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VS1 system status
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Here's an update on the status of our VS1 systems.
I've searched diligently for a fix to the VS1 6.0 APF problem. While I found some PTFs that sound good, this grew into a chain of requisites that we don't have or can't install. The VS1 6.0 system is pretty much base level with no PTFs already installed, plus it doesn't have SMP so we don't have a definite record of what is there. So realistically, I don't think there's going to be a fix for the 6.0 APF problem. If you're really enthusiastic about doing something with 6.0, and you need APF authorization, I suspect the fix is going to be that I dig up or develop an SVC that will dynamically turn APF authorization on. Now much better news. Along with VS1 6.0, we also found a copy of VS1 6.7, but it has a nasty bug that prevents display consoles from initializing. Because of that bug, and because I had 6.0 working, I decided to go with 6.0 and come back to 6.7 later to see if the console bug could be circumvented with a usermod. As a result of the APF problem with 6.0, I went back and looked seriously at 6.7. Eventually I developed a usermod to circumvent the console initialization bug, and after quite a bit of tinkering (I ran into several problems that had to be fixed along the way), I have a VS1 6.7 distribution that you can install. It's newer code, it has some maintenance on it, and it has SMP4, which is a big plus. I will be posting it here soon, along with a draft set of install jobs like I did with VS1 6.0 -- |
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Thank you very much.
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kevin Leonard Sent: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 4:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [H390-OSVS] VS1 system status Here's an update on the status of our VS1 systems. I've searched diligently for a fix to the VS1 6.0 APF problem. While I found some PTFs that sound good, this grew into a chain of requisites that we don't have or can't install. The VS1 6.0 system is pretty much base level with no PTFs already installed, plus it doesn't have SMP so we don't have a definite record of what is there. So realistically, I don't think there's going to be a fix for the 6.0 APF problem. If you're really enthusiastic about doing something with 6.0, and you need APF authorization, I suspect the fix is going to be that I dig up or develop an SVC that will dynamically turn APF authorization on. Now much better news. Along with VS1 6.0, we also found a copy of VS1 6.7, but it has a nasty bug that prevents display consoles from initializing. Because of that bug, and because I had 6.0 working, I decided to go with 60 and come back to 6.7 later to see if the console bug could be circumvented with a usermod. As a result of the APF problem with 6.0, I went back and looked seriously at 6.7. Eventually I developed a usermod to circumvent the console initialization bug, and after quite a bit of tinkering (I ran into several problems that had to be fixed along the way), I have a VS1 6.7 distribution that you can install. It's newer code, it has some maintenance on it, and it has SMP4, which is a big plus. I will be posting it here soon, along with a draft set of install jobs like I did with VS1 6.0 -- |
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Thank you for your diligence. I have generated a 6.7 system from your notes and it is working well. I do have a question about the date fix. I saw that in the herc config file there is this entry: YROFFSET -28 # <-- comment out if TX67805 has been installed. I'm assuming that TX67805 is the date fix. Is there anywhere I can download it from?
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Thanks for all that you have done. -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kevin Leonard Sent: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 4:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [H390-OSVS] VS1 system status Here's an update on the status of our VS1 systems. I've searched diligently for a fix to the VS1 6.0 APF problem. While I found some PTFs that sound good, this grew into a chain of requisites that we don't have or can't install. The VS1 6.0 system is pretty much base level with no PTFs already installed, plus it doesn't have SMP so we don't have a definite record of what is there. So realistically, I don't think there's going to be a fix for the 6.0 APF problem. If you're really enthusiastic about doing something with 6.0, and you need APF authorization, I suspect the fix is going to be that I dig up or develop an SVC that will dynamically turn APF authorization on. Now much better news. Along with VS1 6.0, we also found a copy of VS1 6.7, but it has a nasty bug that prevents display consoles from initializing. Because of that bug, and because I had 6.0 working, I decided to go with 60 and come back to 6.7 later to see if the console bug could be circumvented with a usermod. As a result of the APF problem with 6.0, I went back and looked seriously at 6.7. Eventually I developed a usermod to circumvent the console initialization bug, and after quite a bit of tinkering (I ran into several problems that had to be fixed along the way), I have a VS1 6.7 distribution that you can install. It's newer code, it has some maintenance on it, and it has SMP4, which is a big plus. I will be posting it here soon, along with a draft set of install jobs like I did with VS1 6.0 -- |
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