Administrative Terminal System for IBM System/360

The Administrative Terminal System for IBM System/360 (ATS/360) is a new time-shared documentation system. This on-line system helps solve problems in the preparation of engineering documents by the use of specially designed terminal commands for text material, and by a programming system to provide many document-processing functions. These include automatic page formatting with headings, footings, and page numbering, as well as text-modifying actions. A significant feature is the ease with which documents can be converted to machine-readable form at a typewriter terminal for further computer processing. Programming techniques used allow unrelated background programs to run concurrently with ATS/360, obviating the need for a dedicated computing system.