Hey, that's my video. Go watch it! And remember, folks, I am always looking for this old stuff for the collection - mostly anything pre-Z (I set up that limit so I do not overcollect).
Anything from a box of IBM indicator lights (thanks, recent donor!) to a 3090. I would make that happen. -- Will On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 11:23 AM Parwez Hamid <parwez_ha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > The 3540 was a BUS & TAG attached device. I am not saying that its still in > use by anyone. However, a while ago, during my travels I did find customers > were using strange BUS and TAG devices with channel convertors etc. > > https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/627vtu/big_disk_week_ibm_3540_s370_channel_attached_8/ > [https://preview.redd.it/1wgw7b1vndoy.jpg?auto=webp&s=700536458793462d84bccdfbea463e2ff9ccfc59]<https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/627vtu/big_disk_week_ibm_3540_s370_channel_attached_8/> > [Big Disk Week] IBM 3540 S/370 channel attached 8" floppy drive : > retrobattlestations<https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/627vtu/big_disk_week_ibm_3540_s370_channel_attached_8/> > [Big Disk Week] IBM 3540 S/370 channel attached 8" floppy drive. Big Disk > Week. Close. 30. Posted by. u/uniservo. 2 years ago. Archived [Big Disk Week] > IBM 3540 S/370 channel attached 8" floppy drive. Big Disk Week. 10 comments. > share. save hide report. 98% Upvoted. This thread is archived. New comments > cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast ... > www.reddit.com > > > Regards > > Parwez Hamid > > ________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of > R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> > Sent: 13 May 2020 15:55 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > Subject: Re: An older device query - still using?? > > Excuse me, what is IBM 3540? > This is mainframe forum so I checked all historical DASD, including drum > device and 2305 (which is not a drum) and found no such device. I also > reviewed disks for small systems (S3 System 32, System 34... AS/400) and > still no such device. Finally I found ~500MB SCSI attached 3,5" disk > with such number. > However I still don't know what is 3540. Any clue? > > > Update: I found it. It is diskette (yes, 8" floppy diskette drive). > Where can I find the reference about it? In new shining z/OS 2.4 JCL > Reference! > > Wow! > > > So, I dare to ask about this "still supported" device: > Was it Bus & Tag attached? > What parameters has the diskette? capacity, cylinders #, track length... > How it was recognized by operating system? Was it another DASD volume? > Every diskette was separate volume as tape cart? > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > > W dniu 12.05.2020 o 21:40, Marna WALLE pisze: > > Hello All, > > We had an internal small discussion wondering if there were any customers > > that still used these devices (the youngest of which went end-of-service in > > 2014, from what I can find). I wanted to extend this conversation outside > > of IBM, to those that might have firsthand current knowledge. > > > > Here's the devices I'm wondering about: > > > > 1287/1288 - IBM Optical reader and page reader respectively > > 3540 - IBM Disk device > > 3886 - IBM Optical Character reader > > 3890 - IBM Magnetic Ink Reader > > 3895 - IBM Printer device > > > > If you or someone you know *currently* has one of the above devices in use, > > would you mind contacting me? I'm not interested in the past, when I know > > these were once-popular devices. For instance, all LinkedIn hits I read > > were all "prior experience" type of references. > > > > I'm interested in current 2020 usage of them. 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