Editing Michigan Terminal System (section)

===Programs developed for MTS===
The following are some of the notable programs developed for MTS:<ref name=MTSVol2>[https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/79612 MTS Volume 2: ''Public File Descriptions''], University of Michigan Computing Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan</ref>

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*Awit, a computer chess program written in Algol W by Tony Marsland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Awit|title=chessprogramming - Awit|work=Archived from wikispaces.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206072704/https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Awit|archive-date=2013-12-06}}</ref>
*Chaos, one of the leading computer chess programs from 1973 through 1985. Written in FORTRAN Chaos started at RCA Systems Programming division in Cinnaminson, NJ with Fred Swartz and Victor Berman as first authors, Mike Alexander and others joined the team later and moved development to MTS at the UM Computing Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Chaos|title=chessprogramming - Chaos|work=archived from wikispaces.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205052308/http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Chaos|archive-date=2013-12-05}}</ref>
*[[CONFER (software)|CONFER II]], one of the first computer conferencing systems. CONFER was developed by Robert Parnes starting in 1975 while he was a graduate student and with support from the [[University of Michigan]]'s [http://www.crlt.umich.edu/ Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)] and School of Education.<ref>[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=800191.805559 "Computer-based educational communications at the University of Michigan"], Karl L. Zinn, Robert Parnes, and Helen Hench, [http://www.crlt.umich.edu/ Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)], [[University of Michigan]], ''Proceedings of the ACM Annual Conference/Meeting'', 1976, pages 150-154</ref><ref>[http://www.umich.edu/~umscp/history.html The History of the Student Conferencing Project], University of Michigan, c. 1997</ref>
*FakeOS, a simulator that allows object modules containing OS/360 SVCs, control blocks, and references to OS/360 access methods to execute under MTS.
*Forum, a computer conferencing system developed by staff of the Computing Centre at the [[University of British Columbia]] (UBC).
*[[MAD programming language|GOM]] (Good Old Mad), a compiler for the 7090 [[MAD programming language|MAD language]] converted to run under MTS by Don Boettner of the UM's Computing Center.<ref name=GOM>[http://archive.michigan-terminal-system.org/documentation/documents/GOMManual-June1989.pdf ''GOM: Good Old Mad''], Donald Boettner, June 1989, University of Michigan Computing Center, 110p.</ref>
*IF (Interactive Fortran), developed by the [[University of British Columbia]] Computing Centre.<ref name=UBCIF-1973>[https://8d4ec138056a43619549adaab53ffb70b717bf4c.googledrive.com/host/0B4t_NX-QeWDYZi1rdUtBMVRUUEd2RWM3dFd0dHhMdw/IF-Interactive-Fortran-Compiler-SHARE%2041-13to17August1973-MiamiBeachFlorida.pdf "IF: An Interactive FORTRAN compiler"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216013824/https://8d4ec138056a43619549adaab53ffb70b717bf4c.googledrive.com/host/0B4t_NX-QeWDYZi1rdUtBMVRUUEd2RWM3dFd0dHhMdw/IF-Interactive-Fortran-Compiler-SHARE%2041-13to17August1973-MiamiBeachFlorida.pdf |date=2014-12-16}}, Ron Hall, ''SHARE 41 Proceedings'', 15 August 1973, Miami Beach, Florida, 8 pages.</ref>
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*[[MICRO Relational Database Management System|MICRO Information Management System]], one of the earliest relational database management systems implemented in 1970 by the Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR) at the University of Michigan.<ref name=MICROManual1977>[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B4t_NX-QeWDYZGMwOTRmOTItZTg2Zi00YmJkLTg4MTktN2E4MWU0YmZlMjE3 ''MICRO Information Management System (Version 5.0) Reference Manual''], M.A. Kahn, D.L. Rumelhart, and B.L. Bronson, October 1977, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR), University of Michigan and Wayne State University</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4t_NX-QeWDYZGJqRVBaSEdMVnc ''MICRO: A Relational Database Management System''], Harry F. Clark, David E. Hetrick, Robert C. Bressan, July 1992, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR), University of Michigan, 451 pages, {{ISBN|9780877363507}}</ref>
*MIDAS (Michigan Interactive Data Analysis System), an interactive statistical analysis package developed by Dan Fox and others at UM's Statistical Research Laboratory.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015000966526 ''Documentation for MIDAS: Michigan Interactive Data Analysis System''], by Daniel J. Fox and Kenneth E. Guire, 1974, Statistical Research Laboratory University of Michigan, Ann Arbor</ref>
*[[UBC PLUS|Plus]], a programming language developed by Alan Ballard and Paul Whaley of the Computing Centre at the University of British Columbia (UBC).<ref name=UBCPlus-1984>[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4t_NX-QeWDYYlYydkNuQjFTU3k0dHg5VUpWQXJOdw/edit "The Plus Systems Programming Language"], Alan Ballard and Paul Whaley, in ''Proceedings of Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) Congress 84'', June 1984.</ref><ref name=UBCPlus>[http://archive.michigan-terminal-system.org/documentation/documents/Plus-1987.pdf ''UBC PLUS: The Plus Programming Language''], Allan Ballard and Paul Whaley, October 1987, University of British Columbia Computing Centre, 198pp.</ref>
*TAXIR, an information storage and retrieval system designed for taxonomic data at the University of Colorado by David Rogers, Henry Fleming, Robert Brill, and George Estabrook and ported to MTS and enhanced by Brill at the University of Michigan.<ref>[https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED064063 ''The Taxir Primer''], R. C. Brill, 1971, Colorado Univ., Boulder. Inst. of Arctic and Alpine Research</ref>
*Textform, a text-processing program developed at the University of Alberta's Computing Centre to support device independent output to a wide range of devices from line printers, to the Xerox 9700 page printers, to advanced phototypesetting equipment using fixed width and proportional fonts.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4t_NX-QeWDYQUJaejBXYV9RcUdkUDJCYWNrVmVRZw/edit "A New Tool for Publishing Printed Material"], TEXTFORM Group, University of Alberta, ''Share 48 Proceedings'', Vol II, pp. 1042-1056, 1977.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4t_NX-QeWDYZ3ZlVllLVGdRV0s1NHo4cE5XOFRodw/edit "Publishing, Word Processing and TEXTFORM"], Grant Crawford, University of Alberta, in Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) Session '78 Proceedings, pp. 88-92, 1978.</ref><ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/020087914 ''Textform''], Computing Services, University of Alberta, 1984, 216 p.</ref><ref>[http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univOfMichigan/mts/memos/r1028-TEXTFORMReferenceManual-Jan1986.pdf ''Textform Reference Manual''], Computing Center, University of Michigan, January 1986.</ref>
*VSS, a simulator developed at the [[University of British Columbia]]'s Computing Centre that makes it possible to run OS/MFT, OS/MVT, VS1, and MVS application programs under MTS.
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