A performance evaluation of a CDC 6600 computer

This thesis describes a software probe of a CDC 6600. Included are a description of the Kronos operating system, histograms of total channel wait and holding times, channel wait and holding times by system function, peripheral processor wait and holding times by peripheral processor routine, number of free peripheral processors, total time per job by type, CPU time per job by type, time between roll out, time between I/O request, and wait time for field length changes. An analysis of the data is included.