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==IBM products using OS/2== IBM has used OS/2 in a wide variety of hardware products, effectively as a form of [[embedded operating system]]. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Product ! style="width:12em;" | Product type ! Usage of OS/2 |- style="vertical-align: top;" | IBM 2074 || Console support controller || Used to connect 3270 sessions to host via ESCON channels. Introduced in September 2000 as a replacement for local, non-SNA 3174 Control Units. All models were withdrawn in 2006 and replaced by the Open System Adapter Integrated Console Controller (OSA ICC).<ref>{{cite web|title=IBM 2074 Model 2 Console Support Controller β Consolidating and Streamlining Console Support Function|date = 26 February 2002|url=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&htmlfid=897/ENUS102-054&appname=isource&language=enus|access-date=19 June 2014}}</ref> |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[IBM 3494]] || Tape library || Used as the operating system for the Library Manager (LM) that controlled the tape accessor (robot)<ref>{{cite book|title=IBM TotalStorage 3494 Tape Library: A Practical Guide to Tape Drives and Tape Automation|year=2009|publisher=IBM|isbn=978-0-7384-3222-9|page=420|url=http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg244632.html}}</ref> |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[IBM 3745]] || Communications controller || Used as the operating system for the Service Processor (SP) and if installed, the Network Node Processor (NNP).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://public.dhe.ibm.com/networking/nswww/as400/3746p/3746sp.pdf|publisher=IBM|title=IBM 3746 Software Plan}}</ref> |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[IBM 3890]] || Document processor || The 3890/XP1 was announced November 12, 1988. It initially used OS/2 1.1 Extended Edition<ref>{{cite web|title=IBM Announcement Letter|url=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.jsp?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/1/872/ENUS3890-XP1/index.html&lang=en|publisher=IBM|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref> on a [[IBM PS/2 Model 80|PS/2 Model 80]] to emulate the stacker control software that previously ran on a [[System/360]]. IBM later switched to OS/2 Warp.<ref>{{cite web|title=IBM Announcement Letter|url=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.jsp?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_rp/1/ENUS8V1161/index.html&lang=en|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref> |- style="vertical-align: top;" | IBM 473x || ATM || Used in a range of automatic teller machines manufactured by IBM. Was also used in later 478x ATMs manufactured with Diebold. |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[IBM 9672]] || [[IBM mainframe]] || Used as the operating system for the [[IBM Hardware Management Console#HMC for System z|Hardware Management Console]] (HMC) and Support Element (SE).<ref>{{cite web|title=Support Element Operations Guide|url=https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2f2b053a60fd5a852852568dc00605f0d&aid=1|access-date=30 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305172128/https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2f2b053a60fd5a852852568dc00605f0d&aid=1|archive-date=2014-03-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> Was also used in later mainframe models such as the IBM 2064. |}
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