Chippewa Operating System

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Chippewa Operating System (COS)
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CDC 6600 with the system console
DeveloperControl Data Corporation
Working stateDiscontinued
Marketing targetSupercomputers
Supported platformsCDC 6600 supercomputer
InfluencedCDC Kronos, CDC SCOPE
LicenseProprietary
Succeeded byCDC SCOPE

The Chippewa Operating System (COS) is a discontinued operating system developed by Control Data Corporation in 1964[1] for the CDC 6600, generally considered the first supercomputer in the world.[2] The Chippewa was initially developed as an experimental system, but was then also deployed on other CDC 6000 machines.[3]

The Chippewa was a rather simple job control oriented system derived from the earlier CDC 3000. Its design influenced the later CDC Kronos and SCOPE operating systems.[4][3] Its name was based on the Chippewa Falls research and development center of CDC in Wisconsin.

It is distinct from and preceded the Cray Operating System (also called "COS") at Cray.

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."6600 - CHIPPEWA operating system (Artifact Details)". Computer History Museum. 1964. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Impagliazzo, John; Lee, John, eds. (2004). History of Computing in Education. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer. p. 172. ISBN 1-4020-8135-9.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Thornton, James E. (1970). Design of a Computer: The Control Data 6600. Scott, Foresman and Company. p. 163. ISBN 0-673-05953-7.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vardalas, John N. (2001). The Computer Revolution in Canada: Building National Technological Competence. History of Computing. The MIT Press. p. 258. ISBN 0-262-22064-4.

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