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! Nova RDOS

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! Nova RDOS, as the name suggests, was an operating system for the Data General Nova computer. We can run itusing the Wild Hare emulator, or the SIMH emulator.

Manuals

You can download the ! Nova RDOS manuals from here:

• ! RDOS User Self-paced Orientation Course
• Learning to use your ! RDOS System
• Introduction to ! RDOS
• ! RDOS User's Handbook
• ! RDOS System Reference
• How to load and generate ! RDOS
• ! RDOS CLI
• ! RDOS Text Editor
• ! RDOS SuperEdit Text Editor
• ! RDOS Assembly Language and Program Utilities Docs
• ! RDOS Sort/Merge and Vertical Format Unit Utilities
• ! RDOS Backup and Move Utilities

You may be interested in the Nova computer manuals. They were the computers on which ! Nova RDOS was supposed to run. You can download them from Bitsavers:

• Data General Nova Manuals

Related Pages

• VirtualHub Screenshots
• Data General Nova Wikipedia Page
• Data General Eclipse Wikipedia Page
• Data General Nova Computer History Wiki page
• Data General Eclipse Computer History Wiki page
• Data General RDOS Wikipedia page
• History of Nova - Wild Hare Legacy Preservation Website
• A third-party blog post about Nova emulation using SIMH
• Third-party Youtube video showing Nova emulation using SIMH

Credits

• The manuals were taken from Wild Hare Legacy Preservation Website.