> There is also the STIDP hardware instruction.  It requires  authorization
as
> it is a privileged instruction.

Better check the current POPs.  STIDP was changed to allow it to report
X'00' as the model on current processors because of upgrade/downgrade on
demand and many processors now do.  STSI will report the model and the data
is available to unauthorized applications.
Greg

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