Editing IBM System/32 (section)

==Overview==
[[File:IBM System32.jpg|thumb|IBM System/32 in Computer History Museum]]
The [[16-bit]] single-user System/32, also known as the IBM 5320, was introduced in 1975,<ref name=IBM.32>{{cite web
|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/rochester/rochester_4017.html
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|title=IBM System/32  |website=IBM Corporation|date=23 January 2003 }}</ref> and it was the successor to the [[IBM System/3]] model 6 in the IBM [[midrange computer]] line. IBM described it as "the first system to incorporate hardware and comprehensive application software."<ref name=IBM.32/> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the ''32'' as "a compact computer for first‐time users with little or no computer programming experience."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
   |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/17/archives/ibm-starting-series-1-system-to-enter-minicomputer-market.html
   |title=I.B.M. Starting Series 1 System To Enter Minicomputer Market
   |author=William D. Smith  |date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> Within 40 months, "the System/32 had surpassed the IBM System/3 as the most installed IBM computer."<ref name=IBM.32/>

The computer looked like a large office desk with a very small six-line by forty-character display. Having the appearance of a computerized desk, the System/32 was nicknamed the "Bionic Desk" after ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' (bionic man), a popular U.S. TV program when the computer was introduced in 1975. The ''32'' had a built-in [[computer printer|line printer]], that directly faced the operator when seated, and could print reports, memos, billing statements, address labels, etc. 

It had  been introduced January 7, 1975 and was withdrawn from marketing on October 17, 1984. Migration to the [[IBM System/34]] was generally simple because source code was compatible and programs just needed recompilation.