Re: What is the oldest version of zOS that requires use of the Extended-Immediate Facility?

On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:57:08 +, Bob Shannon wrote: >> For example, can z/OS 1.6 run on hardware without it? > >Extended immediate instructions were introduced on Freeway (i.e., z800/z900) processors. Operating systems prior to 1.6 could run on 9672 processors. 1.6 requires a Freeway processor

Re: What is the oldest version of zOS that requires use of the Extended-Immediate Facility?

> For example, can z/OS 1.6 run on hardware without it? Extended immediate instructions were introduced on Freeway (i.e., z800/z900) processors. Operating systems prior to 1.6 could run on 9672 processors. 1.6 requires a Freeway processor. 1.6 went out of service 9/30/2007. Bob Shannon Rocket

Re: What is the oldest version of zOS that requires use of the Extended-Immediate Facility?

There has not been a level set yet for z/OS, though there has for z/VM. Release 1.12 will run on any zArchitecture hardware, including z800 and z900. AFAIR, the Extended-immediate facility was introduced with the z9-109. -- Tom Marchant -

What is the oldest version of zOS that requires use of the Extended-Immediate Facility?

For example, can z/OS 1.6 run on hardware without it? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely both