Grasp (software)
GRASP was a systems software package that provided spooling facilities for the IBM/370 running DOS/VS or DOS/VSE environment, and IBM/360 running DOS or retrofitted with modified DOS.
The product
GRASP was a mainframe operating system enhancement available for DOS, DOS/VS, DOS/VSE, and some third party DOS-based operating systems. Subsequent versions became known as GRASP/VS and GRASP/VSE.
It 'spooled' (queued) printer and card data, freeing programs from being dependent upon the speed of printers or punched card equipment.
GRASP was the first such spooler for IBM mainframes, and later had competition from IBM's POWER and DataCorp's The Spooler. GRASP, like Spooler, could reside in an independent 'F0' partition.
Platforms
Software
The product ran under several DOS-related platforms:
DOS/VS
DOS/VSE
DOS
DOS clones, 3rd party or modified
Hardware
Hardware platforms included:
IBM/360 which ran Power
IBM/370 which ran Power/VS
and clones, which included:
Amdahl
Fujitsu
Hitachi
Magnuson