& *********************************************************** & * * & * Copyright, (C) Honeywell Information Systems Inc., 1984 * & * * & *********************************************************** &command_line off &- automatic reboot ec for bce &- Keith Loepere, January 1984. &- Fixed by same to handle a failure to boot. &- &if [equal [bce_state] "early"] &then &goto cant_boot_early &if [equal [bce_state] "crash"] &then &goto cant_boot_crash &print Begin auto boot. set_flagbox bce_command "" set_flagbox auto_reboot true set_flagbox booting true &input_line off &attach config_edit gp/^cpu/ gp/^iom/ gp/^mem/ q &detach set_flagbox bce_command "exec_com rtb" boot &rf1 &quit &label cant_boot_early &print The system cannot be booted from the "early" state. &print First use "bce" to get to the "boot" state. &quit &label cant_boot_crash &print The system cannot be booted from the "crash" state. &print First use "reinitialize" to get to the "boot" state. &quit & & & ----------------------------------------------------------- & & & & Historical Background & & This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated & to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group Bull including Bull HN Information Systems Inc. & as a contribution to computer science knowledge. & This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, & Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell Bull Inc., Groupe Bull & and Bull HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. & Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970), & renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership & of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture for & managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems & incorporated Multics principles. & Multics was distributed in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information Systems Inc., & as successor in interest by change in name only to Honeywell Bull Inc. and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. . & & ----------------------------------------------------------- & & Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these programs and their documentation for any purpose and without & fee is hereby granted,provided that the below copyright notice and historical background appear in all copies & and that both the copyright notice and historical background and this permission notice appear in supporting & documentation, and that the names of MIT, HIS, Bull or Bull HN not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining & to distribution of the programs without specific prior written permission. & Copyright 1972 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. & Copyright 2006 by Bull HN Information Systems Inc. & Copyright 2006 by Bull SAS & All Rights Reserved & &