On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Richards.Bob wrote: > David, > > I seem to recall doing this with VM XA/SF running a MVS/XA guest about 16 > years ago. I thought it was the neatest thing since sliced bread!
Back in the 1970s, I decided I'd like my own Personal S370/168 for a few hours, so I dropped into the local computer centre and made some enquiries. We agreed on 10:00 pm. A few minutes after 10:00, I was saying thinks like v 148,offline v stor(xx),offline or whatever, it was a while ago. The result, I had my own 168, a meg or two of RAM, a 3330 and a 3270 and the master console. Occasionally, I also had a 3211 - it was on a hardware switch. After a few hours of VS1 fun, I gave it back to the next shift and showed them how to put it together again. Their system ran through it all. True, it wouldn't have helped keep IMS up while we patched it, but it was fun. For Q&D maintenace, there was corezap. I don't recall much we did with it, maybe zap a UCB or somesuch. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb