rattydave/alpine-multics repository overview

⁠alpine-multics

Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was a mainframe time sharing operating system begun in 1965

Use https://github.com/RattyDAVE/alpine-multics/issues⁠ to send feedback, issues, comments and general chat.

⁠Part of the retro mini and mainframe series.

• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/alpine-multics⁠ - Fully Running Multics mainframe time sharing operating system.
• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/docker-ubuntu-hercules-tss⁠ - Fully running version 3.0 of IBM's Time Sharing System/370
• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/docker-ubuntu-hercules-vm370⁠ - vm370 Emulator with Robert O'Hara's Six Pack
• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/docker-ubuntu-hercules-mvs⁠ - Fully running MVS 3.8j Tur(n)key 4- System. IBM Mainframe.
• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/alpine-simh/⁠ - AT&T, Data General, DEC PDPs and VAXen, Honeywell, HP and others. All with OSs.
• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/cray1/⁠ - Cray 1 Supercomputer

⁠Thank you to the following.

• http://multicians.org⁠
• Harry Reed and Charles Anthony

⁠Usage

⁠Running

Latest Version of the dps8m emulator.

docker run -d --name multics \
           -p 6180:6180 \
           rattydave/alpine-multics:latest

To run the beta version of the dps8m emulator.

docker run -d --name multics \
           -p 6180:6180 \
           rattydave/alpine-multics:beta

Or force version 1 of the dps8m emulator.

docker run -d --name multics \
           -p 6180:6180 \
           rattydave/alpine-multics:v1

It takes a few minutes to boot.

⁠Show Logs

docker logs -f multics

⁠Connect

telnet to port 6180 on the docker host.

Or

docker run -dit --name multics rattydave/alpine-multics:latest

docker inspect --format='{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' multics

Then telnet on port 6180 to the container ip address on port 6180.

telnet ipaddress 6180

⁠Login

Press enter to select the first HSLA port. You should see a login banner.

enter login Repair.SysAdmin -cpw

password is "repair" -- give a new one, twice. you should be logged in.

try some commands, e.g. who

give the logout command when done.

⁠Auto Update

To automatically update I recomend using watchtower.

docker run -d \
    --name watchtower \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    containrrr/watchtower