The Evolution of the DEC system 10 The DEC system 10, also known as the PDP-10, evolved from the PDP-6 (circa 1963) over five generations of implementations to presently include systems covering a price range of five to one. The origin and evolution of the hardware, operating system, and languages are described in terms of technological change, user requirements, and user developments. The PDP-10's contributions to computing technology include: accelerating the transition from batch oriented to time sharing computing systems; transferring hardware technology within DEC (and elsewhere) to minicomputer design and manufacturing; supporting minicomputer hardware and software development; and serving as a model for single user and timeshared interactive minicomputer/microcomputer systems. CACM January, 1978 Bell, C. Kotok, A. Hastings, T. Hill, R. computer structures, architecture, operating system, timesharing 4.32 6.21 6.3 CA780105 JB March 28, 1978 5:31 PM 2411 4 3025 2709 4 3025 2889 4 3025 2937 4 3025 2989 4 3025 3005 4 3025 3025 4 3025 3025 4 3025 3101 4 3025 2138 5 3025 2989 5 3025 3025 5 3025 3025 5 3025 3025 5 3025