Editing IBM System/3 (section)

{{Short description|IBM midrange computer (1969–1985)}}
{{Infobox computer
| name         = IBM System/3
| logo         = IBM Logo 1967-1972.svg
| logo_size    = 120px
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| image        = Unità centrale di IBM sistema 3 - Museo scienza tecnologia Milano D0828-D0830 foto.jpg
| image_size   = 270px
| caption      = IBM System/3 model 10 in [[Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia]], Milan
| type         = [[Midrange computer]]
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| release date = {{Start date and age|1969}}
| discontinued = {{End date and age|1985}}
| price        = $1,000/month to lease
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| memory       = 4,096 bytes
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| language     = [[IBM RPG II]]
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| predecessor  = [[IBM 1400 series]];{{br}}[[IBM System/360]] low-end models ([[IBM System/360 model 20|20]], [[IBM System/360 model 25|25]] and [[IBM System/360 model 30|30]])
| successor    = [[IBM System/32]], {{br}}[[IBM System/34]]
}}

The '''IBM System/3''' was an [[IBM]] [[midrange computer]] introduced in 1969,<ref>[http://www.ibmsystem3.nl/pdf/IBM_S3_Announ1.pdf Original System/3 Product Announcement]</ref> and marketed until 1985. It was produced by [[IBM Rochester]] in [[Minnesota]] as a low-end business computer<ref name=System3.NYT75/> aimed at smaller organizations that still used [[IBM 1400 series]] computers or [[unit record equipment]]. The first member of what IBM refers to as their "midrange" line, it also introduced the [[IBM RPG II|RPG II]] programming language. It is the first ancestor in the [[product line]] whose current version is the [[IBM i]] series and includes the highly successful [[AS/400]].