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Now SINTRAN has mostly disappeared as an operating system there are very few references to it, however a [[job control]] or [[Batch processing|batch]] language was available called JEC, believed to be known as Job Execution Controller, this could be used to set up batch jobs to compile [[COBOL]] programs etc. | Now SINTRAN has mostly disappeared as an operating system there are very few references to it, however a [[job control]] or [[Batch processing|batch]] language was available called JEC, believed to be known as Job Execution Controller, this could be used to set up batch jobs to compile [[COBOL]] programs etc. | ||
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There are a few SINTRAN computers still running in a production manner, including one public-access [[ND-5700]] system operated by a [ | There are a few SINTRAN computers still running in a production manner, including one public-access [[ND-5700]] system operated by a [http://nodaf.no/index.php/Hovedside NODAF] member. | ||
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Revision as of 23:34, 23 March 2009
SINTRAN III is a real-time, multitasking, multi-user operating system used with Norsk Data computers from 1974. Unlike its predecessors SINTRAN I and II, it was entirely written by Norsk Data.
Sintran III core and file system was written in NORD PL, intermediate language for Norsk Data computers.[1]
SINTRAN was primarily a command line based operating system though there were several shells which could be installed to control the user environment more strictly, by far the most popular of which was USER-ENVIRONMENT.
One of the clever features was to be able to abbreviate commands and filenames between hyphens, for example "LIST-FILES" when typed would ask you for several prompts including print, paging etc, you could override this using the following "LI-FI ,,n," which would abbreviate the "LIST-FILES" command prompt and bypass any of the prompts. One could also refer to files in this way, say, with "PED H-W:" which would refer to "HELLO-WORLD:SYMB" if this was the only file having H, any number of characters, a hyphen, a W, any number of characters, and any file ending.
This saved quite a lot of keystrokes and would allow users a very nice learning curve, from complete and self-explanatory commands like LIST-ALL-FILES to L-A-F for the advanced user. (The hyphen key on Norwegian keyboards resides where the slash key does on U.S. ones.)
There are a few SINTRAN computers still running in a production manner, including one public-access ND-5700 system operated by a NODAF member.
References
- ↑ Norsk Data Document ND–60.047.03 NORD PL USER'S GUIDE Page 3
- This article was originally a copy of the English Wikipedia article SINTRAN III in 1 November 2008.