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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: VM/370 CE an05d SNA (via DLSw)
On 5/11/25 15:33, Dave Wade via groups.io wrote:
However some 3174s can run TCP/IP and if they have CUT mode terminals then these can initiate TN3270? sessions to Hercules.We've done this at LSSM (with your help many years ago Dave, if you recall) and can provide configuration panel snapshots to anyone who needs them. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA |
Re: VM/370 CE an05d SNA (via DLSw)
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýMichael,So you are correct there is no SNA in VM/370 so a VTAM connection isn't possible. However some 3174s can run TCP/IP and if they have CUT mode terminals then these can initiate TN3270? sessions to Hercules. I have done this via Token Ring through a Cisco Router which routed the IP across to an Ethernet network. You need either two 2.4 Mb floppy drives or one 2.4 and a hard disk, and an Ethernet or Token Ring card. Dave On 11/05/2025 19:51, Michael Grom via
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Re: VM/370 CE an05d SNA (via DLSw)
Sadly, VM/CE and other VM/370 systems do not speak SNA at all. On Sun, May 11, 2025 at 1:51?PM Michael Grom via <macbaer=[email protected]> wrote:
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Jay Maynard |
VM/370 CE an05d SNA (via DLSw)
Dear Forum,
a fellow board member on a German vintage computer forum, who has a 3174 and a Cisco Router asked me if it is possible to attach these to a Hercules emulator running VM/370. For the best of my knowledge, all 3270 in VM are locally attached. Is there a chance to configure such a SNA connection in VM/370 or is that only available in later versions of VM? So far, all examples on the Internet were targeting MVS 3.8j with TK4- and a Hercules with an updated 3705 device. Still kind of bumpy I daresay but working. However, that fellow keeps asking for VM, not MVS.? kind regards Michael
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TK4-? ? ? on Raspberry Pi 5 with Raspberry OS "bookworm"
VM/370 on Raspberry Pi 5 with Raspberry OS "bookworm" Lime and limpid green, a second scene Now fights between the blue you once knew Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten (Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd) |
Re: Thoughts regarding remote 3270 support
I don't see the point either.? Even if it could be made to work, why would anyone want to?? We can define all of the local 3270s we need and then some.
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I am the author of the DIAGNOSE 58, 7C, and 8C modifications that many here are using.? I did not put any support within them for remote 3270s.? I didn't see the need, or any future need.? Further, if someone did have a "remote user" that they wanted to connect to their VM system, they could just define a local 3270 device and let them access it through the internet with an IP and port number, and security considerations, as appropriate.
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However, I dont think it should be deleted. It is part of CP.? Sometimes it is referenced for a "how to do something".? And there is no need to deprecate it.? Simply do not define remote clusters in DMKRIO.
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My thoughts...
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Regards,
Bob
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Re: Thoughts regarding remote 3270 support
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýOn 07/05/2025 03:06, Ross Patterson via
groups.io wrote:
Whilst its not Hercules I am sure there are a few folks around with P390's and the 5-pack used to run just fine on mine. I no longer have it, but MCA cards that will run bi-sync are not uncommon, neither are 3174's with comms adaptors that will also run bi-sync. So it is possible to have remote 3270's on CE but I can't see any one doing it except as an act of pure torture.. Dave |
Re: Thoughts regarding remote 3270 support
Hello!
William (and Jay, and Dave), for my efforts, I would sometimes run a Hercules instance supporting the original Two Pack variety of VM 370. And would wow the people in my LUG with doing so, from where ever that event was meeting. In fact, one individual who had an objectionable opinion regarding mainframes and the dino occupants of the big museum here in the City was so surprised, he ended up changing his objectionable one for a good one. So, what all of you do is worth doing it. ----- Gregg Levine hansolofalcon@... "I'm still so smart I amaze even myself.", Han Solo From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jay Maynard via groups.io Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 10:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h390-vm] Thoughts regarding remote 3270 support It should be possible to gen and load EP into a 3720 - or the 3705 emulator, as well. There's only one problem: I'm not aware of any copies of EP running around for either platform. On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 4:59?PM Dave Wade via <dave.g4ugm=mailto:gmail.com@groupsio> wrote: On 06/05/2025 21:27, William Denton via wrote: Is there a consensus opinion on supporting remote 3270 in VM Community Edition? Should it be supported (as much as possible) at par with local 3270 support? Should it be abandoned and either deleted or stubbed out as deprecated? For a long time Hercules didn't support remote 3270s. In fact I have no idea how to support them now, but I think in theory it should be possible to generate and load EP into a 3720 I ask this because I'm working on a pretty major restructure to local 3270 support and noticed that one of the existing updates (HRC101DK) appears to have been abandoned for remote 3270s. A few other local 3270 updates have not even attempted to address remote 3270 support (e.g. MORETIME, Diag8C, etc) Thoughts? It never was good. I wouldn't miss it... cheers, William -- Jay Maynard "As the two continued to chase separatists across the planet with the Wookiee guide running ahead of them, they all but collided the last three. And in a dead end. They turned to fire their weapons at the three, then there was a loud explosion. And the Wookiee had displayed his bowcaster which was loaded with explosive bolts. And the three lay dead. The Jedi Knight stood there mouthing insults in as many languages spoken in the Republic." From a Timelord's travels through the Old Republic during the Clone Wars, a still unpublished memoir. |
Re: Thoughts regarding remote 3270 support
It should be possible to gen and load EP into a 3720 - or the 3705 emulator, as well. There's only one problem: I'm not aware of any copies of EP running around for either platform. On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 4:59?PM Dave Wade via <dave.g4ugm=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Thoughts regarding remote 3270 support
On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 13:28 William Denton via <williamedenton=[email protected]> wrote:
Unless someone has an actual bisync controller, or a 3275 or 3276, I don't see the point.? I'm not aware of anything that emulates one, and TN3270 is an excellent alternative for distant emulated 3270s. Ross |
Re: Thoughts regarding remote 3270 support
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýOn 06/05/2025 21:27, William Denton via
groups.io wrote:
For a long time Hercules didn't support remote 3270s. In fact I have no idea how to support them now, but I think in theory it should be possible to generate and load EP into a 3720
It never was good. I wouldn't miss it... Dave G4UGM |
Thoughts regarding remote 3270 support
Is there a consensus opinion on supporting remote 3270 in VM Community Edition? Should it be supported (as much as possible) at par with local 3270 support? Should it be abandoned and either deleted or stubbed out as deprecated?
