Kinds of operating systems (1)
Stand-alone machines
– no OS
Manually scheduled
“jobs,” reset between
jobs
Early business
computers
E.g., IBM 1401/1460
Early mini-computers
E.g., PDP1, PDP5,
PDP8, etc.
Simple batch monitors
Simple “monitor
routine” switches
between jobs
Input loaded onto tape
off-line
Output to tape is
punched and/or printed
off-line
Typical university
computing centers
IBM 7090, Univac,
etc.