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L.:Il-::/LJ TSS360
International Buslne.. Machines Corporation
Data Processing Division
112 East Poet Road, White Plains, N. Y. 1oe01
(USA only)
IBM World Trade Corporation
821 United Nations Plaza, New York, N. Y. 10017
(International)
An open-ended command system gives TSS/360 takes full advantage of the
a powerful set of commands by which powerful resources of the Model 67. It
the programmer can tell the sys- balances the workload of the system
tem what he wants it to do. These com- by handling background jobs concur-
mands enable the user to create, rently with foreground Interactive
edit and erase data sets, compile and processing. The user can even initiate
execute FORTRAN, Pl./I and Assembler background jobs from a remote ter-
language programs, and debug pro- minal. The accent, therefore, is on re-
grams-even while executing them. source sharing; TSS/360 has been
designed to share main storage, chan-
He can use the command structure nel facilities, and direct access file
supplied with TSS/360 without modIfi- space among a large number of users.
cation, tailor the system-supplied
commands to meet his own require- Want more information? For further de-
ments, or define his own commands if tails about TSS/360, ask your IBM rep-
he wishes. resentative for any of these documents:
Data management with TSS/360 is Concepts and Facilities, C28-2003
handled by virtual access methods. Assembler Language, C28-2000
They are called virtual access because, Assembler User Macro Instructions, C28-2004
Assembler Programmer's Guide, C28-2032
like virtual memory, the methods are IBM FORTRAN IV, C28-2007
device independent. The virtual access FORTRAN IV Library Subprograms, C28-2028
methods include sequential, indexed FORTRAN Programmer's Guide, C28-2025
sequential, and partitioned access. Linkage Editor, C28-2005
Record formats can be fixed or vari- Command System User's Guide, C28-2OO1
Managers' & Administrators' Guide, C28-2024
able. Other features include tape-to- Operator's Guide, C28-2033
disk and dlsk-to-tape transfers, and Independent Utilities, C28-2038
automatic cataloging and recataloging System Programmer's Guide, C28-2008
of data sets. System Generation and Maintenance, C28-2010
Terminal User's Guide, C28-2017
System Meaaegea, C28-2037
TSS/360 also supports two sequential Time Sharing Support System, C28-2008
access methods which provide data Master Index, C28-2023
Interchange capabilities between TSS/ Addendum, C28-2043
360 and OS/360.
TSS/360 is a large-scale, general pur- Dynllmlc object-lime prGgnim controt
pose operating system. It has extensive is another feature of TSS/360. It
facilities for Interactive computing as lets the programmer use source-level
well as the capability to perform back- references to make logic tests during
ground batch processing to make the obJecf.tlme debugging. After object
fullest possible use of system re- programs are running, control state-
sources. TSS /360 Is an IBM Type I pro- ments can be introduced-without re-
gram that Is designed for use with compiling-to modify variables and
System/ 360 Model 67. program logic or to obtain interim
answers.
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