CP/CMS
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CP/CMS (Control Program/Cambridge Monitor System) is a discontinued time-sharing operating system of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is known for its excellent performance and advanced features.[1][2] Among its three versions, CP-40/CMS was an important 'one-off' research system that established the CP/CMS virtual machine architecture. It was followed by CP-67/CMS, a reimplementation of CP-40/CMS for the IBM System/360-67, and the primary focus of this article. Finally, CP-370/CMS was a reimplementation of CP-67/CMS for the System/370. While it was never released as such, it became the foundation of IBM's VM/370 operating system, announced in 1972.
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Developer | IBM Cambridge Scientific Center |
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Written in | Assembler (F) |
OS family | VM |
Working state | Historic |
Source model | Source code (see text for details) |
Initial release | May 1968; 56 years ago (1968-05) |
Latest release | 3.2 / 1972; 52 years ago (1972) |
Available in | English |
Platforms | IBM System/360-67; also System/370 with virtual memory hardware (not present in original S/370 models); also used on experimental hardware |
Default user interface | Command-line interface |
License | IBM Type-III Library (free in source code form at no charge to IBM customers, without support) |
Each implementation was a substantial redesign of its predecessor and an evolutionary step forward. CP-67/CMS was the first widely available virtual machine architecture. IBM pioneered this idea with its research systems M44/44X (which used partial virtualization) and CP-40 (which used full virtualization).
In addition to its role as the predecessor of the VM family, CP/CMS played an important role in the development of operating system (OS) theory, the design of IBM's System/370, the time-sharing industry, and the creation of a self-supporting user community that anticipated today's free software movement.