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: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Don't just upgrade to an SSD (256GB should be okay), but add in as much memory as possible. Memory is more important to Windows OS than to a Linux OS but helps with either one. I usually take the old
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Thomas Kern
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Mike, Sorry, sent that in a bit of a hurry. Jim, Any chance of the log? If you are using an old version of Hercules its worth checking that you have ¡°ARCHMODE¡± in the config rather than ARCHLVL
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Dave Wade
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#4311
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
I¡¯m not having the problem, I believe it¡¯s Jim Snellen. Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2022 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h390-vm] Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro Mike, It would be
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Mike Ward
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Folks, If its got a PATA drive it is be worth looking at something like this:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Docooler-mSATA-44pin-Adapter-Converter/dp/B07L89R2HK/ which allows am mSATA SSD to be used in
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Dave Wade
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
" I strongly suggest installing an SSD into any laptop that you are going to upgrade/downgrade to Linux. It just speeds things up so much." +1!!! Joe
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Joe Monk
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
As the orginiator of this thread, I should say that a few feet from where I¡¯m sitting is an IBM ThinkPad dated 2000 (the year I retired from IBM) that still runs Windows XP when I turn it on
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Dave Mitchell
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Gregg, I am actually named "David" but prefer to be called "Dave" but I G4UGM except when in Spain where I am EA7KAE.... ... the Dave caused a problem or two when I last did a Microsoft exam as all my
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Dave Wade
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
[...] Well, the model came out in 2009(*), but I bought mine used in Oct. 2014 from a company called Stallard Technologies(**) that specializes in used Dell equipment. (HIGHLY recommended! Tell them I
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Fish Fish
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Hello! There are three people(?) on this list who're named David, yourself, (Fish), one who is actually named Dave Wade, and of course Dave M, The monster reference was aimed at the both of them. And
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Gregg Levine
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Gregg Levine wrote: [...] Too YOUNG? Nonsense! It (Dell Precision T7500) has been running non-stop for YEARS now, and is still going strong. Monsters? Well... All except the Linux stuff, yeah. ;-) --
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Fish Fish
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Hello! Jim just how old is this laptop? And, ah, was XP native on it? Last year I bought a pair of Dell laptops from the VCF East events, and one of them, a Dell Latitude model runs Seven splendidly,
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Gregg Levine
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Mike, It would be be good to see the console log for the VM startup. Dave Sent: 18 September 2022 16:53 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h390-vm] Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro Is it possible
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Dave Wade
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Is it possible that VM is trying to access a device that isn¡¯t there? Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2022 8:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [h390-vm] Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro Hello
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Mike Ward
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
This is *the* place to ask questions about VM/370 CE, VM/370 Sixpack, and others. The ONLY reason for using Hercules 3.x is because you heard about it, and can find it in the Fedora/Red
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
When I couldn't install Devuan in an old laptop, I went upstream to Debian (which Ubuntu is also based on) and filed a bug report that Debian 6 was installable. In the next version, it was fixed. By
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Laird Heal
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Re: Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Jim Snellen wrote: What?! HOW DARE YOU! TRAITOR!! </kidding> :) [...] <std disclaimer(*)> I have 3 Linux distros installed in VMware virtual machines, and all run just fine for me (with various
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Fish Fish
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Need Advice on Ubuntu/Linux Distro
Hello all, I'm taking a break from Windows and trying to resurrect my old work laptop that used to run Windows XP.? I have a Dell Precision M90 with 4gbs and a NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M graphics card.?
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Jim Snellen
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Re: Automatic generation of transcoding tables for IND$FILE
#rexx
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Sometimes I can be sooo very dense ... Tried this on tty.livingcomputers,org:24 Ready; T=0.05/0.07 17:04:44 l PROFILE? EXEC???? A1 LASTING? GLOBALV? A1 REXXSTUB EXEC???? A1 Ready;
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: Automatic generation of transcoding tables for IND$FILE
#rexx
#VMCE
Is this, then a malformed REXX program? Since the comment is not terminated? ... Mark S.
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Mark A. Stevens
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#4294
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Re: Automatic generation of transcoding tables for IND$FILE
#rexx
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These are two different issues: there is no PARSE instruction in this dummy EXEC type rexxstub exec /* Ready; T=0.01/0.01 19:09:23 rexxstub 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Invalid character ' ' in fileID ' VSXSTUB
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Martin Scheffler
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