This group is for all folks running the original IBM VM/370 Release 6 operating system (or later (e.g. VMTCE (Community Edition)) on Hercules. Like the other early IBM operating systems this version has always been in the public domain and so can be freely distributed. The base version as supplied by IBM is lacking in many facilities. IBM solved this by providing additional extension products which were licensed and so are not available. There are however many user enhancements available which can be installed. In addition, in order to get users up and running quickly updated "releases" of VM/370 included the most popular updates are available for download, so novices can start to learn VM without having to delve into the system internals. It is intended that this wiki will provide information on the base release and these updates.
The available versions are here :-
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Re: VM/ESA woes (W state 9025)
It works because Hercules does/did not correctly emulate the default controller which I believe is a 3390. It is however possible to connect 3390 DASD to a 3380 controller which Hercules does emulate
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Dave Wade
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Re: What do we call it?
Works for me. I have no strong preference between the shortened versions. The first seems more in the tradition of IBM product naming conventions, but the second keeps the ¡°M0¡± part visible.
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pjfarley3
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Re: VM/ESA woes (W state 9025)
Errata: a friendly soul* Anyway, here goes the paste with the sensible corrections. https://pastebin.com/pLj1FagN
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trp
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Re: VM/ESA woes (W state 9025)
Well, it's now solved. A friendly sould gave me his copy of hercules.cnf for VM/ESA. Though his file worked, I wondered why mine didn't. So I found out why: # DASDs 0123 3390 $(DASD)/240RES.123
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trp
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Re: VMFPLC2 Bug
In the UK (and possibly other countries that had a ? currency, e.g. Malta) the ¡°Pound Sign¡± is the ? which is a stylized ¡°L¡± with bar through it, from the Latin ¡°Libra¡±. I think
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Dave Wade
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Re: VMFPLC2 Bug
It is unless you are in the UK (or use international char sets) as that is the pound symbol (will try and show it but =? ?) We refer it (#) as well as as the hash symbol but I go back a bit :)
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Vince Coen
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Re: VMFPLC2 Bug
Of course the DMS-10 is a Canadian switch, so they would probably use the Canadian term current at the time. But certainly Nortel borrowed that from 1960s AT&T usage. Are we off-topic yet? Tony H.
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Tony Harminc
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Re: VMFPLC2 Bug
I've always heard "#" referred to as the pound sign. Joe
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Joe Monk
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Re: VM/ESA woes (W state 9025)
Hi, Joe I've tried adding it back. But, as I suspected, that wasn't the problem. Also, it previously worked under z/VM. Also, from what I gather, VM/ESA doesn't seem to support QDIO/ETH. And that
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trp
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Re: VMFPLC2 Bug
I have heard the term before, but can't say from where. Totally off topic, but... In another world, I am an antique telephone collector and phone "switcher". I have 11,700 Bell System Practices
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Bill Lewis
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Re: VMFPLC2 Bug
I have been involved in computers, (operating, programming, analysis, Test and DB management & Director for IT since 1963. In most of it the # symbol has been referred as hash for IBM, ICL, and a lot
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Vince Coen
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Re: VMFPLC2 Bug
Yes, in Dutch it is sometimes called "hekje", which also translates as little fence. The first part of it (i.e. "fence") is pronouced similar to the English "hack", so #42 is the symbol for the
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Rhialto
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Re: What do we call it?
Does this work for every one? Renaming the 1.3 beta: *VM/370 Community Edition V1R3M0* I guess the "shortest" form could be: VM/370 CE V1R3 or VM/370 CE 1.3.0? Happy New Year to all, ... Mark Stevens
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: VM/ESA woes (W state 9025)
OK its what I thought. You have QDIO devices specified, but no QDIO devices in your hercules config. So the DIAGNOSE checking is failing and causing the issue i believe. Joe
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Joe Monk
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Re: VM/ESA woes (W state 9025)
** ¡°Better¡±, I mean. Hm... That may be. This is the configuration: https://pastebin.com/Qe0HufTm But it's not that much different from the config. I use with other systems from the same era.
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trp
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Re: VM/ESA woes (W state 9025)
What does your hercules config look like? 9025 can mean hardware damage, so your hercules config may not be correct. Joe
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Joe Monk
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Re: VMFPLC2 Bug
In Italian is often called "cancelletto", that, is, "little gate" (it does resemble an iron wrought gate I suppose).? From there to "little gate(s)", to "guglielmetto", to "little bill", doesn't take
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Marco Antoniotti
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Re: VM/ESA woes (W state 9025)
Well, I didn't try with 3.x, yet. Partly because I wanted Hyperion's network support, which seems to be slightly best. But I might try with 3.x later... Yup. First thing.
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trp
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Re: VM/ESA woes (W state 9025)
Hi, To amplify, now that I¡¯m on my PC :) Look into the PGMPRDOS parameter in hercules.cnf. Best, Zack.
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Zachary Kline
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Re: VM/ESA woes (W state 9025)
Did you edit the configuration to allow you to run licensed systems? That is not the default setting, and I believe that when you try to IPL, it will fail if you have not done so.
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Zachary Kline
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