The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008m.html#35 IBM THINK original equipment sign and for something different ... a 2741 APL typeball http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aplball.jpg the science center (besides virtual machines, gml, a lot of online, interactive stuff, timesharing, performance work, monitoring, profiling, early work that led to capacity planning, etc) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#545tech also had taken apl\360 and ported it to cms ... which was released as cms\apl (did a lot of work on apl storage management as part of transitioning from a small (16k-32k byte) workspace real-storage swapped environment to a large (up to 16mbyte) workspace virtual storage paged environment. there was also work done allowing apl access to system resources like files and external data. having "large" workspaces and ability to access files and other system facilities enabled a much broader variety of real-world applications. one such was the business planners in corporate hdqtrs ... had the most sensitive of corporate information (detailed customer data) loaded on the cambridge system ... and they accessed the cambridge cp67 system remotely from corporate hdqtrs ... for the development and execution of business models (type of thing that is now frequently done with spreadsheets). this required some amount of attention to security details ... since the cambridge cp67 system also was used by non-employees from various educational institutions in the boston area (and as mentioned in my signature line ... i've had online home use since Mar70). also as mentioned in this recent post http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008m.html#1 in the wake of 23jun69 unbundling announcement ... HONE (hands-on network experience) started out being a number of cp67 virtual machines systems to give branch office SEs remote access keeping up their skills/practice with operating systems. misc. past posts: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#hone however, somewhat in parallel, some number of CMS\APL based sales & marketing applications were being develop ... and they eventually come to dominate all HONE use ... and the original virtual machine purpose dwindled away. CMS\APL (from the cambridge science center on cp67 cms) was eventually replaced with APL\CMS (from the palo alto science center on vm370 cms ... PASC also did the apl\cms 370/145 microcode assist). -- 40+yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar70 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
