Tymshare, Inc.; University of California, Berkeley; timesharing
Object ID
102649032
Speed
3.5 microseconds/fixed-point add
Memory Type
Core
Memory Size
64K words
Memory Width
24-bit
Cost
Approx. $125,000
The 940, designed by UC Berkeley’s Project Genie, added paged virtual memory to an SDS 930 to create a timesharing computer. Tymshare, SRI’s influential “oN-Line System” (NLS), and the Berkeley Community Memory bulletin board system used 940s.