BATCH SYSTEMS FOR LARGE COMPUTERS
This section includes OSs for large "mainframe" computers that
are primarily batch-oriented. Very early systems of this type are listed
in the previous section. Timesharing systems will be listed in the next
section.
- BKY
- A batch-oriented OS for the CDC 6600 at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories.
Early 1970s [Tanenbaum & Benson 1973].
- BOS/360
- Basic Operating System for the IBM/360. Early 1960s [Weizer 1981].
- BPS/360
- Business-oriented OS for the IBM/360. Late 1960s [Weizer 1981].
- CAL
- Research OS for the CDC 6400. Late 1960s. [Lampson & Sturgis 1976].
- Chios
- OS for the UNIVAC 1108 in a service bureau environment. Case Western
Reserve, Early 1970s [Lynch 1972, Lynch 1975].
- CHIPPEWA
- Original name for CDC SCOPE Operating System. Developed at CDC Chippewa
Labs.
- DOS
- Disk Operating System for RCA Spectra 70 series. Late 1960s [Weizer
1981].
- DOS/360
- Operating System for IBM S/360. IBM Corp. Mid 1960s [Bender et al 1967].
- DOS/VS
- Operating System for the IBM S/370. Virtual Storage version of DOS/360.
IBM Corp., early 1970s [Birch 1973].
- DOS/VSE
- Operating System for the IBM 43XX. Extended version of DOS/VS. Early
1980s.
- EMAS, EMAS 2900
- Edinburgh Multi-Access System for ICL 4-75. Late 1970s [Whitfield &
Whight 1983, Stephens et al 1980].
- EXEC I, EXEC II
- Single User OSs for UNIVAC 1107 computers. Early 1960s [Borgerson et
al 1978].
- EXEC 3, EXEC 4
- Improved versions of EXEC II for UNIVAC 1108. Late 1960's [Lynch 1972].
- EXEC 8
- Multiprogrammed OS for UNIVAC 1108. Late 1960s [Sayers 1971, Borgerson
et al 1978].
- GCOS
- General Comprehensive OS. Honeywell Series 60 and 6000 systems. Based
on GECOS. Early 1970's.
- GECOS III
- Multiprogrammed OS for GE 600 series computers. Late 1960s [Sayres
1971].
- George 1,2,3, and 4
- OS for various models of ICL 1900 series computers. Late 1960s [Cuttle
& Robinson 1970, Goodman 1972, Oestreicher 1971].
- IDA, IDASYS
- OS for the CDC 6600 developed at the Institute for Defense Analyses,
based on the concept of a supervisory computer. Late 1960s [Gaines 1972].
- MASTER
- OS for Control Data 3300/3500. Late 1960s [Sayres 1971].
- MCP
- Master Control Program. Generic name used for Burroughs Operating Systems,
including 1700 and 5500, 6600, and 7700 series. Early 1960's throughmid
1970's [McKeag et al 1976, Sayres 1971].
- MFT
- Operating System for the IBM S/360. See OS/MFT.
- MVS
- Virtual storage OS for IBM S/370. See OS/MVS.
- MVT
- Popular OS for IBM S/360 and S/370. See OS/MVT.
- OS/360
- Generic name for operating systems for the IBM S/360, and later S/370.
First version released 1966 [Mealy et al 1966]. See also OS/PCP, OS/MFT,
OS/MVT, OS/VS1, OS/SVS, and OS/MVS.
- OS/1100
- Operating System for UNIVAC 1106 and 1110.
- OS/MFT, OS/MFT-II
- Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks. Simple version of OS/MVT
suitable for processors with limited memory. First release 1967, substantial
revision 1968. [Mealy et al 1966, Auslander et al 1981].
- OS/MVS
- Multiple Virtual Space. Virtual storage OS for IBM 370, derived from
MVT. Originally called VS2, Release 2. First release 1974 [Scherr 1973,
Auslander et al 1981].
- OS/MVT
- Multiprogramming with a Variable Number of Tasks. Popular OS for IBM
360/370. First release 1967 [Flores 1973, Auslander et al 1981].
- OS/PCP
- Primary Control Program. Early batch-serial version of IBM OS/360.
First release 1966 [Mealy et al 1966, Auslander et al 1981].
- OS/SVS
- Single Virtual Space. Initial release of OS/VS2. Virtual Storage OS
for IBM S/370, based closely on OS/MVT. First release 1972 [Auslander et
al 1981].
- OS/VS1
- Virtual System 1. Virtual Storage OS for the IBM 370, based on OS/MFT.
First release 1972 [Wheeler 1974, Auslander et al 1981].
- OS/VS2
- Virtual System 2. Virtual Storage OS for the IBM 370, based on OS/MVT.
Release 1 became known as OS/SVS. Release 2 became known as OS/MVS.
- PCP
- Early version of IBM OS/360. See OS/PCP.
- POS
- Primary OS for RCA Spectra 70. Late 1960s.
- SCOPE
- Supervisory Control of Program Execution. Early OS for CDC 6000 Computers.
Late 1960s [McKeag et al 1976].
- SIPROS
- Experimental advanced OS developed for CDC 6600 computers.
- SUE
- Experimental OS for the IBM S/360. Late 1960s [Sevcik et al 1972, Tschritzis
& Bernstein 1974].
- SVS
- Virtual Storage OS for IBM S/370. See OS/SVS.
- Tape Scope 2
- Tape based OS derived from SCOPE for the CDC System 17. Early 1970s.
[Datapro 1974].
- TDOS
- Tape and Disk operating system for the RCA Spectra 70. Late 1960s [Sayres
1971].
- TITAN
- Operating System for the Titan (Atlas II) Computer, successor to Atlas
I at the U. of Manchester. mid 1960s [Hartley 1972, McKeag et al 1976].
- TOS
- Tape Operating System. Early operating system for the RCA Spectra 70
[Weizer 1981].
- TOS/360
- Early operating system for the IBM S/360. Mid 1960s [Bender et al 1967].
- VS-1
- IBM Virtual Storage OS. See OS/VS1.
- VS-2
- IBM Virtual Storage OS. See OS/VS2.