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    OS/MVS was IBM’s primary mainframe OS for decades.

    “Multiple Virtual Space. Virtual storage OS for IBM 370, derived from MVT. Originally called VS2, Release 2. First release 1974.”^w80 Professor Jim Mooney’s list of Batch Systems for Large Computers

• further reading: books on OS/MVS

Kind of OS: proprietary

Release Date: initial release 1974^w80

Current Version: 5.2^e109

Cost:

Hardware Supported: System/360 mainframes, System/370 mainframes, System/390 mainframes (and compatibles)^e109

Maximum Number of Processors: “MVS can handle multiple sysplex processors (in parallel)” — Pat Jaworski^e109

Number of bits:

Kernel: proprietary

POSIX: certified^e56

Peripherals:

File Systems Supported:

Other Systems Emulated:

Graphics Engine:

Text Command Shell: JCL

User Interface (graphic):

Graphic Command Shell:

Internet Services:

Other:

    “A mainframe can be a great back-end to a mission critical enterprise database system. All you need on the client end is an OS/2, AIX, Windoze9x/NT workstation (or vitually ANY PC or home computer capable of TN3270 protocol).” — Pat Jaworski^e109

further reading: books: administration

    MVS and Unix: A Survival Handbook for Multi-Platform Users, Developers, and Managers (McGraw-Hill IBM Series); by Richard J. Bambara; Computing McGraw-Hill; May 1998; ISBN 0070066639; paperback; 560 pages; $65.00

Essential System Administration: Help for Unix System Administrators (Nutshell Handbook); 2nd edition; by Aeleen Frisch; O’Reilly & Associates; December 1996; ISBN 1565921275; paperback; 788 pages; $27.96

The Complete Guide to Netware 4.11/Intranetware; 2nd edition; by James E. Gaskin; Sybex; December 1996; ISBN 078211931X; paperback; $47.99; includes information on getting NetWare working with Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, and OS/2

further reading: books: internet

Building a Unix Internet Server; by George Eckel; New Riders Publishing; June 1995; ISBN 1562054945; paperback (with CD-ROM); 325 pages; $30.40

further reading: books: programming

Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series); by W. Richard Stevens; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; June 1992; ISBN 0201563177; hardcover; 744 pages; $63.95

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