Editing IBM System/34 (section)

===Programming===
The System/34's initial programming languages were limited to [[RPG II]] and Basic Assembler<ref>{{cite news   
   |newspaper=[[Computerworld]] |date=September 26, 1977 |page=23
   |url=https://www-merlijn.archive.org/details/computerworld1139unse/page/23/mode/1up
   |title=Fortran IV One Highlight Of IBM 34 Enhancements}}</ref> when introduced in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
   |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/17/business/ibm-introduces-computer-to-replace-system-34-model.html
   |title=I.B.M. introduces computer to replace System 34 model
   |author=Andrew Pollack  |date=May 17, 1983}}</ref> [[FORTRAN]] was fully available six months after the 34's introduction,<ref name=S34intro78>{{cite book  
   |url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/system34/GC21-5153-2_System_34_Introduction_Mar78.pdf
   |title=System/34 Introduction  |date=March 1978}}</ref> and [[COBOL]] was available as a [[Request price quotation|PRPQ]].<ref>"potentially available ... special order"</ref> [[System/34 BASIC|BASIC]] was introduced later.