IBM 8100 DPPX

DPPX
Description

DPPX was written in Programming Language for Distributed Systems (PL/DS), a PL/I-derived systems programming language, similar to the PL/S systems programming language used for MVS and VM. Part of the DPPX/370 development process was developing a PL/DS 2 language, which was based on PL/DS, but with changes necessitated by the changed instruction set. (PL/DS, like PL/S, is a high-level language which encourages significant use of inline assembly.)

Year First Manufactured
1978

Contact Us

  • Contact: Aaron C. Sylvan,
    Board Chair
  • Address: IT History Society
    534 Third Avenue
    Suite 1248
    Brooklyn, NY 11215
  • Email:      info@ithistory.org