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Chatul: break; CPS was not a virtual machine environment

2024-08-15T10:58:24Z

break; CPS was not a virtual machine environment

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	{{Short description\|Mainframe computer time-share operating system (1967–1972)}}
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	*Send a message to an individual user or all users.		*Send a message to an individual user or all users.
	*~~[[reboot\|~~Clobber]] a specific user's ~~virtual~~ ~~CPS machine~~.		*Clobber a specific user's interpreter environment.
	*Monitor the activity of an individual user.		*Monitor the activity of an individual user.
	*Terminate the entire CPS system.		*Terminate the entire CPS system.
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	CPS was also offered with a firmware-assisted interpreter, on the [[IBM System/360 Model 50]], only, but few Model 50 installations elected to install this [[Request price quotation\|RPQ]]. This RPQ executed the ''EVAL'' function of CPS's programming stack using a firmware assist.		CPS was also offered with a firmware-assisted interpreter, on the [[IBM System/360 Model 50]], only, but few Model 50 installations elected to install this [[Request price quotation\|RPQ]]. This RPQ executed the ''EVAL'' function of CPS's programming stack using a firmware assist.

	The IBM-released version of CPS was designed to run on the [[IBM 1050]] terminal and the [[IBM 2741]] terminal with the "break ~~(software command)~~ feature". User groups later added support for the [[IBM 2260]] video display terminal.		The IBM-released version of CPS was designed to run on the [[IBM 1050]] terminal and the [[IBM 2741]] terminal with the "[[break key\|break]] feature". User groups later added support for the [[IBM 2260]] video display terminal.

	CPS support for the IBM 2741 "break feature" most likely influenced the eventual user group support for the "break feature" and the IBM 1050 terminal on [[IBM Administrative Terminal System]] (ATS/360), as many IBM customers which operated CPS also operated ATS/360.		CPS support for the IBM 2741 "break feature" most likely influenced the eventual user group support for the "break feature" and the IBM 1050 terminal on [[IBM Administrative Terminal System]] (ATS/360), as many IBM customers which operated CPS also operated ATS/360.

Blainster: /* top */add short description; copyedit lead

2024-08-14T18:51:15Z

top: add short description; copyedit lead

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	*Send a message to an individual user or all users.		*Send a message to an individual user or all users.
	*Clobber ~~(today it would be called re-boot)~~ a specific user's virtual CPS machine.		*[[reboot\|Clobber]] a specific user's virtual CPS machine.
	*Monitor the activity of an individual user.		*Monitor the activity of an individual user.
	*Terminate the entire CPS system.		*Terminate the entire CPS system.
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	CPS was also offered with a firmware-assisted interpreter, on the [[IBM System/360 Model 50]], only, but few Model 50 installations elected to install this [[Request price quotation\|RPQ]]. This RPQ executed the ''EVAL'' function of CPS's programming stack using a firmware assist.		CPS was also offered with a firmware-assisted interpreter, on the [[IBM System/360 Model 50]], only, but few Model 50 installations elected to install this [[Request price quotation\|RPQ]]. This RPQ executed the ''EVAL'' function of CPS's programming stack using a firmware assist.

	The IBM-released version of CPS was designed to run on the [[IBM 1050]] terminal and the [[IBM 2741]] terminal with the "break feature". User groups later added support for the [[IBM 2260]] video display terminal.		The IBM-released version of CPS was designed to run on the [[IBM 1050]] terminal and the [[IBM 2741]] terminal with the "break (software command) feature". User groups later added support for the [[IBM 2260]] video display terminal.

	CPS support for the IBM 2741 "break feature" most likely influenced the eventual user group support for the "break feature" and the IBM 1050 terminal on [[IBM Administrative Terminal System]] (ATS/360), as many IBM customers which operated CPS also operated ATS/360.		CPS support for the IBM 2741 "break feature" most likely influenced the eventual user group support for the "break feature" and the IBM 1050 terminal on [[IBM Administrative Terminal System]] (ATS/360), as many IBM customers which operated CPS also operated ATS/360.

