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	'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360''' ('''BPS'''), originally called '''Special Support''', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.		'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360''' ('''BPS'''), originally called '''Special Support''', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.

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	'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.		'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360''' ('''BPS'''), originally called '''Special Support''', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.

	BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}		BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s General Products Division in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}

	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched ~~card\|~~card]] system and a [[magnetic ~~tape\|~~tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card]] system and a [[magnetic tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}

	Programming languages available were [[IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors\|~~Assembler~~]], [[IBM ~~RPG\|~~RPG]], and [[Fortran\|FORTRAN IV]] (subset). Tape FORTRAN required 16 KiB of memory.<ref name=SysSum />{{rp\|p.5}} There were also two versions of the BPS assembler, with the tape version having enhanced capabilities.		Programming languages available were [[IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors\|IBM Basic Assembly Language]], [[IBM RPG]], and [[Fortran\|FORTRAN IV]] (subset). Tape FORTRAN required 16 KiB of memory.<ref name=SysSum />{{rp\|p.5}} There were also two versions of the BPS assembler, with the tape version having enhanced capabilities.

	BPS also had a "disk" counterpart called [[BOS/360~~\|BOS~~]]. It also required 8 KiB of memory and supported disks such as the [[IBM 2311]].		BPS also had a "disk" counterpart called [[BOS/360]]. It also required 8 KiB of memory and supported disks such as the [[IBM 2311]].

	The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.		The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.

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	'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.		'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.

	BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing~~\|location=\|pages=~~\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}		BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}

	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}
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	The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.		The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.

	BPS and BOS could be used to run standalone applications on a minimal System/360. One application was the ''System/360 Work Station'' for [[remote job entry]] to a larger system.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=IBM Corporation \|title=IBM System/360 Operating System Remote Job Entry \|date=May 1968 \|pages=75–87 \|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/rje/C30-2006-1_Remote_Job_Entry_May68.pdf \|~~accessdate~~=Oct 12, 2019}}</ref>		BPS and BOS could be used to run standalone applications on a minimal System/360. One application was the ''System/360 Work Station'' for [[remote job entry]] to a larger system.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=IBM Corporation \|title=IBM System/360 Operating System Remote Job Entry \|date=May 1968 \|pages=75–87 \|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/rje/C30-2006-1_Remote_Job_Entry_May68.pdf \|access-date=Oct 12, 2019}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.		The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.

	~~BOS~~ and BOS could be used to run standalone applications on a minimal System/360. One application was the ''System/360 Work Station'' for [[remote job entry]] to a larger system.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=IBM Corporation \|title=IBM System/360 Operating System Remote Job Entry \|date=May 1968 \|pages=75–87 \|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/rje/C30-2006-1_Remote_Job_Entry_May68.pdf \|accessdate=Oct 12, 2019}}</ref>		BPS and BOS could be used to run standalone applications on a minimal System/360. One application was the ''System/360 Work Station'' for [[remote job entry]] to a larger system.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=IBM Corporation \|title=IBM System/360 Operating System Remote Job Entry \|date=May 1968 \|pages=75–87 \|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/rje/C30-2006-1_Remote_Job_Entry_May68.pdf \|accessdate=Oct 12, 2019}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.		'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.

	BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.~~\|first=~~\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.~~\|first2=~~\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|location=\|pages=\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}		BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|location=\|pages=\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}

	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}

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	'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.		'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.

	BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book		BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|first=\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|first2=\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|location=\|pages=\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}
	\| title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems
	\| publisher=MIT Press
	\| year=1991
	\| isbn=0-262-16123-0
	\| url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh
	\| author=Pugh, E.W., Johnson, L.R. and Palmer, J.H.
	\| url-access=registration
	}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}

	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}

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	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}

	Programming languages available were [[IBM Basic ~~assembly~~ ~~language~~\|Assembler]], [[IBM RPG\|RPG]], and [[Fortran\|FORTRAN IV]] (subset). Tape FORTRAN required 16 KiB of memory.<ref name=SysSum />{{rp\|p.5}} There were also two versions of the BPS assembler, with the tape version having enhanced capabilities.		Programming languages available were [[IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors\|Assembler]], [[IBM RPG\|RPG]], and [[Fortran\|FORTRAN IV]] (subset). Tape FORTRAN required 16 KiB of memory.<ref name=SysSum />{{rp\|p.5}} There were also two versions of the BPS assembler, with the tape version having enhanced capabilities.

