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.
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Re: Mount/unmount tapes
Tim, There is no way for a user to allocate a tape as via JCL on MVS. Typically, sites used to use the MSG command to ask the operator who would:- 1. Mount the tape = Hercules devinit command 2.
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Dave Wade
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Mount/unmount tapes
Folks, Thanks for replies. I forget to ask more one question. How do I mount and unmount tapes? How to request operator to mount tape for me? Also I am learning how to use TAPE and VMFPLC2 commands.
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Timothy Stark
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Re: vm370 ce - "MORE..." and some questions - Where are getting started manuals?!
You press whatever it mapped to "PA2". Often "Page Down" but can be Alt+F2 or others You edit the user directory, and put it online with the DIRECT command but its non-trivial and requires knowledge
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Dave Wade
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vm370 ce - "MORE..." and some questions - Where are getting started manuals?!
Folks, I installed VM370/CE on my computer and was able log into system on Hercules emulator. I learned many things because it provides HELP facility with long list of commands. I have a few questions
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Timothy Stark
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Re: Doubts about setting up RSCS
#VMCE
If you have permission from the author to use the code (as I have), I can assist with the usage of it on VM/CE.
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Chris Craft
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Re: Doubts about setting up RSCS
#VMCE
Hi Alejandro, I would really like to add the RSCS updates to the VMCE distribution, to allow networking there to be simple. However, the author is unwilling to release the code to the public. Until
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Bob Bolch
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Doubts about setting up RSCS
#VMCE
Hi folks. I'm trying to get RSCS up and running between some VM370CE instances, in order to learn and understand as much as I can about it. So, I've read the RSCS MEMO very carefully, but, due to my
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Alejandro olivan Alvarez
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Re: OFF TOPIC: Cinerama sold
#LCM-L
It already had begun, for example the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum was already sold. But both Cinerama and the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum were sold to people who will reopen them,
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Drew Derbyshire
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Re: OFF TOPIC: Cinerama sold
#LCM-L
"It begins." :-( -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire
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OFF TOPIC: Cinerama sold
#LCM-L
Cinerama has been sold; it is part of Vulcan's?Arts + Entertainment division, perhaps its highest profile piece. The LCM+L is also part of that division (as was the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor
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Drew Derbyshire
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Re: User Program DEBUGging in CMS
#VMCE
It is amazing what you find when you are lost. I was trying to understand instructions I received earlier, and constructed, the following without REALLY understanding what I was doing. CP PER STORE
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: User Program DEBUGging in CMS
#VMCE
In comparing notes I received from Martin, and the VM/370 CE HELP PER, I have noticed an omission in the HELP when it comes to displaying storage. Where is the source for the PER command kept on
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: Wakeup userid - what is it?
The WAKEUP server on VMCE is used to automate various operations on the VMCE system. An example would be cleaning up console logs from various system processing. The timer code was originally written
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Bob Bolch
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Re: Wakeup userid - what is it?
VM/CE has a disconnected service machine, directory entry WAKEUP, that runs the wakeup module. Joe
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Joe Monk
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Re: Wakeup userid - what is it?
Is there some possibility that the wakeup user ?and the wake-up module are being confused here. I think I went through this loop some time ago. I wanted to create a server using the wakeup module but
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Anthony Smith
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Re: Updating DMKRIO on VM370 CE
#VMCE
Hi Alejandro, Separating your own changes from IBM changes is probably the main point of documents like "What Mother Never Told You About VM Service." I believe you are better off NEVER modifying
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Bob Bolch
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Re: Updating DMKRIO on VM370 CE
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Hi! Well, communications and networking are definitely of my interest... and while the RJE/JES2 feature you mention falls as part of the exercice, it is not the end goal (I don't know about RJE... I'm
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Alejandro olivan Alvarez
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Re: Updating DMKRIO on VM370 CE
#VMCE
Wow!... definitely i have to test that! The thing is that I'm staring to understand (thanks to an user that promptly provided me with help) the logic on the 'layered' approach/procedure behind MAINT
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Alejandro olivan Alvarez
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Re: Updating DMKRIO on VM370 CE
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wrote: Oh yes. ?They were added but in later versions of VM/370 through the decades. ?VM/370 is from the 1970's. ?So the "hardware" support is what was available hardware wise at the time. I sense
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Harold Grovesteen
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Re: Updating DMKRIO on VM370 CE
#VMCE
I think that it is clearer to put ALL CP user modifications on the local disk (MAINT 594) and all CMS modifications on the CMS changes disk (MAINT 593). MAINT 594 for CP changes. MAINT 593 for CMS
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Bob Bolch
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