IBM System/370 145 Manual page 3

PREFACE
It is assumed that the reader of this publication is familiar with
System/360. The reader should have a general knowledge of System/360
architecture, channels, I/O devices, and programming systems support.
This guide highlights only those Model 145 hardware, I/O, and
programming systems features that: are different from those of system/360
models and discusses their significance. This publication applies to
systems with 60-cycle power.
The total Model 145 guide consists of this base publication (Sections
01 to 70), which covers virtual storage concepts and Model 145 hardware
and I/O devices, and from one to four optional supplements (Sections 80
to 110). The optional supplement:s describe the facilities of the IBM
operating systems that support a virtual storage environment using the
dynamic address translation hard~rare of the Model 145. Each optional
supplement has its own unique form number and each supplement desired
must be ordered separately and inserted in this base publication, which
is distributed without the automclltic inclusion of any optional
supplements.
The following optional supplements can be inserted in this base
publication:
• DOS/Virtual Storage Features Supplement* - assumes knowledge of DOS
Version 4
• as/Virtual Storage 1 Features: Supplement (GC20-1752) - assumes
knowledge of as MFT
• as/Virtual Storage 2 Features: Supplement (GC20-1753) - assumes
knowledge of OS MVT
• Virtual Machine Facility/370 Features Supplement*
All optional supplements also assume knowledge of virtual storage,
dynamic address translation, and other new Model 145 features as
described in this base publication or appropriate system library
manuals. However, no optional sUlpplement requires knowledge of the
contents of any other optional su.pplement.
This base publication, as well as each optional supplement, begins
with page 1 and includes its own table of contents and index. The base
publication or supplement title is printed at the bottom of each page as
a means of identification.
*Availability to be announced
A Guide to the IBM System/370 Model 145