	BPS also had a "disk" counterpart called [[BOS/360\|BOS]]. It also required 8 KiB of memory and supported disks such as the [[IBM 2311]].		BPS also had a "disk" counterpart called [[BOS/360\|BOS]]. It also required 8 KiB of memory and supported disks such as the [[IBM 2311]].

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	BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book		BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book
	\| title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems		\| title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems
	\| publisher=MIT Press		\| publisher=MIT Press
	\| year=1991		\| year=1991
	\| isbn=0-262-16123-0		\| isbn=0-262-16123-0
			\| url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh
	\| url=http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=8159
	\| author=Pugh, E.W., Johnson, L.R. and Palmer, J.H.		\| author=Pugh, E.W., Johnson, L.R. and Palmer, J.H.
			\| url-access=registration
	}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}		}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}

	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}

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	The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.		The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.

			BOS and BOS could be used to run standalone applications on a minimal System/360. One application was the ''System/360 Work Station'' for [[remote job entry]] to a larger system.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=IBM Corporation \|title=IBM System/360 Operating System Remote Job Entry \|date=May 1968 \|pages=75–87 \|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/rje/C30-2006-1_Remote_Job_Entry_May68.pdf \|accessdate=Oct 12, 2019}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.		'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.

	BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book		BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book
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	\| author=Pugh, E.W., Johnson, L.R. and Palmer, J.H.		\| author=Pugh, E.W., Johnson, L.R. and Palmer, J.H.
	}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.~~319-321~~}}		}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}

	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}
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	Programming languages available were [[IBM Basic assembly language\|Assembler]], [[IBM RPG\|RPG]], and [[Fortran\|FORTRAN IV]] (subset). Tape FORTRAN required 16 KiB of memory.<ref name=SysSum />{{rp\|p.5}} There were also two versions of the BPS assembler, with the tape version having enhanced capabilities.		Programming languages available were [[IBM Basic assembly language\|Assembler]], [[IBM RPG\|RPG]], and [[Fortran\|FORTRAN IV]] (subset). Tape FORTRAN required 16 KiB of memory.<ref name=SysSum />{{rp\|p.5}} There were also two versions of the BPS assembler, with the tape version having enhanced capabilities.

	BPS also had a "disk" counterpart called [[BOS/360\|BOS]]. It also required 8 KiB of memory and supported disks such as the [[IBM 2311]].		BPS also had a "disk" counterpart called [[BOS/360\|BOS]]. It also required 8 KiB of memory and supported disks such as the [[IBM 2311]].

	The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.		The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.

⚫	==References==
⚫	{{Reflist}}

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Punched card input/output]]		* [[Punched card input/output]]

		⚫	==References==
		⚫	{{Reflist}}

	==External links==		==External links==

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	'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.		'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360''' ('''BPS'''), originally called '''Special Support''', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.

	BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}		BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s General Products Division in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}

	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched ~~card\|~~card]] system and a [[magnetic ~~tape\|~~tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card]] system and a [[magnetic tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}

	Programming languages available were [[IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors\|~~Assembler~~]], [[IBM ~~RPG\|~~RPG]], and [[Fortran\|FORTRAN IV]] (subset). Tape FORTRAN required 16 KiB of memory.<ref name=SysSum />{{rp\|p.5}} There were also two versions of the BPS assembler, with the tape version having enhanced capabilities.		Programming languages available were [[IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors\|IBM Basic Assembly Language]], [[IBM RPG]], and [[Fortran\|FORTRAN IV]] (subset). Tape FORTRAN required 16 KiB of memory.<ref name=SysSum />{{rp\|p.5}} There were also two versions of the BPS assembler, with the tape version having enhanced capabilities.