Jlwoodwa: WP:STUBSPACING

2024-04-22T21:04:26Z

WP:STUBSPACING

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	* {{cite web\|last=Allen-Babcock, Inc.\|title=Specification EVAL Microprogram\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/Draft_Eval_Microprogram_Mar66.pdf\|accessdate=February 18, 2013}}		* {{cite web\|last=Allen-Babcock, Inc.\|title=Specification EVAL Microprogram\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/Draft_Eval_Microprogram_Mar66.pdf\|accessdate=February 18, 2013}}
	* [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102773382 Conversational Programming System (CPS) development at computerhistory.org]		* [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102773382 Conversational Programming System (CPS) development at computerhistory.org]

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Peter Flass: Tense. minor cleanup. External link Allen-Babcock who developed EVAL

2024-01-05T15:18:45Z

Tense. minor cleanup. External link Allen-Babcock who developed EVAL

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	{{Missing information\|the relation between CPS and RUSH\|talksection=Relation to RUSH\|date=October 2020}}		{{Missing information\|the relation between CPS and RUSH\|talksection=Relation to RUSH\|date=October 2020}}

	'''Conversational Programming System'''<ref>GYBO-0517 CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (CPS) VERSION LISTINGS PROGRAM NUMBER 3600-03.4.016</ref> or '''CPS''' ~~was~~ an early [[Time-sharing]] system offered by [[IBM]] which ~~ran~~ on [[System/360]] [[mainframe computer\|mainframes]] ''circa'' 1967 through 1972 in a partition of OS/360 Release 17 MFT II or MVT or above.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Thielen \|first1=Ronald J. \|title=Conversational Programming System \|url=http://home.uchicago.edu/~rthielen/cps.html \|website=The University of Chicago \|accessdate=Dec 29, 2018}}</ref> CPS ~~was~~ implemented as an [[interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]], and users ~~could~~ select either a rudimentary form of [[BASIC]] or a reasonably complete version of [[PL/I]]. A third option ~~provided~~ [[Remote Job Entry\|remote job entry]] (RJE) features allowing users to submit [[Job Control Language\|JCL]] [[job stream]]s for batch processing. A fourth option ~~was~~ called control mode. Normally, only the system operator would be permitted to use control mode. The available features in control mode ~~included~~:		'''Conversational Programming System'''<ref>GYBO-0517 CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (CPS) VERSION LISTINGS PROGRAM NUMBER 3600-03.4.016</ref> or '''CPS''' is an early [[Time-sharing]] system offered by [[IBM]] which runs on [[System/360]] [[mainframe computer\|mainframes]] ''circa'' 1967 through 1972 in a partition of [[OS/360]] Release 17 MFT II or MVT or above.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Thielen \|first1=Ronald J. \|title=Conversational Programming System \|url=http://home.uchicago.edu/~rthielen/cps.html \|website=The University of Chicago \|accessdate=Dec 29, 2018}}</ref> CPS is implemented as an [[interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]], and users can select either a rudimentary form of [[BASIC]] or a reasonably complete version of [[PL/I]]. A third option provides [[Remote Job Entry\|remote job entry]] (RJE) features allowing users to submit [[Job Control Language\|JCL]] [[job stream]]s for batch processing. A fourth option is called control mode. Normally, only the system operator would be permitted to use control mode. The available features in control mode include:

	*Send a message to an individual user or all users.		*Send a message to an individual user or all users.
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	*Terminate the entire CPS system.		*Terminate the entire CPS system.

	CPS ~~provided~~ a highly interactive user experience. It ~~accomplished~~ this by giving an immediate [[syntax error]] (when necessary) as soon as each line of a program ~~was~~ entered.		CPS provides a highly interactive user experience. It accomplishes this by giving an immediate [[syntax error]] (when necessary) as soon as each line of a program is entered.

