There's 3(!) contenders over at Yahoo Groups, plus a jobs group. With the exception of the later, which is heavily moderated to keep out the spammers, the noise to signal ratio was too high when I looked at them a while back. The traffic is just too low, for the reasons already given.
There used to be a forum on Al's site, but following the closure of his magazine his server died and as I'd been the only person to access it in months he was reasonably disinclined to repair it :( Given the move to z/tpf though I do think one is called for. I can set it up but not sure how to get the word out to people. ian ... ------ Original Message ------ Received: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:38:25 PM GMT From: "Schuh, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/TPF List Server > That confirms what I was thinking. I have never heard mention of a TPF > list, and I have been lurking on the fringes of the TPF (PARS, ACP, > ACP/TPF) world since the mid 1970s. Personal contacts and the > development lab seem to obviate the need for a list. If you look at the > number of TPF shops, it is quite small and dwindling (with the pending > merger of WorldSpan and Galileo) compared to the number of VM, MVS, VSE > or Linux licenses. With the smaller universe, a list really is not > needed. > > > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > > ________________________________ > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rick Giz > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:03 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/TPF List Server > > > > I worked in that arena for a number of years and I am not aware of > anyone ever hosting a list server for TPF. Best bet has always been > personal contacts established at conferences via the user group > http://www.tpfug.org/ or of course there is also the IBM Lab. > > > > Regards, > > Rick Giz > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 770-781-3206 > > ________________________________ > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Raymond Noal > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:18 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: z/TPF List Server > > > > Dear Lists: > > Is there a list server for z/TPF? > > HITACHI > DATA SYSTEMS > > Raymond E. Noal > Senior Technical Engineer > Office: (408) 970 - 7978 > >
