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Gecos Inc company history timeline

1967

GECOS-IV was a project developed in Central research Laboratory in Schenectady in 1967 under the direction of Robin Kerr.

Around the end of 1967, however, IBM S/360 was starting to submerge its competitors and GE had to recognized that its set of product lines covered few segments with a competitive edge.

1968

But eventually, the EDF contract collapsed and Bull-GE froze its ordering of GE-600, waiting the solution of the technical problems that finally were sorted out in 1968.

1970

After acquisition of the GE computer business by Honeywell in 1970, General Electric kept the timesharing business in an Information Services Division that is still alive.

1972

In 1972-73, The plans were to base the evolution of GCOS and MULTICS on a common hardware base and on a MULTICS software nucleus.

1973

The GE-600 and GE-645 processor architect, John Couleur, proposed in February 1973 a complete departure from existing plans.

After the rather deceptive and painful development of the NPL (New Product Line), Honeywell decided in 1973 to combine the introduction of the NPL small and medium systems with a re-launching of the H-6000 large system as Level 66.

1974

Migration of the H-200 large systems through the CM-200 (1974)

1975

Mini-6) were used as remote batch and terminal concentrators from 1975 to the late 80's.

1977

Somewhat curiously, CII-Honeywell Bull dismisses this program when planning the conversion of IRIS80 users in 1977.

1978

In 1978, GCOS-3 was renamed GCOS-8.

1979

In 1979, Honeywell gathered task forces to do a reappraisal of the computer business of the 80s.

1985

In 1985+, to face the eventual phase-out of the DPS-6, Bull developed a brand new product called "MainWay". It supported TCP-IP as well as ISO protocols.

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