	CPS was also offered with a firmware-assisted interpreter, on the [[IBM System/360 Model 50]], only, but few Model 50 installations elected to install this [[Request price quotation\|RPQ]]. This RPQ executed the ''EVAL'' function of CPS's programming stack using a firmware assist.		CPS was also offered with a firmware-assisted interpreter, on the [[IBM System/360 Model 50]], only, but few Model 50 installations elected to install this [[Request price quotation\|RPQ]]. This RPQ executed the ''EVAL'' function of CPS's programming stack using a firmware assist.
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	CPS support for the IBM 2741 "break feature" most likely influenced the eventual user group support for the "break feature" and the IBM 1050 terminal on [[IBM Administrative Terminal System]] (ATS/360), as many IBM customers which operated CPS also operated ATS/360.		CPS support for the IBM 2741 "break feature" most likely influenced the eventual user group support for the "break feature" and the IBM 1050 terminal on [[IBM Administrative Terminal System]] (ATS/360), as many IBM customers which operated CPS also operated ATS/360.

	CPS was ultimately superseded by [[Time Sharing Option\|TSO]]. An IBM [[~~License~~ ~~Program~~ Product\|program product]] was offered which provided limited CPS functionality under [[Time Sharing Option~~\|TSO~~]], intended mainly as a "bridge" between CPS and ~~[[Time Sharing Option\|~~TSO]].		CPS was ultimately superseded by [[Time Sharing Option\|TSO]]. An IBM [[Software as a Product\|program product]] was offered which provided limited CPS functionality under [[Time Sharing Option]] (TSO), intended mainly as a "bridge" between CPS and TSO.

			==See also==
			* [[Allen-Babcock]]

	==References==		==References==
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	* {{cite web\|last=Allen-Babcock, Inc.\|title=Specification EVAL Microprogram\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/Draft_Eval_Microprogram_Mar66.pdf\|accessdate=February 18, 2013}}		* {{cite web\|last=Allen-Babcock, Inc.\|title=Specification EVAL Microprogram\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/Draft_Eval_Microprogram_Mar66.pdf\|accessdate=February 18, 2013}}
	* [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102773382 Conversational Programming System (CPS) development at computerhistory.org]		* [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102773382 Conversational Programming System (CPS) development at computerhistory.org]



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Chatul: Tag missing information re RUSH

2020-10-21T14:31:32Z

Tag missing information re RUSH

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	{{Refimprove\|date=December 2009}}		{{Refimprove\|date=December 2009}}

			{{Missing information\|the relation between CPS and RUSH\|talksection=Relation to RUSH\|date=October 2020}}

	'''Conversational Programming System'''<ref>GYBO-0517 CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (CPS) VERSION LISTINGS PROGRAM NUMBER 3600-03.4.016</ref> or '''CPS''' was an early [[Time-sharing]] system offered by [[IBM]] which ran on [[System/360]] [[mainframe computer\|mainframes]] ''circa'' 1967 through 1972 in a partition of OS/360 Release 17 MFT II or MVT or above.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Thielen \|first1=Ronald J. \|title=Conversational Programming System \|url=http://home.uchicago.edu/~rthielen/cps.html \|website=The University of Chicago \|accessdate=Dec 29, 2018}}</ref> CPS was implemented as an [[interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]], and users could select either a rudimentary form of [[BASIC]] or a reasonably complete version of [[PL/I]]. A third option provided [[Remote Job Entry\|remote job entry]] (RJE) features allowing users to submit [[Job Control Language\|JCL]] [[job stream]]s for batch processing. A fourth option was called control mode. Normally, only the system operator would be permitted to use control mode. The available features in control mode included:		'''Conversational Programming System'''<ref>GYBO-0517 CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (CPS) VERSION LISTINGS PROGRAM NUMBER 3600-03.4.016</ref> or '''CPS''' was an early [[Time-sharing]] system offered by [[IBM]] which ran on [[System/360]] [[mainframe computer\|mainframes]] ''circa'' 1967 through 1972 in a partition of OS/360 Release 17 MFT II or MVT or above.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Thielen \|first1=Ronald J. \|title=Conversational Programming System \|url=http://home.uchicago.edu/~rthielen/cps.html \|website=The University of Chicago \|accessdate=Dec 29, 2018}}</ref> CPS was implemented as an [[interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]], and users could select either a rudimentary form of [[BASIC]] or a reasonably complete version of [[PL/I]]. A third option provided [[Remote Job Entry\|remote job entry]] (RJE) features allowing users to submit [[Job Control Language\|JCL]] [[job stream]]s for batch processing. A fourth option was called control mode. Normally, only the system operator would be permitted to use control mode. The available features in control mode included:

