CMS BREXX Question
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#VMCE
Which of these functions does BREXX on VM not have? ea = bitand(substr(diag('8C'),1,1),'40'x) = '40'x; I'm getting the following which isn't very helpful. 15 *-* ea = bitand(substr(diag('8C'),1,1),'40'x) = '40'x; Error 43 running GRAPH1, line 15: Routine not found My knowledge of REXX, that still resides in what is left of my brain, is from the 90s, so I'm sure I'm missing something. ... Mark S.
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File Notifications
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Mark A. Stevens <marXtevens@...> added folder /IOS3270_Use_Attempt Description: Contains the IOS3270 VMARC file from IBM VM Download site. Also contains files from CBT XEPHON VM Update articles demonstrating use of IOS3270. Intended destination is VM/370 CE The following items have been added to the Files area of the [email protected] group. /IOS3270_Use_Attempt/ios3270.pdf /IOS3270_Use_Attempt/ios3270.vmarc /IOS3270_Use_Attempt/vmgraph.vmarc By: Mark A. Stevens <marXtevens@...> Description: IOS3270, Documentation, and VM Update Example
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OS/VSAM Options for Advanced Applications (GC26-3819)
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Hi I am looking for this IBM manual OS/VSAM Options for Advanced Applications (GC26-3819) but so far I have not been able to find this online. Does anybody here in this group know if this is available online or does anyone have a copy of this manual and willing to share this with this group? Kind regards Dagfinn
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Photo EE_ALL_MORE_SHOW_Demo.png uploaded
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The following photos have been uploaded to the EE goes XEDIT photo album of the [email protected] group. EE_ALL_MORE_SHOW_Demo.png By: Martin Scheffler <San-Lorenzo@...>
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What is special about the 3066?
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Not wanting to highjack the "[h390-vm] Support for 3066 Graphic Terminal" thread. What was unique about the 3066? I understand it was the integrated console for the /165 and /168, but what unique programming considerations were there for it? I see that some of the standalone utilities couldn't be used with it. I couldn't find any information on it in Bitsavers (other than reference to not being able to use the 3066 with some of the standalone utilities).
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2 files uploaded
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The following items have been added to the Files area of the [email protected] group. /MECAFF tools: fixes and features/EE241417.README.ASCII /MECAFF tools: fixes and features/EE241417.VMARC By: Martin Scheffler <San-Lorenzo@...> Description: EE bleeding edge preview V1.3.2.0012_240924-1417
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ECPSVM under Hyperion
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The last time I tried to use ECPSVM assists, it was under Spinhawk; it didn't go well and I retreated to Pluto. How is useful ECPSVM under Hyperion? It doesn't need to be 100% functional, but if I enable it any thing which is not functional needs be harmless (that is, not break processing). Thanks, -ahd-
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Updated Wiki Page: Reserved CP Modification Numbers
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The wiki page Reserved CP Modification Numbers has been updated by William Denton <williamedenton@...>. Compare Revisions
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Updated Wiki Page: Reserved CMS Modification Numbers
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The wiki page Reserved CMS Modification Numbers has been updated by William Denton <williamedenton@...>. Compare Revisions
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Support for 3066 Graphic Terminal
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Would anyone have any heartache about deleting support for the 3066 terminal (370/168 console)??? I have mixed personal experiences with the device but, as far as I can see, there in not a single 168 still under power and no emulators address the 3066 quirks. As an aside, sitting at that console with its "not" microfiche viewer was quite something... but its keyboard was crap. But... nostalgia aside, I would like to open up some addressability in DMKGRF for other things I am working on... namely dynamic screen sizes. Thoughts? cheers, William
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XNET v1.4.1
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I've uploaded XNET version 1.4.1 to the files section. This upload includes the full XNET package including the latest documentation. For VM/CE V1.R1.2 users, note that this version is identical to the 1.4.0 version you have preinstalled on VM/CE (on the XNET userid). The version change to 1.4.1 was simply to denote the difference between this version with its updated documentation versus the parts and pieces that are in VM/CE. Again, 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 are functionally identical. The materials are now in the Files section of this group, named "xnetv141.zip". From the XNET documentation intro: XNET connects together two or more S/370-based VM systems for the purposes of allowing remote logon. XNET allows 3270 terminal users to log on to userids on other similar VM system(s) that are currently online to XNET. Likewise, a user on one of the other VM system(s) would be able to log on to a userid on your system. You still retain access control for your own systems via the system directory and passwords. XNET provides the management and transport of 3270 data between systems in order to facilitate remote logons and connections to other VM systems. XNET can support multiple users and multiple systems, and supports two types of data transport mechanisms. XNET is a fully asynchronous mini-operating system that runs in a virtual machine. Regards, Bob
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SX20-4400-0 IBM Virtual Machine/System Product,Quick Guide for Users
I have preserved SX20-4400-0 IBM Virtual Machine/ System Product Quick Guide for Users which I did not see in BitSavers. There is a later version but sometimes one a couple years earlier is better for the release that is being used especially with retro-computing under emulation. I let Al know so he could add it to BitSavers. I added a copy to the Internet Archive here scanned at 600 dpi. https://archive.org/details/sx20-4400-0-ibm-vm-sp-quick-guide-for-users Notice: The term VM/SP, as used in this publication, refers to VM/SP when used in conjunction with VM/370 Release 6. First Edition (September 1980) This edition, SX20-4400, applies to the IBM Virtual/System Product, and to all subsequent releases unless otherwise indicated in new editions or Technical Newsletters. Changes are periodically made to the information herein; before using this publication in connection with the operation of IBM systems, consult the latest IBM System 370 and 4300 Processors Bibliography, Order No. GC20-0111, for the editions that are applicable and current. -- Best Regards, Sam Knutson
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TOOLSTAPE Contents
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Dave Wade, Way back in 2019, you uploaded TOOLSTAPE.zip which has a bunch of interesting files, but I didn't find any e-mail reference as to what or why. Do you remember that far back, that you can explain what the tape was intended for? ... Mark S.
