Human factors influencing the command, control and communication functions of a timesharing system
Jon A. Stewart · 1976
The intent of this paper is to explore various human factors which influence the design of a timesharing system and its processors; to examine characteristics of existing systems; and, to propose solutions which more nearly suit the requirements of the timesharing user. Most illustrations will be drawn from extensive personal use and observations of users of two particular systems --- the XEROX CP-V system on a Sigma 9 and TOPS10 on the DECSystem-10. Both these systems are characterized by extremely flexible command capabilities, almost if not complete compatibility with their batch facilities and very crisp response (for both the CPU resource and file system functions) when under proper administrative controls.