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| Developer | IBM |
|---|---|
| OS family | RACS |
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Initial release | 1966 |
| Marketing target | IBM mainframe computers |
| Available in | English |
| Platforms | IBM System/360 |
| Preceded by | RACS |
| Succeeded by | MUSIC |
| History of IBM mainframe operating systems |
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IBM Remote Access Computing (RAX) is a discontinued early time-sharing system for IBM System/360 introduced in 1966.[1] RAX was based on an earlier system, RACS. developed jointly by IBM and Lockheed Aircraft in Marietta, Georgia in 1965. The system influenced a number of other timesharing systems including MCGILL-RAX from McGill University,[2] McGill's MUSIC,[3] and Reactive Terminal Service (RTS) from ITT Data Services.[2][4] In the 1970s Boston University used RAX as the basis of its VPS system, which ran as a guest operating system running on VM/370.[3]
- ^ IBM Corporation (23 January 2003). "DPD chronology". IBM Archives. Retrieved Apr 29, 2021.
- ^ a b Miller, Roy Watt. "MULTIPLE REGIONS FOR THE MCGILL-RAX TlME-SHARING SYSTEM". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved Apr 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "Boston University's RAX Library". Cryptosmith.com. 12 January 2012. Retrieved Apr 29, 2021.
- ^ "(advertisement)". The Pittsburgh Press. June 15, 1969. Retrieved May 2, 2021.