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IBM System/3
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<p>The IBM System/3 was an <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> <a href="/facts/Midrange_computer/AqMu97th">midrange computer</a> introduced in 1969, and marketed until 1985. It was produced by <a href="/facts/IBM_Rochester/2NnJqE0w">IBM Rochester</a> in <a href="/facts/Minnesota/ncgVuC4Q">Minnesota</a> as a low-end business computer aimed at smaller organizations that still used <a href="/facts/IBM_1400_series/LFRzjq7b">IBM 1400 series</a> computers or <a href="/facts/Unit_record_equipment/xkRvng9j">unit record equipment</a>. The first member of what IBM refers to as their "midrange" line, it also introduced the <a href="/facts/IBM_RPG_II/QD7FtAXz">RPG II</a> programming language. It is the first ancestor in the <a href="/facts/Product_line/CXJV5fV9">product line</a> whose current version is the <a href="/facts/IBM_i/lsIRAUvn">IBM i</a> series and includes the highly successful <a href="/facts/AS%2f400/BWYaNnqe">AS/400</a>. </p>