[email protected] (Eric Chevalier) writes: > Maybe not a BIG mainframe impact, but BASIC certainly had it's place > in the mainframe sun, starting with VS BASIC, program product > 5748-XX1. Between 1979 and 1981 I worked for Ryan-McFarland, > developers of RM-BASIC, RM-FORTRAN and RM-COBOL. My last project at > RMC was to help port RM-BASIC to both VM and OS/MVS. I left before the > project was completed, but it did eventually come to market as > BASIC/VM (Program Number 5668-996) and BASIC/MVS (Program Number > 5665-948).
IBM Boston programming center did CPS for os/360 supporting Basic and conversational PLI. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversational_Programming_System Also had microcode assist for the 360/50. a lot was subcontracted out to allen-babcock ... some old http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/CPS_Progress_Report_may66.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/raft_Eval_Microprogram_Mar66.pdf I've mentioned before that CP67 group split off from science center (on 4th flr) ... and took over the ibm boston programming center on the 3rd flr ... in the process of morphing into the vm370 group. misc. past posts mentioning the science center http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#545tech one of the former cps people even did a port to CMS. http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2010e.html#14 Senior Java Developer vs. MVS Systems Programmer (warning: Conley rant) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013c.html#8 OT: CPL on LCM systems [was Re: COBOL will outlive us all] other past references http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008s.html#71 Is SUN going to become x86'ed ?? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012e.html#100 Indirect Bit http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012n.html#26 Is there a correspondence between 64-bit IBM mainframes and PoOps editions levels? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012o.html#72 AMC proposes 1980s computer TV series "Halt & Catch Fire" http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013c.html#36 Lisp machines, was What Makes an Architecture Bizarre? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013l.html#24 Teletypewriter Model 33 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013l.html#28 World's worst programming environment? -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