	BPS also had a "disk" counterpart called [[BOS/360~~\|BOS~~]]. It also required 8 KiB of memory and supported disks such as the [[IBM 2311]].		BPS also had a "disk" counterpart called [[BOS/360]]. It also required 8 KiB of memory and supported disks such as the [[IBM 2311]].

	The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.		The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.

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	'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.		'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.

	BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing~~\|location=\|pages=~~\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}		BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}

	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}
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	The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.		The group responsible for BPS/BOS went on to develop [[DOS/360 and successors\|DOS/360 and TOS/360]] as a supposed "interim" solution when it became evident that [[OS/360 and successors\|OS/360]] would be too large to run on 16 KiB systems.

	BPS and BOS could be used to run standalone applications on a minimal System/360. One application was the ''System/360 Work Station'' for [[remote job entry]] to a larger system.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=IBM Corporation \|title=IBM System/360 Operating System Remote Job Entry \|date=May 1968 \|pages=75–87 \|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/rje/C30-2006-1_Remote_Job_Entry_May68.pdf \|~~accessdate~~=Oct 12, 2019}}</ref>		BPS and BOS could be used to run standalone applications on a minimal System/360. One application was the ''System/360 Work Station'' for [[remote job entry]] to a larger system.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=IBM Corporation \|title=IBM System/360 Operating System Remote Job Entry \|date=May 1968 \|pages=75–87 \|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/rje/C30-2006-1_Remote_Job_Entry_May68.pdf \|access-date=Oct 12, 2019}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.		'''IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS)''', originally called ''Special Support'', was a set of [[standalone program]]s for [[IBM System/360\|System/360]] mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.

	BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.~~\|first=~~\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.~~\|first2=~~\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|location=\|pages=\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}		BPS was developed by [[IBM]]'s ''General Products Division'' in [[Endicott, New York]]. The package included "assemblers, [[Input/Output Control System\|IOCS]], compilers, sorts, and utilities but no governing control program." BPS components were introduced in a series of product announcements between 1964 and 1965.<ref name="Pugh">{{cite book\|author=Pugh, E.W.\|url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh\|title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems\|last2=Johnson, L.R.\|last3=Palmer, J.H.\|publisher=MIT Press\|year=1991\|isbn=0-262-16123-0\|series=History of computing\|location=\|pages=\|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp\|pp.319–321}}

	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}

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	BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}		BPS came in two versions — a strictly [[punched card\|card]] system and a [[magnetic tape\|tape]] based system which, contrary to the stated goals, kept a small supervisor permanently resident.<ref name=SysSum>{{cite book\|last=IBM Corporation\|title=IBM System/360 Basic Programming Support and IBM Basic Operating System/360 Programming Systems Summary\|year=1965\|url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/bos_bps/C24-3420-0_BPS_BOS_Programming_Systems_Summary_Aug65.pdf}}</ref>{{rp\|p.14}}

	Programming languages available were [[IBM Basic ~~assembly~~ ~~language~~\|Assembler]], [[IBM RPG\|RPG]], and [[Fortran\|FORTRAN IV]] (subset). Tape FORTRAN required 16 KiB of memory.<ref name=SysSum />{{rp\|p.5}} There were also two versions of the BPS assembler, with the tape version having enhanced capabilities.		Programming languages available were [[IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors\|Assembler]], [[IBM RPG\|RPG]], and [[Fortran\|FORTRAN IV]] (subset). Tape FORTRAN required 16 KiB of memory.<ref name=SysSum />{{rp\|p.5}} There were also two versions of the BPS assembler, with the tape version having enhanced capabilities.

	BPS also had a "disk" counterpart called [[BOS/360\|BOS]]. It also required 8 KiB of memory and supported disks such as the [[IBM 2311]].		BPS also had a "disk" counterpart called [[BOS/360\|BOS]]. It also required 8 KiB of memory and supported disks such as the [[IBM 2311]].