 1966
15. Outline Scheme for Log-in, Accounting and Control, DWB, August 1966
16. Commands and Job Organisation, AGF, 12 September 1966
17. Consoles other than Teletypes and Character Equivalences (no date or author given)
18. Further Thoughts on P.D. 17, MVW and DWB, 28 September 1966
19. A proposal for control signals and break, JCV, 8 October 1966
20. Command Control Program - Proposals, DFH, 21.10.66 (plus supplement, DFH, 1 November 1966)
21. Log-in Accounting and Control - Pilot Scheme, JMHH, 1 November 1966 (plus Logging in and Control : System 1, JMHH, 4.2.67)
22. Job Scheduling, BL, 21.11.66
23. File Protection, AGF, 16.11.66
24. File Master Dump System - Weekly Activity, (unknown author), 31.3.67
25. User Groups, A.G. Fraser and lmw, 8.5.67
26. User Identifications and Project Numbers, D.F. Hartley and B. Landy, 26.5.67

The TITAN documentation here is copyright © University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, and is distributed by permission. Thanks to Barry Landy, Roger Needham and David Hartley for giving permission to distribute these documents. Thanks to Barry Landy for lending me the paper documents from which this documentation was scanned. Any typographical errors probably arose in the course of OCR.

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