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DEC MICA

MICA is the codename of the operating system developed for the DEC PRISM architecture. MICA was designed by a team at Digital Equipment Corporation led by Dave Cutler. MICA's design was driven by Digital's need to provide a migration path to PRISM for Digital's VAX/VMS customers, as well as allowing PRISM systems to compete in the increasingly important…

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Available in
English
Default user interface
DCL, Unix shell, DECwindows
Developer
Digital Equipment Corporation
Influenced
Windows NT
Influenced by
VAX/VMS, Ultrix, VAXELN
Kernel type
Monolithic kernel

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DEC MICA

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples15
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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DEC MICA

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Available in · 1
DEC MICA → English
Default user interface · 1
DEC MICA → DCL, Unix shell, DECwindows
Developer · 1
DEC MICA → Digital Equipment Corporation
Influenced · 1
DEC MICA → Windows NT
Influenced by · 1
DEC MICA → VAX/VMS, Ultrix, VAXELN
Kernel type · 1
DEC MICA → Monolithic kernel
License · 1
DEC MICA → Proprietary
Marketing target · 1
DEC MICA → Minicomputers, Workstations
Source model · 1
DEC MICA → Closed-source
Supported platforms · 1
DEC MICA → DEC PRISM

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mica vms prism ultrix vax unix dec digital would systems system architecture could design nt operating project cutler pillar user

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DEC MICAAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
DEC MICADefault user interfaceDCL, Unix shell, DECwindows1.00infobox
DEC MICADeveloperDigital Equipment Corporation1.00infobox
DEC MICAInfluencedWindows NT1.00infobox
DEC MICAInfluenced byVAX/VMS, Ultrix, VAXELN1.00infobox
DEC MICAKernel typeMonolithic kernel1.00infobox
DEC MICALicenseProprietary1.00infobox
DEC MICAMarketing targetMinicomputers, Workstations1.00infobox
DEC MICASource modelClosed-source1.00infobox
DEC MICASupported platformsDEC PRISM1.00infobox
DEC MICAUserlandVMS and ULTRIX1.00infobox
DEC MICAWorking stateAbandoned1.00infobox
DEC MICAWritten inPILLAR, C, SPASM1.00infobox

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