IBM 360 Model 50, located at the North University Building
(NUBS), used for early MTS development work.
1966
Merit Network founded.
1966
First Data Concentrator built (as part of the ConComp Project).
For more than 10 years, these provided the bulk of the access to
MTS for timesharing users.
1967-1968
January 1967
Computing Center obtains a new IBM 360 Model 67.
May 1967
MTS released to campus as operating system for IBM 360/67.
1967
Batch-mode access and billing for CPU time added to MTS.
February 1968
First remote graphics station connected to MTS.
August 1968
Computing Center obtains dual-processor 360/67.
November 1968
University of British Columbia runs MTS.
1969-1973
February 1969
University of Newcastle runs MTS.
October 1969
Construction commences on North Campus Computing Center Building.
September 1970
University of Alberta runs MTS.
January 1971
Wayne State University runs MTS.
April 1971
Computing Center moves to new building; NUBS remains as a
remote batch station. MTS runs on an Amdahl 470V/6 computer
(serial number 2).¹
1974-1980
May 1974
First MTS workshop held at University of British Columbia.
1975
Confer software provides conferencing and e-mail services
via MTS.
1976
"Which Host?" network prompt first appears.
July 1976
Rensselaer Polytechnic University runs MTS.
October 1976
Confer and MTS used in support of a conference of the
International Society for Technology Assessment.
1981-1984
1981
Microcomputer access to MTS provided.
July 1981
$MESSAGE e-mail available on MTS.
September 1982
MTS able to send and receive e-mail to and from remote,
non-MTS systems.
1983
First Secondary Communications Processor (SCP) deployed.
1984
Information Technology Division formed by combining Computing
Center, Office of Administrative Systems, and U-M Office of
Telecommunications.
1985-1999
May 1985
UB system and request accounts available to the campus community.
January 1986
The first U-M computer conference organized by students
(Meet:students) is opened to all students using Confer on MTS.
January 1992
UB system merged into UM system.
April 1996
More than 49 million messages sent since 1981 using e-mail
on MTS.
June 1996
MTS retired at U-M. Still running at Wayne State University,
Rensselaer Polytechnic University, and the University of British
Columbia.
June 1999
MTS retired at RPI. Believed to be the last site to run MTS.