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IBM Virtual Machine
Facility/370 :
Systems Introduction
The IBM Virtual Machine Facility/370 (VM/370) is a
System Control Program (SCP) that has been designed
specifically for the IBM System/370. VM/370 manages
the IBM System/370 in such a way that mUltiple remote
terminal users appear to have a dedicated computing
system at their disposal. Within this "virtual machine"
the user may run the operaHng system of his choice,
subject to the restrictions noted in "Appendix C:
VM/370 Restrictions" of this manual. The design of
VM/370 is based on the IBM Control Program-67/Cam-
bridge Monitor System (CP-67/CMS) which is executed
on an IBM System/360 Model 67.
The Conversational Monitor System (CMS) is the
major subsystem ofVM/370. CMS provides problem
solving and program development services to the user,
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