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Historical ITS machines

  • The AI lab PDP-6 arrived in 1964. It never had a name per se. It was first used standalone, but a need for timesharing resulted in ITS running in July 1967.
  • Next came the AI lab PDP-10 with a KA10 processor. It was named AI when ITS moved to more machines.
  • The Dynamic Modeling group received a pre-owned PDP-6 in 1969. It was never used much.
  • The DM KA10 arrived in 1970.
  • The Mathlab KA10 was delivered in 1971 and became operational during 1972. It was named ML.
  • The Macsyma Consortium KL10 arrived in 1975 and was named MC.
  • In the late 1970s, the two PDP-6 machines fell into disrepair.
  • In the early 1980s, the three KA10 machines were shut down.
  • Four new KS10 machines were donated by DEC in the mid 1980s and ITS was ported. They took the names AI, ML, MD, and MX.
  • MX and MC swapped names, and the KL10 was shipped to Sweden in 1988.
  • The last KS10 machines were shut down in 1990, with AI briefly making a reappearence in 1991 to send a farewell message to SAIL.
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