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: Wondering ...
Hello Drew, Do you have an idea where the CTCA code resides in RSCS? I'd like to learn from the actual code. Yes, I'm still working on the VM/CE Backup. It's just going slowly.? Just a statement of
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Bertram Moshier
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Re: RXSYSFN for VM/370
Thank you very, very much Ross. What a wonderful Thanksgiving present. ... Mark S.
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Mark A. Stevens
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#6318
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RXSYSFN for VM/370
I've just updated GitHub VM/370 issue #118 <https://github.com/s390guy/vm370/issues/118> with the results of my work to create a Rexx system-level function package for the various VM/370 R6s. I have
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Ross Patterson
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Re: Updated Wiki Page: Reserved CMS Modification Numbers
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William Denton wrote in that file: 1. Let's do discussions like this on the list, where more folks will see them. 2. I know some of the VM/370 CE DMSxxx additions so far have been deliberate
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Ross Patterson
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Re: Reserving Modification Numbers
Is there any recommended set of modification numbers for new work to be delivered as part of VM/370 CE post-1.2? I don't mind filling in some of the low-numbered holes, if that's appropriate, or
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Ross Patterson
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Re: #VMCE #rexx EE goes XEDIT - compiling a wish list
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Hi, Mark, Mark, I hope you and yours are doing well, and preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday. I just saw this message from September.? (replying to an older message) I did manage to install SEDIT,
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Mark Waterbury
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Re: DMSCIT171T Permanent console error; re-IPL CMS after TERM CONMODE 3270
Strange indeed that 3270 programs work.? But that's an addition not available in the beginning. CMS only speaks linemode, 3215. But, CMS programs can use 3270 full screen since VM got "DIAGNOSE
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kris.buelens@...
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#6313
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Re: DMSCIT171T Permanent console error; re-IPL CMS after TERM CONMODE 3270
Thank you, your answer helped me understand how it works.
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Evgenii Shikhovtsev
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#6312
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Re: DMSCIT171T Permanent console error; re-IPL CMS after TERM CONMODE 3270
Thank you for answer. CMS require 3215 conmode, but programs for 3270 work, it confused me.
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Evgenii Shikhovtsev
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Re: DMSCIT171T Permanent console error; re-IPL CMS after TERM CONMODE 3270
TERM CONMODE 3270 is useful to run guests.? The CMS abend isn't nice.? So to avoid that * All manual: SYSTEM RESET? ? to kill CMS TERM CONMODE 3270 IPL xxxx * At the console on 1 command #CP TERM
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kris.buelens@...
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#6310
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Re: DMSCIT171T Permanent console error; re-IPL CMS after TERM CONMODE 3270
Because virtual machines running CMS require CONMODE 3215 (but you don't say if you run the command from the CMS Ready prompt). Cheers, Rene FERLAND, Montreal
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Ren¨¦ Ferland
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#6309
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DMSCIT171T Permanent console error; re-IPL CMS after TERM CONMODE 3270
z/VM 4.4 CMS level 20 service 301 Why after TERM CONMODE 3270 i get DMSCIT171T ?
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Evgenii Shikhovtsev
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Re: VM/ESA 370 (was Re: VM/370 new thrilling experience)
At that time, I was myself in charge of the applications for a French Research Lab. and my only problem was to ensure that they will go through the millennium gate safely... A VM-PC helped me a lot :
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Jean-Pierre Cabani¨¦
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#6307
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Re: VM/ESA 370 (was Re: VM/370 new thrilling experience)
Yes, it did. I can remember that much. ... Mark S.
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: VM/ESA 370 (was Re: VM/370 new thrilling experience)
In the late 90s I "ran" a shop where we had VM/SP 6 running on a 4381(P02?) as it had an AP, so that was configured in CP. It was the late 90s, I was itching to get out of that shop as the environment
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: VM/ESA 370 (was Re: VM/370 new thrilling experience)
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 at 11:36, Drew Derbyshire via groups.io <swhobbit= [email protected]> wrote: [...] > On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 12:41 AM, William Denton wrote: > > when did DMK become HCP? > >
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Tony Harminc
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Re: VM/ESA 370 (was Re: VM/370 new thrilling experience)
*NOTE:* Personally, I was fat, dumb, & happy on S/370 hardware until late 1987, which was well into the VM/XA SF era. What follows are what I recall from casual conversations with people shortly after
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Drew Derbyshire
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Re: VM/ESA 370 (was Re: VM/370 new thrilling experience)
Whilst this is true, and you may find some of my rants about it in the vmshare archives at http://vm.marist.edu/~vmshare/, in practice for much of CP the source code wasn't of use. Lots of the CP
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Dave Wade
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Re: VM/ESA 370 (was Re: VM/370 new thrilling experience)
One of the main things I really remember about the DMK-->HCP transition was that IBM abandoned the whole notion of source code maintenance. HCP started to have OCO modules!!! Up until that point, even
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William Denton
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Re: VM/ESA 370 (was Re: VM/370 new thrilling experience)
Hi, Tony, What I recall is, IBM PokLabs was trying hard to "kill off" the whole VM product line around that time. What I heard is this: Fortunately, Tom Watson Jr. was smart enough to realize what was
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Mark Waterbury
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