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Re: z Architecture Mode


 

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We used to run an operating system called MVT/VSE from Software Pursuits.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Rankin
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2022 9:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H390-DOSVS] z Architecture Mode

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Tony,

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I know the name is confusing, but we didn’t choose it.

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MVT grew out of DOS/VS, and was one of the alternatives to VSE? I don’t disagree that it is confusing with OS/MVT, but what can you do.

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John

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From: <[email protected]> on behalf of Tony Harminc <tharminc@...>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 9:44 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [H390-DOSVS] z Architecture Mode

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On Thu, 13 Oct 2022 at 20:57, John Rankin <John.Rankin@...> wrote:

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By the way. Linux on Z requires an IPL in z mode.? But that is just a side note.

The reason I mentioned it here, is because my company owns MVT, and we are working on a z/MVT.? If you don't recall MVT, it was a competitive operating system to VSE.

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I certainly remember MVT, but I suspect that we're talking about different OSs. The MVT I knew was a direct predecessor to SVS and then more distantly MVS, and was one of the branches of OS/360, alongside PCP and MFT. Of course it didn't do virtual storage.

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Naming a competitor to VSE "MVT" seems like a strange choice to me...

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Tony H.

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