Willems' approach to dynamical systems without a priori distinguishing between inputs and outputs is accepted, and with this as a starting point, new linear dynamical systems are introduced and studied. It is proved in particular that (in the complex case) the set of isomorphism classes of completely observable (or completely reachable) linear systems with given input and output numbers and McMillan degree, has a natural structure of a compact algebraic variety. This variety is closely connected to the one constructed by Hazewinkel using the Rosenbrock linear systems % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGGipm0dc9vqaqpepu0xbbG8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGabeiEayaaca% aaaa!35DB!\[{\rm{\dot x}}\]=Ax+Bu, v=Cx+D(·)u, where D is a polynomial matrix, and may be regarded as the most natural compactification of it. (The connection is very similar to that of Grassm,mx+p(ℂ) and Matm.p(ℂ). Input/output linear systems, i.e. linear systems equipped with an extra structure which distinguishes input and output signals, are also considered. It is shown that each of them may be represented by the equations K% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGGipm0dc9vqaqpepu0xbbG8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGabeiEayaaca% aaaa!35DB!\[{\rm{\dot x}}\]+L% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGGipm0dc9vqaqpepu0xbbG8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGabeyDayaaca% aaaa!35D8!\[{\rm{\dot u}}\]=Fx+Gu, v=Hx+Ju (det(K−sF)∈0). Such systems clearly contain the so-called generalized linear systems. They also contain the Rosenbrock linear systems mentioned above and essentially coincide with them.