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: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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There is a difference between the V3 and the V4 distributions of Hercules. Two different groups of develops, two different ideologies, two different implementations, I would offer that V3.13 is
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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Fish, It probably has something to do with the flow, or the lack thereof, of SDL Hercules V4 into various Linux distributions, such as Arch, or Fedora, or even Ubuntu. I'm not saying a person can not
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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Joe Monk wrote: Eh? Since when are official releases of Hercules v4 only beta releases? What constitutes an "official" release? -- "Fish" (David B. Trout) Software Development Laboratories
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Fish Fish
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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"I don't know why maintainers of packages are so bad at updating Hercules to version 4." Because OFFICIALLY, there is no released version of Hercules version 4. ALL versions of hercules version 4 are
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Joe Monk
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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I don't know why maintainers of packages are so bad at updating Hercules to version 4. For macports, I added a comment, urging to do an update, to https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44583 . Maybe a
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Rhialto
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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Ant,I'm not sure how many of the maintainers are using version 4, but many maintainers and users are still using version 3 for the same reason as you are, it is easy to install.Due to my current lack
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gdblodgett
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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I am always keen to improve things through feedback, but am I to take it that R1.V1.1 is only aimed at, and tested with Hercules 4.x ? On Mac installing Hercules 3.x is super easy, so that is the
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Anthony Smith
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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Correct.? The configuration name changed during the transition from Hercules 3.x and the newer SDL Hercules 4.x version.I use the Meld diff utility to see the changes from one release of VM to
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gdblodgett
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A 'game' written in REXX in 1983
Since I discovered Hercules two months ago I've been working on making a game I wrote in REXX for VM/CMS in 1983 working again. 'Game' is maybe the wrong term - it's more of a puzzle that you solve by
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Dave Mitchell
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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Excellent. All appears to be resolved. I will better understand these options now. I take it this is a known issue which I didn't stumble across?
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Anthony Smith
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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Or install a supported Hercules. Version 3.xx now appears to be unsupported. Dave G4UGM Sent: 31 December 2021 14:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h390-vm] No VM IPL with V1.R1.1 #VMCE I
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Dave Wade
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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I reproduced the symptoms. Change ARCHLVL in the configuration file (vm370ce.conf) to ARCHMODE. Bob Bolch wrote:
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Bob Bolch
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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I can post a log of a successful run as well if useful for comparison, but it basically contains VM IPL, Operator login, autolog1 login etc.
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Anthony Smith
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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13:40:18 Hercules Version 3.13 13:40:18 (c)Copyright 1999-2015 by Roger Bowler, Jan Jaeger, and others 13:40:18 Built on Dec 28 2021 at 23:35:26 13:40:18 Build information: 13:40:18 Modes: S/370
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Anthony Smith
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Re: No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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Could you show us what you do get in the log? The complete log, please. We can afford the space. :-) wrote: -- Jay Maynard
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Jay Maynard
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No VM IPL with V1.R1.1
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I have Hercules 3.13 Running VM 6 pack vm370sixpack1_3 - All is good Running V1.R1.1 using the included vm370ce.sh - I see the IPL 6A1 but none of the other VM messages. It appears VM does not IPL.
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Anthony Smith
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ASM3705
Has anyone found a working copy of the assembler for 3705 running CMS? I used to do 3705 programming using VM/CMS and might still have a tape of source code kicking around. Currently, I¡¯m running VM
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Michael Burke
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Re: IFOX00/ASSEMBLER Question
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On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 10:35:32PM -0000, Dave Wade wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > > > I'm confused, and could use some clarification. > > > > The VM Assembler is the Assembler XF and the
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Brian McCullough
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Re: IFOX00/ASSEMBLER Question
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Dave Wade
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Re: IFOX00/ASSEMBLER Question
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Dave and all, I'm confused, and could use some clarification. As I remember, back in the dim ages long past, the main IBM assembler is very different from ASSIST, from Penn State, which is a teaching,
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Brian McCullough
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