Peter Flass: add external link

2018-12-30T03:06:57Z

add external link

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	{{Refimprove\|date=December 2009}}		{{Refimprove\|date=December 2009}}

	'''Conversational Programming System'''<ref>GYBO-0517 CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (CPS) VERSION LISTINGS PROGRAM NUMBER 3600-03.4.016</ref> or '''CPS''' was an early [[Time-sharing]] system offered by [[IBM]] which ran on [[System/360]] [[mainframe computer\|mainframes]] ''circa'' 1967 through 1972. CPS was implemented as an [[interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]], and users could select either a rudimentary form of [[BASIC]] or a reasonably complete version of [[PL/I]]. A third option provided [[Remote Job Entry\|remote job entry]] (RJE) features allowing users to submit [[Job Control Language\|JCL]] [[job stream]]s for batch processing. A fourth option was called control mode. Normally, only the system operator would be permitted to use control mode. The available features in control mode included:		'''Conversational Programming System'''<ref>GYBO-0517 CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (CPS) VERSION LISTINGS PROGRAM NUMBER 3600-03.4.016</ref> or '''CPS''' was an early [[Time-sharing]] system offered by [[IBM]] which ran on [[System/360]] [[mainframe computer\|mainframes]] ''circa'' 1967 through 1972 in a partition of OS/360 Release 17 MFT II or MVT or above.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Thielen \|first1=Ronald J. \|title=Conversational Programming System \|url=http://home.uchicago.edu/~rthielen/cps.html \|website=The University of Chicago \|accessdate=Dec 29, 2018}}</ref> CPS was implemented as an [[interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]], and users could select either a rudimentary form of [[BASIC]] or a reasonably complete version of [[PL/I]]. A third option provided [[Remote Job Entry\|remote job entry]] (RJE) features allowing users to submit [[Job Control Language\|JCL]] [[job stream]]s for batch processing. A fourth option was called control mode. Normally, only the system operator would be permitted to use control mode. The available features in control mode included:

	*Send a message to an individual user or all users.		*Send a message to an individual user or all users.
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{cite web\|last=Allen-Babcock, Inc.\|title=Specification EVAL Microprogram\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/Draft_Eval_Microprogram_Mar66.pdf\|accessdate=February 18, 2013}}		* {{cite web\|last=Allen-Babcock, Inc.\|title=Specification EVAL Microprogram\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/Draft_Eval_Microprogram_Mar66.pdf\|accessdate=February 18, 2013}}
			* [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102773382 Conversational Programming System (CPS) development at computerhistory.org]

Peter Flass: system administration doesn't fit, add time-sharing

2018-12-30T02:54:16Z

system administration doesn't fit, add time-sharing

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	[[Category:IBM software]]		[[Category:IBM software]]
	[[Category:~~System administration~~]]		[[Category:Time-sharing]]

99Electrons: +Category:IBM software

2018-12-29T23:14:06Z

+Category:IBM software

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	* {{cite web\|last=Allen-Babcock, Inc.\|title=Specification EVAL Microprogram\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/Draft_Eval_Microprogram_Mar66.pdf\|accessdate=February 18, 2013}}		* {{cite web\|last=Allen-Babcock, Inc.\|title=Specification EVAL Microprogram\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/Draft_Eval_Microprogram_Mar66.pdf\|accessdate=February 18, 2013}}

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Wiae: Disambiguating links to Computer program product (link changed to License Program Product) using DisamAssist.

2015-11-09T20:50:56Z

Disambiguating links to Computer program product (link changed to License Program Product) using DisamAssist.

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	CPS support for the IBM 2741 "break feature" most likely influenced the eventual user group support for the "break feature" and the IBM 1050 terminal on [[IBM Administrative Terminal System]] (ATS/360), as many IBM customers which operated CPS also operated ATS/360.		CPS support for the IBM 2741 "break feature" most likely influenced the eventual user group support for the "break feature" and the IBM 1050 terminal on [[IBM Administrative Terminal System]] (ATS/360), as many IBM customers which operated CPS also operated ATS/360.

