... But if you have a feeling for elegance, history and smart architecture, do read the I/O section in Principles of Operation, and browse the 3990 reference...
... Perhaps the smartest architecture is paging, both MVS and MVT/TSO, which runs as a never-ending channel program. The second smartest is Program Fetch,...
At least you were able to keep some from that era. I had too many disruptions in my life to achieve that. Worked for an IBM competitor in the 80's, landed...
Hello! Regarding the contents of the manuals stored on Bitsavers, I've noticed that a lot of the IBM ones are marked "IBM Confidential". So how did he obtain ...
... noticed that ... obtain ... I'm not sure. The current copyright is the lifetime of the author plus (I thing) 50 years. Don't know how they handle...
Is there some trick to this new group? I subscribed long ago, and acknowledged the email long ago (which did say that the moderator needed to approve). I was...
... Ok, that direct link only allows me to view, not post. So that means I'm not a member, and that non-members can view the archives. That was confusing me. I...
... Probably YES!! I followed (once in a while) the Yahoo instructions and .... Hercules-380 is there in my groups list "waiting for approval" regards enrico...
... I have this more-or-less working now. On Windows Vista. Usage is runmvs <file containing all JCL (many jobs)> <output file> runmvs.bat: @echo off if %1. ==...
Hello! I agree with all you've said here, and of course I'm not a lawyer either, but we can presuppose a lot of things here. So if it is a case of benign ...
... Why? ... Why? ... If you specified path\hercauto.jcl in your Hercules configuration, you would avoid having to change it. Don't forget to $SRDR1 unless...
... I thought it was good to give the system a chance to IPL. ... Pardon? Use what for path? ... It's already working, so if that is required, it must be ...
... In hercules config file: 00C 3505 \crazy\path\prefix\for\your\actual\hercauto.jcl ascii eof ... Yes, it will drop 'power'. It won't always be dependable...
... <Snipped> ... Doesn't the compile farm also have to have DASD to hold PDS's in which to store the resulting object decks, or are those being punched back...
... hercauto.jcl is a generated file, so it belongs with Hercules, not the caller. It is generated by appending the "hercterm" job to the end of the JCL...
Hello! This is what is properly called a long shot. That being said, would any of you know when the basic OS/2 kits started supporting the laptop communities? ...
Greg, I don't think OS/2 ever supported laptops in a serious way. If it did I would say Warp4 which I don't have. I don't think any of the Warp3 stuff I have...
Greg; What exactly are you trying to do? I have some experience with OS/2 Warp 4 and interfacing it into weird networks. Dan... ... any of ... communities? ...
Hello! I am beginning to understand that. As you will see in a separate message that's explaining my problems to another like minded individual, I'm quite ...
Hello! I am by training a hardware specialist. Normally I repair computers. I also design and build stuff for the resident ones here to talk to. Right now I've...
Jay, et alia: I am not sure (I presume you Jay, but don't really know) who packages up and puts the new Hercules packages on your www.conmicro.cx/hercules...
... I had OS/2 V4 Warp running on an older IBM laptop. It had a PCMCIA modem card in it to support a speed of 56k. V3 did not have any Internet capabilities...
... There's always ECS. http://www.ecomstation.com I tried 1.0 and 1.1. I finally realized that I didn't actually miss OS/2 all THAT much after all. Adam ...
Greg; Don't mess with the older versions of OS/2. You should be able to pick up a full copy of Warp 4, factory boxed, on eBay for about $20. You will also...
... NO problems at all, runs smoothly ( build and all the stuff ) - mac book pro 2.16... waiting for the 2.6 :-) I haven' t played with tuntap yet ( maybe...
... Hercules is available in Debian itself [1] and I'd thus expect it to be available in Ubuntu as well. /me looks... And it is: [2] Packaging emulators for...