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The following memo recently came across my desk for general distribution,
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and was provided by the IBM publications dept., P.O.Box 12195-E02,
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Research Triangle Park, NC, 22709.
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SUBJECT: NEW OPERATING SYSTEM FOR IBM MAINFRAMES.
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Because So many users have asked for an Operating System of even greater
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capability than VM, IBM announces the 'Virtual Universe Operating System'.
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Running under OS/VU, the individual user appears to have not merely a
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machine of thier own, but an entire universe of their own, in which they can
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set up, and take down their own programs, data sets, system networks, planets
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and even solar systems. The user need only specify the universe desired, and
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the OS/VU system generation program(IEHGOD) does the rest. This utility will
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reside in the library named 'SYS1.GODLIB'. Optimum performance for this
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function is six days of execution and one day of overhead. In conjunction
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with OS/VU, all system facilities will be replaced by one utility(IEHPROPHET)
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which will reside in the library names 'SYS1.MESSIAH'. This utility has no
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parms or control cards as it naturally knows what you want it to do when it is
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executed.
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Naturally the user must have attained a certain degree of sophistication
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in the data processing field if efficient utilization of OS/VU is to be
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achieved. Frequent calls to non-resident galaxies, for instance, can lead to
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unexpected delays in task execution. Although IBM, through its wholly-owned
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subsidiary, the United States of America, has embarked upon a program to
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upgrade the speed of light and thus reduce the overhead of extrasolar and
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metadimensional pagination, users must, at present, be careful to stay within
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the bounds of the laws of physics. IBM will charge a fee for any infractions.
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OS/VU will operate upon any IBM x0xx sytem possessing the Extended WARP
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Option.
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Users should be aware that IBM plans to migrate all existing systems and
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hardware to OS/VU as soon as their engineers effect an one output that is
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(conceptually) error-free. This will yield a base to develop an even more
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powerful operating system, designated 'Virtual Reality'. OS/VR is planned to
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enable the user to migrate to totally unreal universes. To aid the user in
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identifying the difference between a 'virtual reality' and 'REALITY', a file
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consisting of a linear arrangement of multi-sensory total records, or
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successive moments of 'now' will be established, and reside in the data set
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labeled 'SYS1.est'.
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