In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 09/18/2005
at 06:55 AM, Allan Scherr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Does anyone remember where the term spooler comes from? SPOOL =
>simultaneous peripheral operations on line. The OS/360 Reader-Writer
> was the first multiprogramming capability that was released.
SPOOL was available on the 7000 series and the 1410 long before
OS/360. Multiprogramming was available in the late 1950s or early
1960s, depending on whether you go by announcement dates or ship
dates.
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