IBM System/360 Model 67 - Announcement

Announcement

IBM announced the S/360-67 in its August 16, 1965 "blue letters" (a standard mechanism used by IBM to make product announcements). IBM stated that:

  • "Special bid restrictions have been removed from the System/360 Model 67" (i.e., it was now generally available)
  • It included "multiprocessor configurations, with a high degree of system availability", with up to four processing units
  • It had "its own powerful operating system... Time Sharing System monitor (TSS)" offering "virtually instantaneous access to and response from the computer" to "take advantage of the unique capabilities of a multiprocessor system"
  • It offered "dynamic relocation of problem programs using the dynamic address translation facilities of the 2067 Processing Unit, permitting response, within seconds, to many simultaneous users"

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