NOS/VE
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| Company / developer | Control Data Corporation |
|---|---|
| Working state | Historic |
| Initial release | 1980s |
| Marketing target | Mainframe computers |
| Supported platforms | CDC Cyber 180 series and successors |
| License | Proprietary |
NOS/VE (Network Operating System / Virtual Environment) was an operating system with time-sharing capabilities, written by Control Data Corporation in the 1980s. It is a virtual memory operating system, employing the 64-bit virtual mode of the CDC Cyber 180 series computers. NOS/VE replaced the earlier NOS operating system of the 1970s.
Commands [edit]
All NOS/VE commands have the form word1_word2{_word3}. These commands are abbreviated with the first three characters of word1 followed by the first character(s) of all further words.
| Full command | Abbreviation | UNIX command |
|---|---|---|
| display_catalog | disc | ls |
| display_working_catalog | diswc | pwd |
| change_working_catalog | chawc | cd |
| delete_catalog | delc | rmdir |
| copy_file | copf | cp |
| delete_file | delf | rm |
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- User's Guide for NOS/VE on the CDC Cyber 960
- Computer history - NOS/VE (Most of this information was extracted from a CDC NOS/VE information leaflet)
- NOS/VE Operating System (Mark Riordan's home page at Michigan State University)
- Some NOS/VE Commands (Mark Riordan's home page at Michigan State University)
