A User’s View of MU5

The user sees a computing machine through its software. In the case of MU5 this is the Manchester University Software System (MUSS). This system is machine independent and it runs on several machines in addition to MU5. In fact, we have already seen that the MU5 complex contains at least one of each of the following machines MU5 ICL 1905E PDP-11 MEMBRAIN 7700 and the MUSS integrates them into a single system as far as the user is concerned. It can also run as a stand alone system in each of these machines and some others such as ICL 2900. The description given here applies to the MUSS in general rather than just to the particular MU5 version.