The following memo recently came across my desk for general distribution, and was provided by the IBM publications dept., P.O.Box 12195-E02, Research Triangle Park, NC, 22709. SUBJECT: NEW OPERATING SYSTEM FOR IBM MAINFRAMES. Because So many users have asked for an Operating System of even greater capability than VM, IBM announces the "Virtual Universe Operating System". Running under OS/VU, the individual user appears to have not merely a machine of their own, but an entire universe of their own, in which they can set up, and take down their own programs, data sets, system networks, planets and even solar systems. The user need only specify the universe desired, and the OS/VU system generation program(IEHGOD) does the rest. This utility will reside in the library named "SYS1.GODLIB". Optimum performance for this function is six days of execution and one day of overhead. In conjunction with OS/VU, all system facilities will be replaced by one utility (EHPROPHET) which will reside in the library names "SYS1.MESSIAH". This utility has no parms or control cards as it naturally knows what you want it to do when it is executed. Naturally the user must have attained a certain degree of sophistication in the data processing field if efficient utilization of OS/VU is to be achieved. Frequent calls to non-resident galaxies, for instance, can lead to unexpected delays in task execution. Although IBM, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, the United States of America, has embarked upon a program to upgrade the speed of light and thus reduce the overhead of extrasolar and metadimensional pagination, users must, at present, be careful to stay within the bounds of the laws of physics. IBM will charge a fee for any infractions. OS/VU will operate upon any IBM x0xx sytem possessing the Extended WARP Option. Users should be aware that IBM plans to migrate all existing systems and hardware to OS/VU as soon as their engineers effect an one output that is (conceptually) error-free. This will yield a base to develop an even more powerful operating system, designated "Virtual Reality". OS/VR is planned to enable the user to migrate to totally unreal universes. To aid the user in identifying the difference between a "virtual reality" and "REALITY", a file consisting of a linear arrangement of multi-sensory total records, or successive moments of "now" will be established, and reside in the data set labeled "SYS1.est".'); 200 N81N ......................... ... ...-....