IBM Office and Document Processing System, or ODPS, was an integrated office system for the Asian languages, announced in 1984, that ran on IBM's mainframe computers under VM, offering such functions as email, calendar, and document processing & storing.
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Software Components and Functions
IBM ODPS consisted of four software components with the functions described below.
Office Support Program
The Office Support Program, or OFSP, was PROFS enabled to process the Double Byte Character Set of the Asian languages and added some more functions. It could handle email, address, scheduling, storing/search/distribution of documents, and switch to PROFS in English.
Document Composition Program
The Document Composition Program, or DCP, was a porting from Document Composition Facility, enabled for processing the Double Byte Character Sets with additional functions. It allowed preparation and printing of documents, with a SCRIPT-type editing method.
Document Composition Program/Workstation
The Document Composition Program/Workstation allowed preparation of documents on IBM 5550, PS/55 and other "workstations" (personal computers), that offered IBM Kanji System functions.
Facsimile　Program
The Facsimile　Program offered sending/receiving of facsimile data.
In Japan, Korea and Taiwan
IBM ODPS was developed in IBM Tokyo Programming Center, located in Kawasaki, Japan, later absorbed into IBM Yamato Development Laboratory, in conjunction with IBM Dallas Programming Center in Westlake, Texas, U.S., where PROFS was developed, and other programming centers. It first became available in 1984 for Japanese, and then was translated into Korean by IBM Korea and into Traditional Chinese by IBM Taiwan. It was not translated into Simplified Chinese for mainland China.