Editing IBM System/34 (section)

{{Short description|IBM midrange computer (1977–1985)}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox Computer
| name = IBM System/34
| title = IBM System/34
| aka = S/34
| logo = File:IBM logo.svg
| logo_size = 100px
| image = File:IBM System34 (1) type 5340.jpg
| caption = IBM System/34 type 5340
| manufacturer = International Business Machines Corporation ([[IBM]])
| family = [[System/34]]
| releasedate = {{Start date and age|1977|04}}
| discontinued = February 1985
| os = [[System Support Program]]
| cpu = MSP and CSP
| memory = 48K – 256K
| predecessor = [[IBM System/32]]
| successor = [[IBM System/36]], [[IBM System/38]]
| related = [[IBM 5520]]
| website = {{Cite web|title=IBM Archives: System/34
    | url = https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV2236.html
    | archive-url=
https://web.archive.org/web/20181005060844/https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV2236.html
    | archive-date=2018-10-05 |url-status=dead
}}
| dimensions = 1220x660x1570mm
<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ibmsystem3nstallationManualPhysicalPlanningSep77_810249/page/n10/mode/1up|title=ibm :: system34 :: GA21-9242-1 System 34 Installation Manual-Physical Planning Sep77|date=1977-03-13}}</ref>
}}
The '''IBM System/34''' was an [[IBM]] [[midrange computer]] introduced in 1977.<ref name="ibm_archives">{{cite web|last=IBM Corporation|title=System/34|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV2236.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122174350/http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV2236.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2005|work=IBM Archives|date=23 January 2003 |access-date=December 4, 2012}}</ref> It was withdrawn from marketing in February 1985.<ref name="ibm_archives"/>  It was a multi-user, multi-tasking successor to the single-user [[System/32]]. It included two processors, one based on the System/32 and the second based on the [[System/3]]. Like the System/32 and the System/3, the System/34 was primarily programmed in the [[IBM RPG|RPG II]] language.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/system34/SC21-7667-4_System_34_RPG_II_Reference_Manual_Jan82.pdf
|title=System 34 RPG II Reference Manual}}</ref>