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Workshop Tapes - was Re: Examine RDR Files
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Doug, I think the old ones are in VMFPLC2 format, (might be TAPE) , mount the tape on VM, do a VMFPLC2 LOAD and there is an ABSTRACT LISTING file showing the content. Some of the later ones are in BLOKTAP format. I think we now have a process to read those, I'll have to do some searching. Dave
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link error under vm370CE_1_1_2
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I testing a "C" program using gcc in VM370CE_1_1_2. It compiles clean, but when I load it, I have two undefined DSTAKIN and DSTAKOT. Researching it appears to be something with the stack. I am using the following: I am using two includes: stdio.h stdlib.h gcc sc1 ( cms and then load sc1 Is there a library or include file that I need to add to clear these errors. Thank you Tom C.
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Contributing to, Building, and Maintaining VM370CE
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#VMCE
I recently posted on VM370 asking these questions about how I should submit my VM updates for inclusion in a future CE "release": Is there a master list of assigned update numbers? How do I figure out the "###" part of the update name"HRC###DK"???? Is there a preferred way to package the files in an update? On my system, I keep all the files together in a .txt file in CMS READCARD format. How do the keepers of the CE releases prefer to receive proposed updates? What sort of consensus/approval/voting process do I need to go through to share my stuff? Dave Wade responded that, since there really aren't any current processes, it might be a good idea to take the discussion to the wider group. So, how do we go about creating some sort of guidance/process for enhancing and maintaining future releases of VM370CE? I guess, first of all, is there really any serious interest in continuing the "Community Edition" idea? If so, then we probably could use at least a loose sort of "product management" strategy. Thoughts?? cheers, William Denton
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How to setup DASDs sharing correctly between two z/VMs under Hercules.
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Hello! Sorry for my bad English. I use one Hercules' instance for Share Device Server. One Hercules' instance should use DASDs with read-write access, the second Hercules' instance should use DASDs with read-only access. In Hercules' config for second Hercules' instance i define these DASDs as "READONLY FAKEWRITE". In z/VM's SYSTEM CONFIG i deifne theseDASDs as "RDEV ... SHARED YES MDC OFF". In z/VM's DIRECTORY minidisks on these DASDs are defined as "MDISK .... MWV ..." Now I start Hercules' instances on the same PC under Windows 10, but in the future Hercules' instances should run on different servers under Linux. These DASDs are used by the DBMS ADABAS. When I make changes in one Hercules instance, the changes are not displayed in another Hercules instance. But if DASDs with changes are copied to another server where ADABAS is running, without closing the ADABAS nucleus, without rebooting Hercules or re-ipl z/VM, detach-attach DASDs, JUST COPY, then the changes will be visible immediately. ADABAS uses minidisks, but uses its own input/output. §³an i set up DASDs sharing so that changes are visible immediately? How do I set up shared access to DASDs correctly in my case? Thanks in advance.
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dial cpwatch and what it says
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Hello! After updating Docker, its suggestion not mine, I promptly tried again Adrian's Docker container for Hercules and the VM Six Pack and found that yes indeed CPWatch was there. I checked on the contents of the CMSUser disk, logged out, and then entered the command "Dial cpwatch". The screens the terminal showed, it was CS3270, showed me more-or-less what's going on inside this creation of the Sixpack. And so far I'm convinced that the application should have been installed on the first example of VM/370rel6 we met. And was this a user created mod? Or was it something that IBM created and didn't have the time to include it on the basic disk pair, that is the two pack one most of us started with. --- Strange.... There's a big heap of glowing green stuff all over a parking lot in a PA town someplace. So Dave M what did you do now? ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@... "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
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WAKEUP & YWAKEUP
I know about WAKEUP (our VM version of cron), but I was wondering if Yossie Silverman's YWAKEUP would be a possible/valid upgrade. Thoughts? ... Mark S.
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Doug Harvey
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Please send me your github user ID again please. Thanks, Harold Grovesteen
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