March 8, 1955: The Mother of All Operating Systems By Priya Ganapati, wired.com 1955: Com­put­er pio­neer Doug Ross demon­strates the Direc­tor tape for MIT’s Whirl­wind machine. It’s a new idea: a per­ma­nent set of instruc­tions on how the com­put­er should oper­ate.Six years in the mak­ing, MIT’s Whirl­wind…
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March 8, 1955: The Mother of All Operating Systems
By Priya Ganapati, wired.com

1955: Com­put­er pio­neer Doug Ross demon­strates the Direc­tor tape for MIT’s Whirl­wind machine. It’s a new idea: a per­ma­nent set of instruc­tions on how the com­put­er should oper­ate.

Six years in the mak­ing, MIT’s Whirl­wind…