Unrelated, but the word TELEGENIX in that doc caught my attention.
Wasn't that a box that connected to a 3270 coax cable, acted like a
console (with no actual display), watched for certain messages, and then
displayed tape mount serial numbers on displays mounted on top of reel
tape drives?
I barely remember having to install software upgrades on such a box,
maybe in the mid 1980's. I think it ran a z80 processor and the
software was delivered on a standard audio cassette tape.
If so, it's also the box that I knocked offline one day by accidentally
hitting the power cable with my foot when crawling under the raised
floor. Oops.
On 12/9/2019 3:30 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote:
Looking into this has been a chase.
The only items of interest in the load module is the assembler product
code and the binder product code.
.....DSSUMON .
..............
5695PMB01 ....
~..569623400 .
......... ..ε.
..DSSUMON.....
..............
There are a lot of messages that start with TDS00..., such as:
TDS0001I DSSUMON MONITOR INITIALIZATION COMPLETE V3.1.9
I also what look like commands:
ABENDSTOPNODEVVAL3CHARALLOCNOALLOCSTATSWTORRESETRELEASEACQUIRENOTE
It is the only item in the library, which has the name:
SYS2.QUICKTAP.V3R1M9.APFLIB
OK, went looking around for any dataset with 'QUICKTAP'. I actually
found the source. The first line has:
DSSUMON TITLE 'TDS DISPLAY SUPPORT SYSTEM - UCB MONITOR FOR PCSYS '
But, no copyright. I finally found doc member written by local staff
many years ago because it indicates where the system was hosted and it
was a long time ago that it was hosted at that location.
QUICKTAPE IS A TAPE MESSAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES LARGE
MULTICOLOR DISPLAY PANELS TO INFORM TAPE OPERATORS OF PENDING
TAPE MOUNTS IN A LARGE MAINFRAME TAPE ENVIRONMENT. A TYPICAL
QUICKTAPE SYSTEM CONTAINS THREE SOFTWARE MODULES: DSS, GRAPHER,
AND MLOG. IN ADDITION, DSSUMON IS REQUIRED FOR MVS SYSTEMS.
DSS (DISPLAY SUPPORT SOFTWARE) IS A DOS-BASED PROGRAM CAPABLE
OF MANAGING UP TO 256 HOST SYSTEM INPUTS CONCURRENTLY. THIS
MENU-DRIVEN PROGRAM PROVIDES THE USER INTERFACE, DRIVES THE
DISPLAYS AND LOGS TAPE ACTIVITY.
THE GRAPHER SOFTWARE ALLOWS QUICKTAPE'S BUILT-IN REPORTS AND
GRAPHS TO BE PRINTED WITHOUT INTERRUPTING TAPE OPERATIONS.
THIS SOFTWARE RESIDES ON A PC OTHER THAN THE QUICKTAPE PC.
QUICKTAPE LOGS ALL MOUNT REQUESTS (INCLUDING ROBOTICS), STORING
THE PREVIOUS 31 DAYS. AT ANY POINT DURING THE 31 DAYS, THE LOG
FILES CAN BE COPIED OVER TO WHATEVER COMPUTER HAS THE MLOG
SOFTWARE. MLOG PROVIDES A SEARCH CAPABILITY SO THAT MOUNTS
MEETING ANY SET OF CRITERIA CAN BE IDENTIFIED, INCLUDING:
<stuff clipped here>
DSSUMON RUNS ON MVS SYSTEMS, WHERE IT SCANS ALL TAPE DRIVES AND
ISSUES READY MESSAGES WHEN TAPES ARE MOUNTED. IT ALSO ALLOWS
MOUNTS TO BE CLEARED MANUALLY FROM A CONSOLE ON THE SYSTEM THAT
ISSUED THE MOUNT. DSSUMON IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ANY OTHER HOST
SYSTEM.
THE VENDOR FOR QUICKTAPE IS TEXAS DIGITAL SYSTEMS (TDS):
TEXAS DIGITAL SYSTEMS, INC.
400 TECHNOLOGY PARKWAY
COLLEGE STATION, TX 77845-5826
(409) 693-9378 VOICE
(409) 764-8650 (FAX)
WWW.TXDIGITAL.COM
sa...@txdigital.com
QUICKTAPE WAS PURCHASED BY ACS AS A REPLACEMENT FOR TELEGENIX
ON ALL DALLAS LPAR'S.
QUICKTAPE'S STARTED TASK IS DSSUMON, AND IT REPLACES TELEGENIX'S
STARTED TASK TGXARM.
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS FOR QUICKTAPE ON DCUF ARE AS FOLLOWS:
<stuff clipped here>
INSTALLATION HISTORY:
DATE LPAR VERSION INSTALLER TASK
05/30/04 DCUF 3.1.9 BPIP 664964
05/30/04 DCU0 3.1.9 BPIP 666222
Tony Thigpen
Mark Jacobs wrote on 12/9/19 4:37 PM:
Browse the load module and see if there are any eye catchers/copyright
notices in it.
Mark Jacobs
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On Monday, December 9, 2019 3:56 PM, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com>
wrote:
I have an auto-started initiator running DSSUMON and I don't know what
it is doing. Anybody know what this program does? I think it's a vendor
program that we don't license anymore. The messages don't supply any
vendor name.
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