Parnes declined , but offered instead to attempt writing a similar program for MTS .
Flood had a magnetic tape of a prototype system and approached Parnes about getting it to run on the Michigan Terminal System ( MTS ) , the university 's time - sharing system .
Parnes declined , but offered instead to attempt writing a similar program for MTS .
Flood had a magnetic tape of a prototype system and approached Parnes about getting it to run on the Michigan Terminal System ( MTS ) , the university 's time - sharing system .