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.
The available versions are here :-
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Re: ECPSVM under Hyperion
Spinhawk is (obsolete) Hercules 3.x.? Prior to Hercules Helper, it was Spinhawk was fair easier to to build. It's a Bloom County quote (in response to a congressional subpoena). -ahd-
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Re: ECPSVM under Hyperion
Hello! And Spinhawk is the development branch name for the regular example of Hercules? Yes? And Pluto is what besides Mr. Mouse's dog, and a dwarf planet? ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@...
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Gregg Levine
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Re: #VMCE #rexx EE goes XEDIT - compiling a wish list
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A repeatable profile will be included as a demo in the next bleeding edge preview. Martin */* REXX */ / * ** ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Martin Scheffler
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Re: ECPSVM under Hyperion
Drew, There were issues with the floating point code. It looks like the fixes for these were added to the Develop branch in May https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/hyperion/issues/382 but the last
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Dave Wade
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ECPSVM under Hyperion
The last time I tried to use ECPSVM assists, it was under Spinhawk; it didn't go well and I retreated to Pluto. How is useful ECPSVM under Hyperion?? It doesn't need to be 100% functional, but if I
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Drew Derbyshire
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Updated Wiki Page: Reserved CP Modification Numbers
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The wiki page Reserved CP Modification Numbers ( /g/h390-vm/wiki/37734/211259 ) has been updated by William Denton <williamedenton@...>. Compare Revisions (
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Updated Wiki Page: Reserved CMS Modification Numbers
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The wiki page Reserved CMS Modification Numbers ( /g/h390-vm/wiki/37735/211258 ) has been updated by William Denton <williamedenton@...>. Compare Revisions (
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Re: #VMCE #rexx EE goes XEDIT - compiling a wish list
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I will check if the current snapshot is stable enough to show another bleeding edge preview. There are a lot of exciting new features and capabilities, at least as a Proof of Concept. Implementation
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Martin Scheffler
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Re: #VMCE #rexx EE goes XEDIT - compiling a wish list
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Well - me too. Ren¨¦.
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Re: Support for 3066 Graphic Terminal
William, I think more than that, looking at the Functional Characteristics manuals for these from BitSavers https://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/370/funcChar/ and I was interested to read some had a light
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Dave Wade
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Re: Reserving Modification Numbers
Perfect!! Thanks!! -- William
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William Denton
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Re: #VMCE #rexx EE goes XEDIT - compiling a wish list
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Personally, I would like to see efforts on EE going into creating a rich enough REXX integration that would allow the "side modes" to be implemented in REXX.like IBM did. cheers, William
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William Denton
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Re: What is special about the 3066?
From a programming standpoint, the 3066 had different geometry (80x33), different set of buffer orders, and completely different CCWs, interrupts, and sense data. I think IBM only put software support
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William Denton
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Re: Support for 3066 Graphic Terminal
The /168 console (like the 158 & later) didn't have very many blinky lights. As I recall, just the five above the Interrupt, Start, Stop, Load buttons. So, the "not" microfiche viewer was the
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William Denton
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Re: #VMCE #rexx EE goes XEDIT - compiling a wish list
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How important are the "side modes" of EE like FSLIST and FSVIEW ? I did not care of these up to now. I have reworked EE focussed on XEDIT as it was in VM/SP 1 (that means no FILELIST, RDRLIST ...).
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Martin Scheffler
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Re: Support for 3066 Graphic Terminal
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Dave Wade
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Re: Support for 3066 Graphic Terminal
Dave Wade wrote: [...] You don't?! Wow. Just... wow. Which, when eliminated, would free up those registers for other uses. Which, when replaced with relative instructions that don't need base
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Fish Fish
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Re: Support for 3066 Graphic Terminal
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Dave Wade
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Re: What is special about the 3066?
[email protected]> wrote: It was interesting from both the hardware and software points of view. I understand that the hardware was based on a stripped down 2250 with no actual graphics
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Tony Harminc
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Re: Support for 3066 Graphic Terminal
Dave Wade wrote: Yes, you're right: it would. Oh well. Just a thought. -- "Fish" (David B. Trout) Software Development Laboratories http://www.softdevlabs.com mail: fish@...
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Fish Fish
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