<s>
The	O
Honeywell	B-Device
200	I-Device
was	O
a	O
character-oriented	O
two-address	O
commercial	O
computer	O
introduced	O
by	O
Honeywell	O
in	O
December	O
1963	O
,	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
later	O
models	O
in	O
Honeywell	B-Device
200	I-Device
Series	O
,	O
including	O
1200	O
,	O
1250	O
,	O
2200	O
,	O
3200	O
,	O
4200	O
and	O
others	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
character	O
processor	O
of	O
the	O
Honeywell	O
8200	O
(	O
1968	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
IBM	O
's	O
1401	B-Device
,	O
the	O
H200	O
was	O
two	O
or	O
three	O
times	O
faster	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
software	O
support	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
could	O
execute	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
programs	O
without	O
need	O
for	O
their	O
recompilation	B-Application
or	O
reassembly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Liberator	O
marketing	O
campaign	O
exploited	O
this	O
compatibility	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
credited	O
in	O
later	O
Honeywell	O
publicity	O
statements	O
with	O
stalling	O
the	O
sales	O
of	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Honeywell	O
claimed	O
an	O
initial	O
rush	O
of	O
hundreds	O
of	O
orders	O
for	O
the	O
H200	O
that	O
itself	O
stalled	O
when	O
IBM	O
countered	O
with	O
a	O
marketing	O
emphasis	O
on	O
their	O
System	B-Application
360	I-Application
product	O
range	O
that	O
was	O
then	O
under	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
punctuation	O
bits	O
recorded	O
a	O
word	B-Device
mark	I-Device
and	O
an	O
item	O
mark	O
,	O
while	O
both	O
being	O
set	O
constituted	O
a	O
record	O
mark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
item-marked	O
op-code	O
would	O
be	O
handled	O
differently	O
from	O
normal	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
emulation	O
of	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
instructions	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
directly	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
provided	O
a	O
simple	O
switch	O
between	O
threads	O
within	O
a	O
program	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
sequence/cosequence	O
behaviour	O
of	O
the	O
Honeywell	B-Device
800	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
H200	O
supported	O
operation	O
with	O
just	O
a	O
console	O
,	O
card	O
reader	O
and	O
punch	O
like	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
,	O
the	O
generic	O
Input-Output	O
instructions	O
also	O
supported	O
line	O
printers	O
,	O
magnetic	O
tape	O
drives	O
and	O
disk	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
including	O
word	B-Device
marks	I-Device
and	O
item	O
marks	O
)	O
onto	O
disk	O
for	O
faster	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Honeywell	O
placed	O
strong	O
emphasis	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
COBOL	B-Application
,	O
it	O
also	O
supported	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
and	O
RPG	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
H200	O
was	O
commonly	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
spooling	O
computer	O
associated	O
with	O
a	O
larger	O
Honeywell	B-Device
800	I-Device
series	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
