SPFPC
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File manager
A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. The most common operations performed on files or groups of files are: create, open, edit, view, print, play, rename, move, copy, delete, search/find, and modify file attributes, properties...
and text editor
Text editor
A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain text files.Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code....
sold by Command Technology Corporation since the 1980s. SPFPC is similar 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...
's mainframe
Mainframe computer
Mainframes are powerful computers used primarily by corporate and governmental organizations for critical applications, bulk data processing such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and financial transaction processing.The term originally referred to the...
based ISPF
ISPF
In computing, Interactive System Productivity Facility is a software product for the z/OS operating system that runs on IBM mainframes...
. SPFPC v1.0 was released in June, 1984 and was not updated until v4.0 was released in 1994. The product has been re-branded as SPF/SourceEdit and is currently at v7.0.
It is one of several PC versions of the mainframe ISPF system, some commercial and some freeware versions. See the links for a list.