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: vm370 ce - "MORE..." and some questions - Where are getting started manuals?!
Usually "MORE.." just indicates that there is more information to be displayed, so you can either press ENTER: to put the terminal into a "HOLD" state Or press CLEAR to clear the screen and go to the
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Mike Beer
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Re: Doubts about setting up RSCS
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Many years ago I did 1) ¨C as described below. IIRC e.g. it went like this TAG DEV ¡. SP CON START ¡ SP CON CLOSE However, I did not use this in an HERC environment. The current z/VM RSCS
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Mike Beer
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Re: Topic locked?!
Yep. It went through this time. Thanks Gregg. -- "Fish" (David B. Trout) Software Development Laboratories http://www.softdevlabs.com mail: fish@...
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Fish Fish
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Re: vm370 ce - "MORE..." and some questions - Where are getting started manuals?!
Dave Wade wrote: [...] I'm not sure what the default is, but I use Vista TN3270 too, and for me, it's mapped to the Page Up key. Page Down is PA1. Vista's user interface is very nice regarding
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Fish Fish
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Re: Doubts about setting up RSCS
#VMCE
Overall, I agree with you. However I feel that if something could be done, back in the days of VM/370, we should be able to reproduce it with VM/370 CE, even if it is not particularly useful. Of
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Ren¨¦ Ferland
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Re: vm370 ce - "MORE..." and some questions - Where are getting started manuals?!
Another "tutorial" can be found at: http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/370/VM_370/Release_6/GC20-1810-9_VM370_Terminal_Users_Guide_Rel_6_PLC_9_Mar80.pdf ... Mark S.
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: vm370 ce - "MORE..." and some questions - Where are getting started manuals?!
Take a look at this manual: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/370/VM_370/Release_6/GC20-1819-2_IBM_Virtual_Machine_Facility_370_CMS_Users_Guide_Rel_6_PLC_17_Apr81.pdf It is not exactly a
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Ren¨¦ Ferland
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Re: Topic locked?!
Hello! You're right Fish the thread was locked. It was unlocked. Try it now. -- Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon@... "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes."
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Gregg Levine
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Topic locked?!
I just tried to reply to Timothy Stark's "vm370 ce - "MORE..." and some questions"... post, and received a notification from Groups.IO: "500 This topic has been locked by the moderators and can no
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Fish Fish
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Re: Mount/unmount tapes
Dave Wade wrote: Typo. That should of course be "VM", not MVS. Or "DETACH 181" from your userid. Or "DETACH 181 (LEAVE" to not unload it. -- "Fish" (David B. Trout) Software Development Laboratories
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Fish Fish
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Re: Doubts about setting up RSCS
#VMCE
Hi Alejandro, The VM/370 RSCS supports controlling non-programable terminals, and driving HASP workstations. It never had support for VM to VM communications. I think VM/370 RSCS is too old to do much
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Bob Bolch
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File /USER DIRECT HELP/Updating_USER_DIRECT.txt uploaded
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The following files and folders have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group. * /USER DIRECT HELP/Updating_USER_DIRECT.txt (
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Re: Doubts about setting up RSCS
#VMCE
Hi. Thank you very much for your replies! I think I have initiated the contact with the right person, but, out of curiosity, I would really like to know more about the RSCS that do we actually have in
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Alejandro olivan Alvarez
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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
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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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