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Ancient pre-release version of OS/2 2.0 discovered, released in VM-friendly packages

TechSpot

A software archaeologist known as Neozeed recently shared a pre-release version of OS/2 2.0, an ambitious PC operating system that Microsoft and IBM were developing together in the 1990s before the former decided to pursue the Windows route. The "raw" floppy images are available on the Internet Archive, and Neozeed.

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Mainframe modernization holds the key to IBM i success

CIO Business Intelligence

IBM mainframe technology is a data center lynchpin for many organizations. Introduced 35 years ago as OS/400, a survey of IBM i users by Forta found that seven out of 10 use IBM i, an operating system developed by IBM for IBM Power Systems, to run more than half of their applications.

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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 12

IT Toolbox

the network system calls then provided under interrupt 21H gave all suppliers of network software the capability to standardize at least some of the access to LAN hardware. Most manufacturers of LAN software had announced or implemented support of NETBIOS for IBM LANs. When DOS was extended in Version 3.1,

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IBM: Technology for both enterprises and the startup world

CTOvision

One reason to track IBM ( NYSE:IBM ) is to watch as they react to the threats from firms like Amazon. What Amazon has done in Cloud Computing is absolutely incredible and it really helped wake up IBM to the need to innovate in this area. IBM has also famously been pioneering IoT capabilities and invests heavily in smart cities.

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Modernizing the mainframe for the digital era

CIO Business Intelligence

He’s doing just that on the bank’s IBM Z system mainframes, for which the bank has written some 10 million lines of code over the years. Each houses an IBM z15 system. According to IDC, IBM sold more than 4,300 IBM Z systems in 2020, for approximately $3.5 M&T, a $6.5 Z upgrades and open source.

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HDS, Fujitsu, and mainframes

IT Toolbox

t that long ago that Hitachi Data Systems was rumoured to be buying IBM?s s also announced that it will supply IBM z Systems loaded with Hitachi VOS3 operating system software. s mainframe division and now it has announced that it?s s dumping its own mainframe business. s unpick this information.

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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

Microsoft’s first version of Windows might not have been well received, but it kick-started a battle between Apple, IBM, and Microsoft to provide computing to the masses. While Apple had been ahead in producing mouse-driven GUIs at the time, it remained focused on the combination of hardware and software. Carol Halebia. With Windows 1.0,

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