Hardware Requirements
DOS/360 required a System/360 CPU (model 25 and above) with the standard instruction set (decimal and floating-point instruction sets optional). The minimum memory requirement was 16KB; storage protection was required only if multiprogramming was used. A 1052 Model 7 printer-keyboard, either a selector or multiplexor channel, and at least one disk drive was required — initially a 2311 holding 7.25MB. A card reader, card punch and line printer were usually included, but magnetic tape drives could be substituted.
A typical configuration might consist of a S/360 model 30 with 32KB memory and the decimal instruction set, an IBM 2540 card reader/card punch, an IBM 1403 printer, two or three IBM 3211 disks, two IBM 2415 magnetic tape drives, and the 1052-7 console.
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