Program behavior in a paging environment
Barbara S. Brawn, Frances G. Gustavson · 1968
This paper is the result of a study conducted on the M44/44X system, an experimental time-shared paging system designed and implemented at IBM Research in Yorktown, New York. The system was in operation serving up to sixteen users simultaneously from early 1966 until May 1968. Conceived as a research project to implement the virtual machine concept, the system has provided a good deal of information relating to the feasibility of that concept. The aim of this study is to investigate the concept more thoroughly from a user's viewpoint and to try to answer some important questions related to program behavior in a paging environment. As an experimental system, the M44/44X provided an excellent vehicle for the purposes of this study, and the study itself forms some basis for an evaluation of the system.