I have just uploaded version 1.33. New in this release is: * Write support for SCSI tapes and AWSTAPE files * Correct handling of REWIND command for AWSTAPE...
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Sam Golob
sbgolob@xxx.xxxx
Oct 26, 1999 4:14 pm
Hi Roger, Thanks for the info. BTW, is it possible to get digests from this forum, the way the LISTSERV lists have them? Thanks in advance for your help. ...
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Roger Bowler
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Oct 26, 1999 9:46 pm
Sam, thanks for joining this list. If you hit "Messages"; at http://www.onelist.com/community/hercules-390 there's an archive search box. There's nothing there...
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Roger Bowler
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Oct 29, 1999 8:43 pm
I have uploaded version 1.34. New in this release: * New DASDLOAD program to create a CKD volume from unloaded PDS files * Correct CKD module to prevent record...
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Sam Golob
sbgolob@xxx.xxxx
Oct 31, 1999 9:39 am
Hi Roger, Thanks for your work. I don't have LINUX running at this point, but my interest is increasing exponentially. Regards, Sam Golob ... -- my email...
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Mitch Wright
mew_jac@xxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 31, 1999 2:05 pm
Roger, Great progress. I wonder if the Linux/390 project has gotten anywhere with a gcc crosscompiler for Linux x86 to IBM/390. This would be a great tool for ...
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Roger Bowler
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Oct 31, 1999 3:55 pm
I have a copy of Rick Fochtman's OS/360 Archive CD which has all of the source code for MFT and MVT, as well as a set of DLIBs and RESLIBs in TSO XMIT format....
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gah@xxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxx...
gah@xxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxx...
Nov 1, 1999 6:41 pm
gcc/370 has existed for a while. The problem is that it doesn't work very well, at least that is the way I understand it. It isn't yet good enough to compile...
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Roger Bowler
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Nov 2, 1999 9:47 pm
About 5 (?) years ago I ported the gcc370 compiler to OS/2. It worked well enough to compile and run an APPC/MVS application (I wasn't bothered about whether...
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Roger Bowler
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Nov 10, 1999 12:21 am
Hello all. I have uploaded version 1.35. New in this release: * Improved control panel user interface * New control panel commands: start, stop, restart, ipl,...
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Horak Daniel
horak@xxx.xxxxxxxxxx....
Nov 11, 1999 12:13 pm
Hello, I am new to this list and while reading the list archive I saw a discussion about gcc for S/370. You can look at http://linas.org/linux/i370.html and ...
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Roger Bowler
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Nov 12, 1999 12:00 am
... It's good to know that there's been some progress with gcc370 since I last looked at it. I always thought it was an interesting and useful project. ... ...
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Roger Bowler
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Nov 12, 1999 12:45 am
I thought it might be useful to summarize what Hercules can do at this point: * OS/360 MFT gets as far as formatting the job queue then starts getting strange...
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Horak Daniel
horak@xxx.xxxxxxxxxx....
Nov 12, 1999 10:25 am
... I have tried to run Linux/390, but it was a bit dirty ;-) - I created "vmlinux" from the Linux sources - it contains the kernel, but from address...
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Roger Bowler
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Nov 12, 1999 11:40 am
Dan, I think you can do this without too much difficulty. In the first 8 bytes of the 64K file of zeroes, you need to code a restart PSW which will jump to...
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Horak Daniel
horak@xxx.xxxxxxxxxx....
Nov 12, 1999 11:54 am
... OK, I will try it. Thank you. ... I think it is running on a real machine. There are some boot loading scripts on Linux/390 web page...
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Roger Bowler
listmanager@xxxxxx.xx...
Nov 12, 1999 10:43 pm
Hercules version 1.36 is now available for download, changes are: * Clear subchannel instruction (new) * Correct fault causing control panel display corruption...
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Mitch Wright
mew_jac@xxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 13, 1999 1:21 pm
OK, Did I get this right. There is a way to produce a binary file without real hardware and OS? If so, what's the tool chain? Is there any sense in make a...
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Roger Bowler
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Nov 15, 1999 7:15 pm
... Mitch, Hercules 1.35 introduced a new command, loadcore, which just loads a binary file into storage. It is expected that the first 8 bytes will be a PSW...
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Mitch Wright
mew_jac@xxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 17, 1999 3:26 am
Hey Roger, Maybe it's time for you (or somebody) to gather all this stuff together and burn a CDROM. --Mitch...
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Roger Bowler
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Nov 17, 1999 1:15 pm
... Mitch, I would like to build a CDROM with Hercules, OS/360, and a minimal Linux (AIUI OS/360 is PD and can be redistributed without licensing problems). At...
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Chris Craft
ccraft@xxx.xxxx
Nov 17, 1999 7:41 pm
I'm very new to this area of emulation. As a committed (committable?) hobbyist, I'd like to find out how I can jump in to working with the 370/390 systems...
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Peter Stammbach
stammpe@xxxxxxx.xxx
Nov 17, 1999 5:49 pm
Roger, to my knowledge, HCD still supports 3330 Mods 1,2 and 11's for VIO devices. (It even supports 2305's). Could this be a way ? Regards, Peter...
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Mitch Wright
mew_jac@xxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 18, 1999 4:21 am
Roger, I think I fall into the "nine hundred and ninety" catagory. Anywway, would it be usefull to post the question to "comp.lang.asm370" or ...
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Alex Friis
alexfriis@xxxxxxxxxx....
Nov 18, 1999 8:26 am
Today I reserved a former testserver, an IBM PS 325 PII with apx 300 Mb RAM, and 2 SCSI Harddrives 3 Gb each. It was running NT 4 - next to it, on the desk,...
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Alex Friis
alexfriis@xxxxxxxxxx....
Nov 18, 1999 4:10 pm
Sorry for my last faulty posting - here we go again: Today I reserved a former testserver, an IBM PS 325 PII with apx 300 Mb RAM, and 2 SCSI Harddrives 3 Gb...
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Roger Bowler
listmanager@xxxxxx.xx...
Nov 18, 1999 7:00 pm
... This is what I like to hear! ... I've decided to put some serious effort into getting OS/360 running. OK, so it's not MVS, but if you know MVS you will...
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Marvin Lukasik
melukasik@xxxxx.xxxx
Nov 18, 1999 11:31 pm
Isn't the OS/360 going to have lots of Y2K issues? I am a OS/390 sysprog and I am applying last minute PTFs (new ones from IBM ) to an OS/390 V1R3 system that...
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nischang@xxx.xxx
Nov 19, 1999 7:19 am
I tried to IPL an OS/390 V2R6. At this point (hercules-1.36) it runs into the situation to load IEAVNP12 member of SYS1.NUCLEUS. Since this DS is primary...
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Roger Bowler
listmanager@xxxxxx.xx...
Nov 19, 1999 4:01 pm
... In a word, YES! But you can IPL it with a 19xx date. As a matter of interest, this is how far I got with an IPL: Hercules S/370 version 1.31 at hgunix3...
