[email protected] (Eric Chevalier) writes:
> Maybe not a BIG mainframe impact, but BASIC certainly had it's place
> in the mainframe sun, starting with VS BASIC, program product
> 5748-XX1. Between 1979 and 1981 I worked for Ryan-McFarland,
> developers of RM-BASIC, RM-FORTRAN and RM-COBOL. My last project at
> RMC was to help port RM-BASIC to both VM and OS/MVS. I left before the
> project was completed, but it did eventually come to market as
> BASIC/VM (Program Number 5668-996) and BASIC/MVS (Program Number
> 5665-948).

IBM Boston programming center did CPS for os/360 supporting Basic and
conversational PLI. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversational_Programming_System

Also had microcode assist for the 360/50. a lot was subcontracted out to
allen-babcock ... some old
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/CPS_Progress_Report_may66.pdf
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/allen-babcock/cps/raft_Eval_Microprogram_Mar66.pdf

I've mentioned before that CP67 group split off from science center (on
4th flr) ... and took over the ibm boston programming center on the 3rd
flr ... in the process of morphing into the vm370 group. misc. past
posts mentioning the science center
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#545tech

one of the former cps people even did a port to CMS.
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2010e.html#14 Senior Java Developer vs. MVS Systems 
Programmer (warning: Conley rant)
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013c.html#8 OT: CPL on LCM systems [was Re: COBOL 
will outlive us all]

other past references
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008s.html#71 Is SUN going to become x86'ed ??
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012e.html#100 Indirect Bit
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012n.html#26 Is there a correspondence between 
64-bit IBM mainframes and PoOps editions levels?
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012o.html#72 AMC proposes 1980s computer TV series 
"Halt & Catch Fire"
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013c.html#36 Lisp machines, was What Makes an 
Architecture Bizarre?
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013l.html#24 Teletypewriter Model 33
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013l.html#28 World's worst programming environment?

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