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From: kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: Operating systems
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Date: 4 Oct 89 16:19:04 GMT
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ferris@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Richard  Ferris) writes:

>I have used two IBM mainframe operating systems: TSO and CMS.
>A friend of mine mentioned that at her computer installation
>they were changing over to MVS as the new operating system.
>Not being very knowledgable about these things, I was wondering
>what is the deal with that OS and whether it is something that
>replaces CMS or runs under it.  Could someone give me a very

TSO is not really an operating system.  It is a terminal monitor program.
It provides access to your operating system from a terminal.  If you
have TSO, chances are pretty good that you have MVS. :-)
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Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347
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