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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, Research
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Triangle Park, NC, 22709.
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SUBJECT: NEW OPERATING SYSTEM FOR IBM
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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 machine
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of their own, but an entire universe of their own, in which they can set up,
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and take down their own programs, data sets, system networks, planets and even
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solar systems. The user need only specify the universe desired, and the OS/VU
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system generation program(IEHGOD) does the rest. This utility will reside in
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the library named "SYS1.GODLIB". Optimum performance for this function is six
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days of execution and one day of overhead. In conjunction with OS/VU, all
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system facilities will be replaced by one utility (EHPROPHET) which will
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reside in the library names "SYS1.MESSIAH". This utility has no parms or
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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 in the
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data processing field if efficient utilization of OS/VU is to be achieved.
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Frequent calls to non-resident galaxies, for instance, can lead to unexpected
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delays in task execution. Although IBM, through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
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the United States of America, has embarked upon a program to upgrade the speed
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of light and thus reduce the overhead of extrasolar and metadimensional
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pagination, users must, at present, be careful to stay within the bounds of the
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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 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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