	CPS was ultimately superseded by [[Time Sharing Option\|TSO]]. An IBM [[program product]] was offered which provided limited CPS functionality under [[Time Sharing Option\|TSO]], intended mainly as a "bridge" between CPS and [[Time Sharing Option\|TSO]].		CPS was ultimately superseded by [[Time Sharing Option\|TSO]]. An IBM [[License Program Product\|program product]] was offered which provided limited CPS functionality under [[Time Sharing Option\|TSO]], intended mainly as a "bridge" between CPS and [[Time Sharing Option\|TSO]].

	==References==		==References==

Peter Flass: link IBM System/360 Model 50

2015-09-26T23:58:04Z

link IBM System/360 Model 50

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	CPS provided a highly interactive user experience. It accomplished this by giving an immediate [[syntax error]] (when necessary) as soon as each line of a program was entered.		CPS provided a highly interactive user experience. It accomplished this by giving an immediate [[syntax error]] (when necessary) as soon as each line of a program was entered.

	CPS was also offered with a firmware-assisted interpreter, on the [[System/360]] [[Model 50]], only, but few Model 50 installations elected to install this [[Request price quotation\|RPQ]]. This RPQ executed the ''EVAL'' function of CPS's programming stack using a firmware assist.		CPS was also offered with a firmware-assisted interpreter, on the [[IBM System/360 Model 50]], only, but few Model 50 installations elected to install this [[Request price quotation\|RPQ]]. This RPQ executed the ''EVAL'' function of CPS's programming stack using a firmware assist.

	The IBM-released version of CPS was designed to run on the [[IBM 1050]] terminal and the [[IBM 2741]] terminal with the "break feature". User groups later added support for the [[IBM 2260]] video display terminal.		The IBM-released version of CPS was designed to run on the [[IBM 1050]] terminal and the [[IBM 2741]] terminal with the "break feature". User groups later added support for the [[IBM 2260]] video display terminal.

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			{{Missing information\|the relation between CPS and RUSH\|talksection=Relation to RUSH\|date=October 2020}}

	'''Conversational Programming System'''<ref>GYBO-0517 CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (CPS) VERSION LISTINGS PROGRAM NUMBER 3600-03.4.016</ref> or '''CPS''' was an early [[Time-sharing]] system offered by [[IBM]] which ran on [[System/360]] [[mainframe computer\|mainframes]] ''circa'' 1967 through 1972 in a partition of OS/360 Release 17 MFT II or MVT or above.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Thielen \|first1=Ronald J. \|title=Conversational Programming System \|url=http://home.uchicago.edu/~rthielen/cps.html \|website=The University of Chicago \|accessdate=Dec 29, 2018}}</ref> CPS was implemented as an [[interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]], and users could select either a rudimentary form of [[BASIC]] or a reasonably complete version of [[PL/I]]. A third option provided [[Remote Job Entry\|remote job entry]] (RJE) features allowing users to submit [[Job Control Language\|JCL]] [[job stream]]s for batch processing. A fourth option was called control mode. Normally, only the system operator would be permitted to use control mode. The available features in control mode included:		'''Conversational Programming System'''<ref>GYBO-0517 CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (CPS) VERSION LISTINGS PROGRAM NUMBER 3600-03.4.016</ref> or '''CPS''' was an early [[Time-sharing]] system offered by [[IBM]] which ran on [[System/360]] [[mainframe computer\|mainframes]] ''circa'' 1967 through 1972 in a partition of OS/360 Release 17 MFT II or MVT or above.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Thielen \|first1=Ronald J. \|title=Conversational Programming System \|url=http://home.uchicago.edu/~rthielen/cps.html \|website=The University of Chicago \|accessdate=Dec 29, 2018}}</ref> CPS was implemented as an [[interpreter (computing)\|interpreter]], and users could select either a rudimentary form of [[BASIC]] or a reasonably complete version of [[PL/I]]. A third option provided [[Remote Job Entry\|remote job entry]] (RJE) features allowing users to submit [[Job Control Language\|JCL]] [[job stream]]s for batch processing. A fourth option was called control mode. Normally, only the system operator would be permitted to use control mode. The available features in control mode included: