<s>
IBM	O
Basic	O
Programming	O
Support/360	O
(	O
BPS	O
)	O
,	O
originally	O
called	O
Special	O
Support	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
standalone	B-General_Concept
programs	I-General_Concept
for	O
System/360	B-Application
mainframes	O
with	O
a	O
minimum	O
of	O
8KiB	O
of	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
package	O
included	O
"	O
assemblers	O
,	O
IOCS	B-Application
,	O
compilers	O
,	O
sorts	O
,	O
and	O
utilities	O
but	O
no	O
governing	O
control	O
program.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
BPS	O
came	O
in	O
two	O
versions	O
a	O
strictly	O
punched	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
system	O
and	O
a	O
magnetic	O
tape	O
based	O
system	O
which	O
,	O
contrary	O
to	O
the	O
stated	O
goals	O
,	O
kept	O
a	O
small	O
supervisor	O
permanently	O
resident	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programming	O
languages	O
available	O
were	O
IBM	B-Device
Basic	I-Device
Assembly	I-Device
Language	I-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Language
RPG	I-Language
,	O
and	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
IV	I-Application
(	O
subset	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tape	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
required	O
16KiB	O
of	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPS	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
"	O
disk	O
"	O
counterpart	O
called	O
BOS/360	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
required	O
8KiB	O
of	O
memory	O
and	O
supported	O
disks	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
2311	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
responsible	O
for	O
BPS/BOS	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
develop	O
DOS/360	B-Application
and	I-Application
TOS/360	I-Application
as	O
a	O
supposed	O
"	O
interim	O
"	O
solution	O
when	O
it	O
became	O
evident	O
that	O
OS/360	B-Application
would	O
be	O
too	O
large	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
16KiB	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPS	O
and	O
BOS	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
run	O
standalone	O
applications	O
on	O
a	O
minimal	O
System/360	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
application	O
was	O
the	O
System/360	B-Application
Work	O
Station	O
for	O
remote	B-Protocol
job	I-Protocol
entry	I-Protocol
to	O
a	O
larger	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
