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# Build ITS from scratch
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### About ITS
ITS, the Incompatible Timesharing System, is an operating system for
the PDP-10 computer family. It was written by hackers at MIT in the
1960s. The MIT site was shut down in 1990, but enthusiasts continue
to operate ITS systems to this day.
### Building it from scratch
This repository contains source code, tools, and scripts to build ITS
from scratch.
1. First, magnetic tape images are created from files in `src` and
`bin`. There are two bootable tapes, and one tape with files in
DSKDMP backup format.
2. Then the tapes are used to create a file system on an RP06 disk and
populate it with a minimal system, and also source code.
3. Finally, the system is booted from the disk, and MIDAS is invoked
to assemble ITS from source code.