A brief history and description of this operating system with links to further reading.

Multics was the acronym for "Multiplexed Information and Computing Service" - a mainframe timesharing operating system begun in 1965 and used up until 2000. Although this was the immediate forerunner of the Unix operating system, it was also in many w...

The history of the development of Unix at Bell Labs, and how Multics was an important stepping stone.

The history and technical details of the DPS8 installation at the University of Mainz, Germany. Photo gallery of Multics hardware components.

Complete Source for MR12.5 contributed by Bull HN and MIT.

Marking the demise of the Multics OS and drawing parallels with the PBS show "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."

Article by Peter G. Neumann on the decommissioning of the last Multics system at the Canadian Department of National Defence in October 2000.

The USAF's analysis into potential weaknesses and strengths of the Multics OS.

The announcement of the closure of the last Multics system and a brief discussion as the significance of the Operating System.

Brief technical information on the DPS8 platform used to run the Multics OS, plus links.