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I ask this because I'm working on a pretty major restructure to local 3270 support and noticed that one of the existing updates (HRC101DK) appears to have been abandoned for remote 3270s. A few other local 3270 updates have not even attempted to address remote 3270 support (e.g. MORETIME, Diag8C, etc)
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Thoughts?
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cheers, William |
Re: File /epubs_pdfs.txt uploaded
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHi All, I have tested the list, indeed all these files are available on
publibz. There is a file
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not a PDF. Since it contains EBCDIC code I expect it's a BOO file,
at least the header looks like to be bookmanager format. Also a number of files report errors. At least izpz**80.pdf (11
files) do not report their creation date. When running pdfinfo
upon all files I did get quite a number of warnings during
processing. I don't yet know for sure to what extent the error
affects the content. Next step is to include the IBM document number and title to all
files. I have listed the content but a lot of titles are missing,
none of them list the document number in the PDF metadata so a lot
of work to do. Regards, Berry. Op 07-04-2025 om 10:37 schreef Group
Notification:
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Re: DIRECTMAP issue
On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 02:08 AM, Bertram Moshier wrote:
When I run DISKMAP again for the USER DIRECT FILE (adding only one new mini-disk (3380 001 for 121), I'm getting the following error: I went back to the original e-mail. The actual "error" is an incorrect directory statement. PASCAL is invalid and should be MDISK.
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That said, the DISKMAP program doesn't process that properly, so there is an error in the detection and processing of an incorrect MDISK statement.
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I Hope That Helps.
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Re: File /epubs_pdfs.txt uploaded
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For your information , a catalogue of online computer manuals.
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Re: Oh FULIST, Where Have You Gone?
On Sun, Apr 6, 2025 at 09:20 AM, Mike Beer wrote:
I have a REXX driven prototype of RDRLIST based on The New EE and similar preparations for FILELIST, but my development has come to a full stop due to my health. I still do not have access to ADHD medication () and I am unable to write instructions how to use a bleeding edge release of The New EE.
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Martin
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Re: Oh FULIST, Where Have You Gone?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýKris, Do you also have an alias for FILELIST to catch FIELLIST? ;-) Regards, Berry. Op 07-04-2025 om 18:40 schreef
kris.buelens via groups.io:
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Re: Oh FULIST, Where Have You Gone?
FULIST and FLIST are quite similar.? The first look was identical.
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As end-user you need some adaption to migrate to FIELLIST, there you can type over the file information.? In FULIST/FLIST here was/is an empty area in which to type the command to execute, and you had to hit a PF-key to extend that command area
The FULIST/FLIST layout was? ? <filename filetype fm> <empty zone>? ?<file attributes like date/time ets>
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File /epubs_pdfs.txt uploaded
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Re: Oh FULIST, Where Have You Gone?
On Sun, Apr 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM, Dave Wade wrote:
It seems to me that every VM Programmer had their own favourite tweaked version of these utilities.... What's the use and where's the fun in being a VM Programmer if you can't tweak the utilities to your liking ;-)
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I guess this means that FILELIST is closer to FULIST than FLIST is, and I'll stop looking/asking.
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Thanks folks! Another rabbit hole filled in.
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Re: Oh FULIST, Where Have You Gone?
On 06/04/2025 16:12, kris.buelens via groups.io wrote:
FULIST was the IBM "Internal Use Only" version of what later became FLIST as part of VM/IPF, what later became CMS Utilities Feature.? Besides the name there were small differences, but that I no longer remember.It seems to me that every VM Programmer had their own favourite tweaked version of these utilities.... Dave |