In
<CAPD5F5qb7BRrpNErOPG9ZiLRs=9y3vwaxi6fhxquinhdove...@mail.gmail.com>,
on 03/01/2012
   at 04:09 PM, John Gilmore <[email protected]> said:

>and it is correct, albeit in a Pickwickian sense, that OS/PCP "had
>only a single partition"; but it did support both transient and
>resident readers and writers; 

It supported direct use of card readers, writers and reader, not a
separate SPOOL partition. The R/I was loaded between steps.

>there were even some very primitive to-2311-DASD RYO spoolers 
>in use; 

Only as the sole problem program running, not in a separate partition.
 
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