IBM System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications

Popular System/36 Applications

  • The most popular program was Programmer/Operator Productivity Aid (POP) It cost $1,000. It was, however, widely pirated. It was included with the Advanced 36.
  • MAPICS, the Manufacturing and Production Information Control System, was a popular S/36 application.
  • IMAS, a simple accounting package
  • BPCS, a more advanced accounting system
  • IBM Office/36 collection of programs (DisplayWrite/36, IDDU, Query, and so forth) were popular in the late 1980s and were later bundled with the Advanced/36.
  • A popular database tool available from a third party was FEU (File Edit Utility.)
  • There was a games library called FUNLIB that contained games like Star Trek, Football, Hangman, Coffee, Grand Prix, and a Biorhythm program. An associated PICTURES library let you print ASCII art of Star Trek's Mr. Spock, John Dean, and Christmas calendars.

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