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: COBOL compile error
Hello Michael, my guess is that the source file needs to be FIXED 80. I wrote a small EXEC to convert such LRECL V files to LRECL F. Don't have access to my VM machine at the moment, but it goes like
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Bernd Oppolzer
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#4080
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COBOL compile error
Dear Group, I was watching moshix' M94 video (Part 2 on how to use VSAM on VM/370 from COBOL + PL/I using VSAMIO) and thought I give COBOL a try, first, without the VSAM example. So I prepped a very
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Michael Grom
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#4079
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Thanks, Dave. In VMCE 1.1.1, I added the VM50U0 and VM50U1 as user pack volume serial numbers. Those packs are empty in the distribution, and those names (or anything of that name pattern - VM50Ux)
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Bob Bolch
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#4078
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Ren¨¦, There isn¡¯t a ¡°command¡± as such. You can use the standalone Format Allocate program. Its available as IPL FMT on the ¡°S¡± disk. Make sure the disk you want to label is detached from
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Dave Wade
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#4077
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Well ¡ skip that. I varied the wrong address online. (Still interested in the answer tho). Ren¨¦.
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[email protected]
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#4076
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Hi Bob, to prepare for the release of VM370CE 1.1.2 I am getting rid of some sixpack version I am running, and one has a dasd that I allocated for a user; unfortunately it is called VM50-7, which the
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[email protected]
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#4075
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Hi Gary, Ooops :-) I have 1.1.2 on the brain, since we are trying to get it out as soon as we can. The current release is 1.1.1. We want to get at least a few more of the bugs at
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Bob Bolch
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#4074
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Bob and Rene, Thank you guys for helping me understand. I see now the reasoning for the readme's and the value they add to be included. I am the user that was a former computer operator in the 80s who
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Jaime Carpenter
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#4073
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Hi Bob, Bob Bolch wrote: Is that a typo, or is 1.1.2 set to be released shortly? Regards, Gary
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gdblodgett
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#4072
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 02:17 AM, rvjansen@... wrote: Hi Jamie, Thanks to Ren¨¦ for explaining the way the readme files build on the previous versions of VM/370. I believe the target VM/370 user
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Bob Bolch
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Hi Jaime, as these subsequent releases build on older work, you see different readme¡¯s belonging to those older releases all in the same directory; this is not unusual for these efforts. Most of the
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[email protected]
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#4070
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Hi Bob, I am a new user to the VM370CE world, so I was looking for the userids to logon. I looked in the readme files. The one with userids is readme-1_2.txt. This readme stated that there was a BREXX
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Jaime Carpenter
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Jaime, Well if its in the readme it should be there, and the link also needs the user to exist. I know Bob has moved stuff round so it may have gon. From his E-Mail looks like its now on MAINTC Dave
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Dave Wade
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#4068
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
I am using VM/370 Community Edition V1R1.1 I am new so I did not know about linking to another disk. I was looking for the BREXX user. Thanks wrote:
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Jaime Carpenter
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#4067
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Please elaborate on the "packaging issue for the readme files", so it can be fixed. The current source code for BREXX and GCC runtime library files for CMS, are on the MAINTC user ID in VMCE. Thanks!
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Bob Bolch
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
J Which versi¨®n of CE? Its not usually useful to logon to BREXX, you can link the disk:- link brexx 191 199 rr Ready; T=0.01/0.01 11:43:05 access 199 x X (199) R/O Ready; T=0.01/0.01 11:43:10 Then
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Dave Wade
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#4065
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Re: Using Hercules version specific config file parameters with VM370CE
Gentlemen, I am grateful for the amazing work on VM370CE and also SDL yperion and Hercules.? I reached this forum because I am running a Raspberry Pi and Herc 3.13.? I also had the IPL issue and I
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Jaime Carpenter
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Re: Protecting telnet 3270 sessions
Michael, So you mean you also use it for authentication. Why not just say that? Its fine. Personally I would just create a Linux VM for isolation¡ Dave Sent: 11 March 2022 11:57 To:
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Dave Wade
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Re: Protecting telnet 3270 sessions
Hi Dave, simply, I don't want uninvited visitors in any of my systems, be them actual or vintage. In my own network at home, behind router and firewall, unencrypted comms or terminal sessions is not
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Michael Grom
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#4062
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Re: Protecting telnet 3270 sessions
Michael, VM/370 knows nothing about TN3270 or IP. All it sees is a local 3270 session. If you wanted a secure session into VM you would actually need to update Hercules. Can someone tell me why you
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Dave Wade
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