Allen-Babcock Computing

"Allen-Babcock Computing was founded in Los Angeles in 1964. The company was established by James Babcock and Michael Jane Allen Babcock to take advantage of the fast-growing market for computer time-sharing services."

In 1966 the company developed "RUSH" [Remote Users of Shared Hardware], an interactive dialect of PL/I

PL/I

PL/I is a procedural, imperative computer programming language designed for scientific, engineering, business and systems programming applications...

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Between 1965 and 1966 they developed CPS [Conversational Programming System], a timesharing system that ran under OS/360, under contract to IBM

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

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"In 1969 Allen-Babcock held a 3 percent share of the time-sharing services market along with other companies such as Call-A-Computer, Com-Share, Tym Share, and Adams Associates."

In 1975 Allen-Babcock was acquired by Tymshare

Tymshare

Tymshare, Inc. was headquartered in Cupertino, California from 1964 to 1984.It was a well-known timesharing service and third-party hardware maintenance company throughout its history and competed with companies such as Four Phase, Compuserve, and Digital Equipment Corporation...

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