About this episode

This episode discusses the history and unique characteristics of the RSX operating system compared to UNIX.

Who wants to hear me make incorrect assumptions about old software? RSX is a system that, from the outside, can sound like it has a similar story to that of UNIX. First developed for the PDP-15 in 1969, RSX becomes much more well known when it migrates to the PDP-11. It becomes a multitasking and multiuser system. A key difference is niche. While UNIX is a very general purpose system RSX is built for real time. That leads to something very unique.

People in this episode

Host: Sean Haas

Topics covered

• RSX
• UNIX
• PDP-15
• PDP-11
• multitasking
• real-time systems

Keywords

• RSX
• UNIX
• PDP-15
• PDP-11
• multitasking
• real-time

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RSX, UNIX

Products: PDP-15, PDP-11

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