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: Next VMCE release
Hi Bob, Here the other Ren¨¦ - I would like to add some additional PRO¡¯s. - more focus on a common version and integration with the CE versions of e.g. compilers and other tools - more interest can
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[email protected]
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Re: Next VMCE release
Hi Gary and Ren¨¦, Here are some pros and cons to consider about shipping kicks on the VM370CE install download: PROs: No additional work for the end user. CONs: More disk space used for all VM370CE
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Bob Bolch
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Re: Next VMCE release
In the Files section, I posted a zip file for a quick install of KICKS: two disks containing a virtual machine (where everything is already installed), plus a directory entry. Basically, one just has
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Ren¨¦ Ferland
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Re: Next VMCE release
Hi Bob, Dave,Has anyone volunteered for the KICKS project yet? I have some free time at the moment.Regards,GarySent from whatever device I am using.
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gdblodgett
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#4160
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Re: BWBASIC V 3.2 - Issue
Mark, Well after a Little more research it appears the bug is actually in the code that parses decimal numbers. So if you enter, for example ¡°print 3¡± it just loops printing ¡°3¡±. I also hacked
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Dave Wade
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Re: BWBASIC V 3.2 - Issue
Mark, Sadly that bit works. It appears to have some weird string logic, and its looking for the ¡°\0¡± null character at the end of a line in the memory buffer. Dave Sent: 22 April 2022 02:02 To:
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Dave Wade
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Re: BWBASIC V 3.2 - Issue
Dave, Three things come to mind to check. What new line (end of line) characters is it searching for? CR & LF for DOS/Windows? LF & CR for Unix/Linux? Variable/Fixed length format for CMS? I Hope This
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Mark A. Stevens
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#4157
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Re: BWBASIC V 3.2 - Issue
Folks, By the way the problem does not appear to be in the libraries. I get the same bug with both PDPCLIB and GCCLIB . Dave From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dave Wade via
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Dave Wade
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BWBASIC V 3.2 - Issue
Gentles, Has any one any idea why BWBASIC v3.2 doesn't work well with CMS? After fixing the missing FOPEN_MAX in the H file for It compiles and builds cleanly. It "almost" runs but it gives syntax
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Dave Wade
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Re: Additional Help Files
Mark, Easy mistake. I didn¡¯t twig either until I looked at the code. Dave Sent: 20 April 2022 02:19 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h390-vm] Additional Help Files
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Dave Wade
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Re: Additional Help Files
My bad. I'll sit down and shut up now :-) Thanks for the correction. ... Mark S.
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: Additional Help Files
Mark, The open error is because BWBASIC is looking for a ¡°PROFILE BAS¡± file. Why does it need PDPCLLIB? Dave Sent: 13 April 2022 02:12 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h390-vm] Additional Help
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Dave Wade
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Re: Additional Help Files
David, Well sometimes its useful to step into history. The GCC on VM is also supported on MVS. In fact it started life on MVS 3.8. Paul that did the port and wrote his own run-time library because he
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Dave Wade
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Re: Additional Help Files
I saw the followups online just after I replied from email, and realized that my reply was uselessly late, and my speculations a little ill-founded. Then I looked around a bit more and found that the
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David Durand
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Re: Additional Help Files
One of these days, I'll be perfect :-D ... Mark S.
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: Additional Help Files
PDP000HD is in the message, but FILEDEF says PDP00HD. Bob
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Bob Bolch
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Re: Additional Help Files
ByWater (BW) BASIC is a port from Unix to VM, (https://sourceforge.net/projects/bwbasic/). The latest update is from 2017-07-07, and it needs the GCC C library, and thus the "PDP00HD" error. This port
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: Assembler G (ASMGASM)
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Yup. That's where I started. Thanks! ... Mark S.
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: Additional Help Files
David, I assume this is BWBASIC which has never run on OS but is a ¡°C¡± Unix program. When you see a DD name like ¡°PDP000HD¡± it usually means that the ¡°C¡± code has issued an open with a
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Dave Wade
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Re: Additional Help Files
The error from basic probably reflects that it's a port from OS, which would have had a DD card to map the PDP000HD file. I don't know about this implementation of basic, or its use of this the
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David Durand
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