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IBM 360 Operating Systems Release History
20091006 18:08
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OS/360		
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Release 1       PCP  Pre-release in 11/1965
Announce:       12/1965
Availability:   03/31/1966	14 components, 1152 modules, 400359 source statements

Release 2
Availability:	06/66		14 components

Release 4/5     
Announce:       08/18/1966
Availability:	08/66		17 components

Release 6       MFT
Announce:	04/29/1966
Availability:	10/66		19 components

Release 8      
Announce:
Availability:   12/07/1966	22 components

Release 9.5
Availability	02/1967		29 components

Release 11
Availability:	05/67		34 components

Release 12      MVT, source resequenced
Announce:
Availability:   08/08/1967
 
Release 13
Announce:
Availability:   08/1967
Manuals:        09/1967

Release 14
Availability	01/1968		35 components

Release 15/16   MFT-II, VTOC positioning
Announce:
Availability:   08/30/1968	40 components, 3819 modules, 1740364 source statements (r16)
Manuals:        05/1968

Release 17
Announce:
Availability:	03/1969		44 components
Manuals:        11/1968

Release 18.0    SMF for MVT
Announce:       07/1969
Availability:	09/1969		>48 components
Manuals:        11/1969

Release 18.6   
Announce:       10/1969
Availability:

Release 19.0
Availability:	03/1970		>50 components
Manuals:        06/1970

Release 19.1    SMF for MFT, MFT Attach, 1285/87/88 support
Announce:       06/01/1970
Availability:   08/05/1970

Release 19.6    Update (PTF) release
Announce:       08/05/1970
Availability:   

Release 20.0
Availability:	09/1970		>53 components
Manuals:        01/1971

Release 20.1    TSO
Announce:       02/1971
Availability:
Manuals:        03/1971, 06/1971

Release 20.6    Update (PTF) release
Announce:
Availability:
Manuals:        09/1971

Release 21.0
Announce:
Availability:
Manuals:        03/1972

Release 21.6
Manuals:	08/1972

Release 21.7
Manuals:        04/1973

Release 21.8    
Announce:       08/1972
Availability:
Manuals:        08/1974

DOS/360
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Release 6    
Announce:
Availability:   12/7/1966

Release 20
Manuals:        04/1969

Release 21
Manuals:        11/1969

Release 24
Manuals:        10/1970

Release 28      DOS/VS, CRT console (360/125), IBM Boeblingen
Announce:       1973
Availability:

Release 29      VSAM, 3340 support
Announce:       1974
Availability:

BOS/360
=======

Release 17
Manuals:        07/1968

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Sources
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Lehman, "Program Evolution, Processes of Software Change" pg. 45
chart of all releases 1-20 and their size

http://d2-enterprises.org/f4.htm

In the book "IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems" I found the following
P-letters related to DOS and OS360. The numbers (84, 123 etc) refers
to the footnote numbers in the book.

84 IBM Programming Announcement, 7 december 1966: System/360 Disk
 Operating System, System Release 6, Letter P66-111

123 IBM Programming Announcement, 31 March 1966: IBM Operating
 System/360 (Primary Control Program), Letter P66-22

124 IBM Programming Announcement, 29 April 1966: IBM Operating
 System/360 (MFT), Letter P66-30

125 IBM Programming Announcement, 7 December 1966: IBM Operating
 System/360 Release 8, Letter P66-114

126 IBM Programming Announcement, 30 August 1968: IBM Operating
 System/360 Release 15/16, Letter P68-120

127 IBM Programming Announcement, 8 August 1967: IBM Operating
 System/360 Release 12, Letter P67-81

185 IBM Programming Announcement, 18 August 1966: IBM Operating
 System/360 Release 4 and 5, Letter P66-72

 
http://www.mxg.com/news/news15.asp (History of SMF)

IBM System 360/Operating System Release 18 Guide GC28-6718-1 July, 1969

IBM System/360 Operating System Consolidated Document Release 18 GY28-6681-2 Third Edition (October, 1969)
 Updated Version of Release 18, designated as Release 18.6, may  now  be ordered from PID.

IBM System/360 Operating System: Release 19 Guide GC28-6733-1 June 1970

IBM System/360 Operating System: Release 20 Guide GC28-6730-0 January 1971
 Announced 20.0 with support for S/360 and new S/370 155 processor (S/370
 165 in April) and indicates to expect 20.6 in 6-8 months.

IBM System/360 Operating System: Release 21 Guide GC28-6730-2 March, 1972 (Release 21.0)
 Announced  the  REC parameter and minor change in format of SMF records,
 and indicated that 21.6 would be along in 4-6 months.

IBM System/360 Operating System: Release 21 Guide GC28-6730-04 August, 1972 (Release 21.6)

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