This group is for all folks running the original IBM VM/370 Release 6 operating system (or later (e.g. VMTCE (Community Edition)) on Hercules. Like the other early IBM operating systems this version has always been in the public domain and so can be freely distributed. The base version as supplied by IBM is lacking in many facilities. IBM solved this by providing additional extension products which were licensed and so are not available. There are however many user enhancements available which can be installed. In addition, in order to get users up and running quickly updated "releases" of VM/370 included the most popular updates are available for download, so novices can start to learn VM without having to delve into the system internals. It is intended that this wiki will provide information on the base release and these updates.
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Re: Possible bug in BREXX parse instruction
Any luck in finding time? ... Mark S.
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Mark A. Stevens
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Dave, I don't have my system available in front of me at the moment but to the best of my recollection those change files were controlling the OPTIONS COPY member, for the support of varying the
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Bob Polmanter
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Later CMS versions have some command where you can edit a file with all updates applied, and where you can create new update files. So I made something similar (much simpler, I expect). I called it
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Rhialto
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Bertram, We handle most things folks throw at us. I¡¯ve updated that page to point out later versions are elsewhere. Dave Sent: 16 October 2022 06:50 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h390-vm]
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Dave Wade
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Bob, That¡¯s certainly the way I used to do it. I suspect in some situations in the ¡°modern world¡± one might be asked to use UPDATE files simply for change control. However I notice that there
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Dave Wade
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
I have just done a fresh install to have an "untouched" VM/370 Community Edition V1R1.2 ( http://vm370.org/VM/V1R1.2 ) running under a second Hercules. Of course the port number has to be different
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Martin Scheffler
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#4354
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Is it possible to run different Herc systems with their own different VM systems. of course on the same PC or different PC connected by means? Thank you.
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Bertram Moshier
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
You should consider to upgrade to VM/370 Community Edition V1R1.2 ( http://vm370.org/VM/V1R1.2 ). Quote from http://vm370.org/vm :
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Martin Scheffler
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Hello Dave, I got my copy of VM/370 from: http://www.smrcc.org.uk/members/g4ugm/VM370.htm It is Six Pack 1.3. I got the URL from YouTube watching the Moshix channel. If these are different, how are
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Bertram Moshier
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Bob, Thanks again for a great explanation. I¡¯ve used SYSID in the past but didn¡¯t know it was added in VM/ CE. I better do some more reading! Best regards, Jim
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Jim Snellen
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Bob Polmanter wrote: FWIW, I agree wholeheartedly: for such a simple change using update files is vast overkill. <snip remainder which I didn't bother reading> -- "Fish" (David B. Trout) Software
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Fish Fish
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Jim, SYSID was added to Sixpack 1.2 via a patch (HRC108DK) and of course is carried forward into VM/CE.? The internals of the change are documented in HRC108DK MEMO.?? Thus, you won't see it in any
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Bob Polmanter
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Bob, You certainly verified my thinking as that¡¯s the way I did it many years ago. I noticed there were a lot of changes to DMKSYS that were not made via AUX files so I was a little confused. There
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Jim Snellen
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Jim, I definitely would not use update files and AUX files in order to manage DMKSYS for the purposes of a time zone change.? I realize that VM/CE may be more or less set up for that, but it doesn't
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Bob Polmanter
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Re: #VMCE #rexx EE goes XEDIT - compiling a wish list
#VMCE
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I do. One of the may things on my impossibly long to do list is to try to convert/port THE (The Hessling Editor) to VM/370 CE. ... Mark S.
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Mark A. Stevens
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#4345
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Gary, Pretty sure it presents what you ask to the emulated machines. See the TZOFFSET in https://sdl-hercules-390.github.io/html/hercconf.html#TZOFFSET Dave Sent: 15 October 2022 17:05 To:
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Dave Wade
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#4344
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Re: Another Time Zone Question (Sorta)
Hi Dave,In regards to this issue, I think it boils down to how Hercules obtains the time/date from the host OS, (Linux, Windows, etc), is it local or UTC? That will affect how VM applies the timezone
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gdblodgett
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#4343
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Re: Where can I learn how CMS is different ...
Matthew, Like many other enhancements DIAG58 arrived in the VM/370 extensions packages, SEPP and/or BSEPP as confirmed by
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Dave Wade
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#VMCE #rexx EE goes XEDIT - compiling a wish list
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I am using XEDIT and its clones since VM/SP Release 1 up to today ... and counting. EE is great work by Dr. Hans-Walter Latz, but I miss a lot of features that XEDIT and KEDIT have. I have done
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Martin Scheffler
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Re: Where can I learn how CMS is different ...
1. XEDIT is a big difference -- having a full screen editor is great 2. REXX nucleus extensions -- I dont THINK VM/370 could load extensions for REXX 3. Fullscreen utilities, e.g. FLIST. I don't think
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Matthew T. Kromer
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