<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
8100	I-Device
Information	I-Device
System	I-Device
,	O
announced	O
Oct	O
.	O
3	O
,	O
1978	O
,	O
was	O
at	O
one	O
time	O
IBM	O
’s	O
principal	O
distributed	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
engine	O
,	O
providing	O
local	O
processing	O
capability	O
under	O
two	O
incompatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
(	O
DPPX	B-Operating_System
and	O
DPCX	B-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
follow-on	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	B-Architecture
3790	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
8100	O
,	O
when	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Processing	I-Architecture
Programming	O
Executive	O
(	O
DPPX	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
provide	O
turnkey	O
distributed	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
capabilities	O
in	O
a	O
centrally	O
controlled	O
and	O
managed	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
would	O
not	O
be	O
expanded	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
System/370	B-Device
compatible	O
processor	O
line	O
,	O
ES/9370	B-Device
,	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
version	O
of	O
DPPX/SP	O
that	O
would	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
ES/9370	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
ES/9370	B-Device
family	O
of	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DPPX/370	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
customers	O
in	O
December	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DPCX	B-Operating_System
(	O
Distributed	B-Architecture
Processing	I-Architecture
Control	O
eXecutive	O
)	O
was	O
mainly	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
word	O
processing	O
system	O
,	O
Distributed	O
Office	O
Support	O
Facility	O
(	O
DOSF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
8100	O
Loop	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
R-Loop	O
"	O
and	O
it	O
supported	O
various	O
attached	O
terminals	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
3104	B-Device
)	O
,	O
printers	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
free-standing	O
3268-1	B-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
other	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
8100	O
also	O
supported	O
an	O
"	O
intelligent	O
"	O
terminal	O
called	O
the	O
8775	O
(	O
which	O
shared	O
the	O
same	O
case	O
as	O
the	O
3279	B-Operating_System
colour	O
display	O
terminal	O
for	O
IBM	O
's	O
mainframes	O
and	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
3279	B-Operating_System
was	O
designed	O
at	O
IBM	O
's	O
UK	O
Development	O
Lab	O
at	O
Hursley	O
Park	O
,	O
England	O
)	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
ship	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
download	O
its	O
functionality	O
from	O
the	O
host	O
computer	O
to	O
which	O
it	O
was	O
attached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
Computer	O
Automation	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
offered	O
a	O
trade-in	O
program	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
8100	I-Device
users	O
,	O
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
a	O
CA-Syfa	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
