IBM Remote Access Computing
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Hardware
RAX was available from IBM as program number 360A-CX-17X, and runs on System/360 Model 30 and above.As announced, it runs on systems with as little as 64 KB of main storage, and supports a mix of up to 63 IBM 1050 typewriter terminals and IBM 2260 display terminals. The languages supported are BASIC, FORTRAN IV, and IBM Basic assembly language. In a minimal system with 64 KB memory, user programs can be up to 32 KB, with larger programs allowed on larger systems.
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Users
In 1968 RAX was used by the United States Department of Agriculture for their Washington Data Processing Center. It was used in a number of colleges, universities, and corporations, including McGill, Boston University, St. Andrew's in Scotland, The University of Rhode Island, and Bell Aerosystems.