This page was copied from the Living Computers Museum + Labs wiki and documents the mainframes, minicomputers, and simulated hosts in its collection at the time of its closing. It is preserved for historical interest.

Some, but not all, of these systems have been transferred to the SDF Interim Computer Museum and can be accessed from the SDF Vintage Systems menu.

Below you will find information on the Computers available over the Internet from the LCM through ssh.

Most systems have GUEST access, but if you are interested in long term access you can request an account.

Once you have a login, you may connect to the host using:

ssh host@tty.sdf.org  -or-  ssh menu@tty.sdf.org

Where host is the name of the host you wish to connect to (refer to the list below). This will connect you across a telnet bridge to the host. You will then be prompted to log in with the account you have been granted. The second example will log you into the MENU system which acts as a springboard to all available remote systems.

You can also access the MENU system in the browser at https://ssh.sdf.org

How the MENU system works

Model: KA-10 1050
OS: TOPS-10 v6.03a (TOPS-10 Survival Guide)
Host: ka175

Model: KI-10 1090
OS: TOPS-10 v6.03A (TOPS-10 Survival Guide)
Host: ki587

Model: KL-10 2065
OS: TOPS-10 v7.04 (TOPS-10 Survival Guide)
Host: dec-10

Model: KL-10 1095
OS: WAITS
Host: waits

Model: KS-10
OS: ITS 1648
Host: lc

Model: 6500
OS: NOS 1.3
Host: cdc6500

Model: Sigma 9
OS: (CP-V Survival Guide)
Host: sigma9

Model: TOAD-2
OS: TOPS-20
Host: toad2a

Model: 3B2 1000-70
OS: UNIX System V3.2.3
Host: lcm3b2

Model: SUN 3/160
OS: SunOS Release 4.1.1
Host: three

Model: PDP-11, decdatasystem 11/570
OS: UNIX V7
Host: pdp1170

Model: PDP-8/e
OS: TSS/8
Host: tss8

Model: VAX-7000/640
OS: OpenVMS V7.3
Host: vax7000

Model: VAX-11/730
OS: 4.3BSD
Host: vax730

Model: VAX-11/780-5
OS: Research UNIX 8th Edition
Host: vax785

from left to right: the vax7000, vax730 and vax785

Model: AlphaServer AS-1000
OS: TRU64 v5.0
Host: truly

Model: PDP-11/84
OS: 2.11 BSD
Host: snake

Model: K266
OS: HP/UX 10.20
Host: oz

Model: 4361
OS: VM/SP Release 5
Connect: Use a 3270 terminal emulator, or the Menu to connect.

Note: As of September 2019, the IBM 4361 is online and remotely accessible, but due to space limitations in the computer room it is not currently on public display.

A VM/CMS Survival Guide exists to guide the first time user of the IBM mainframe environment.

Model: 7/32
OS: UNIX 6th Edition

Model: DEC KS-2020
OS: TYMCOM-X from Tymshare
Simulator: SIMH PDP10

Model: 6180
OS: Multics MR12.6e
Host: multics
Simulator: DPS8M

Model: PDP-6 sn 4
OS: ITS 1648
Host: its

a list of remotely accessible systems at LCM+L

The BiTz0ne BBS is an ASCII retro-styled Electronic Bulletin Board System.

A list of interesting text based games (not definitive)