> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell > Sent: Saturday 03 March 2007 09:53 > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: FBA rant > > > In a message dated 3/3/2007 10:59:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I don't remember for sure whether FBA (3370) was used by the > 3090 service > processor or not. > The 3090 service processor started out being a highly > customized version of > vm370 release 6 running on 4331 processor . Before FCS, 3090 service > processor was upgraded to high customized version of vm370 > > > >> > Yeah, that's kinda foggy too. By the time we upgraded to > 3090-400J(circa > 1989) the 9032(?)service processors were all 9370's.
I remember earlier 3090 models did have 3370's for the service processor; this was 1987-1988 or thereabouts. Our IBM FE said that the designers used it because someone said to use up all the 3370s that weren't selling. Not that I believed that 100%... Later, Ray -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. ---ilvi French is essentially German with messed-up pronunciation and spelling. --Robert B Wilson English is essentially French converted to 7-bit ASCII. ---Christophe Pierret [for Alain LaBonté] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
