Plessey System 250
The Plessey System 250 was the first operational computer system to implement capability-based addressing, and the first sold commercially. It was designed as a real-time controller for computerized telephone switching systems. It had a multiprocessing architecture.[1]
History
Manufactured by Plessey company plc in the United Kingdom in 1970, it was successfully deployed by the Ministry of Defence for the British Army Ptarmigan project[2] and served in the first Gulf War as a tactical mobile communication network switch.
See also
- Army Communications and Information Systems (United Kingdom)
- Flex machine
References
- ↑ Henry M. Levy, The Plessey System 250, chapter 4 of Capability-Based Computer Systems, by University of Washington, USA
- ↑ "Ptarmigan project". British Army, Ministry of Defence, UK. Archived from the original on 28 July 2006.
