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2015-03-30 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
David L. Craig wrote: >Nancy (now Assistant Chief) confirmed the 91 did not use ASP. So I was wrong. >Where's my ceremonial sword? Hopefully I won't get that wrong. ;-) Ok, just lay for me nice and easy flat while I sharpen my sword. sharpening . sharpening more sharpening O

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2015-03-30 Thread Scott Ford
Hey David, Nobody's perfect dude On Monday, March 30, 2015, Richard Pinion wrote: > JES2 was a half ASP project. > > > > --- dlc@gmail.com wrote: > > From: "David L. Craig" > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re:

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2015-03-30 Thread Richard Pinion
JES2 was a half ASP project. --- dlc@gmail.com wrote: From: "David L. Craig" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OT: Digital? Cloud? Modern And Cost-Effective? Surprise! It's The Mainframe - Forbes Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:38:59 -0400

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2015-03-30 Thread David L. Craig
On 15Mar29:1833-0400, David L. Craig wrote: > It's interesting to see how it's been marked up to note the > differences since the application was migrated to the 3081 > running MVS. "Nancy" is "Nancy L. Palm" who is the sysprog > I'm trying to track down. It's unclear to me from the > listings i

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2015-03-30 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <20150329212721.GB25599@dlc-dt>, on 03/29/2015 at 05:27 PM, "David L. Craig" said: >Schmuel That's Shmuel. And don't forget Tom Kern. >are any neurons being triggered Giss could only run VM on the 470V/6; when they shipped that to GMSF at GSFC, they were left running a single instance of

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2015-03-30 Thread Steve Thompson
And then there is the topic/subject Hijack... Pulling from history, I got assigned to work on a Univac/Varian/DEC project to support the Space shuttle over at the Goddard Space Flight Center for NASA Ultimately required that I put some diodes together with some resistors... Got the 16bit

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2015-03-30 Thread Tony's Outlook via Mozilla
EE, you made me laugh out loud this morning. For the record let's add PDSE jihads, semantics jousting, SMPE rules of engagement, "what constitutes an empty file" sparring, and revision of revisionist history revision. On 3/30/2015 3:00 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: Paul Gilmartin wrote:

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2015-03-30 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> (We need a new group, alt.ibm-main.nostalgia, or the like.) and Tony's Outlook via Mozilla wrote: >We've got one, it's called IBM-MAIN, :-) My oh my! ;-) That famous list contains: OT, nostalgia, OT, trivia, OT, discussion about any computers except mainframes, flamin

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2015-03-29 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 3/30/2015 at 12:16 AM, Shane Ginnane wrote: > Softlayer ?. > Bluemix ?. > > What proportion of those run on z ?. Does IBM eat their own (z) dogfood ?. I have no idea what either of those are, so I can't comment. For years IBM has been consolidating (mostly) AIX and Linux systems on Lin

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2015-03-29 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:45:53 -0600, Mark Post wrote: >IBM has been investing a lot of money in developing OpenStack and related >software to manage and run Linux on z Systems. In addition to that they've >been updating their various middleware products to capitalize on what they see >as the gr

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2015-03-29 Thread David L. Craig
This IBM page has solid tech notes and includes an enlargable photo of that same console early in its deployment. Maybe Nancy can name some of those folks for posterity. https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP2091.html -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundan

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2015-03-29 Thread David L. Craig
On 15Mar29:1453-0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > I still haven't seen a plausible answer; not even a guess. > The only one tendered, > "OS/MVT/ASP" strikes me as > absolutely incredible. >From http://voyager.gsfc.nasa.gov/Library/isee-3_book8.pdf In the first paragraph of the Abstract: "This docume

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2015-03-29 Thread David L. Craig
On 15Mar29:1638-0400, David L. Craig wrote: > On 15Mar29:1453-0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > > I still haven't seen a plausible answer; not even a guess. > > The only one tendered, "OS/MVT/ASP" strikes me as absolutely > > incredible. > > Sheesh. I've sent an email to one of the primary syspro

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2015-03-29 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 3/29/2015 at 03:53 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 08:57:38 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> >>>On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: Interesting article about the mainframe in Forbes: > http://ww

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2015-03-29 Thread David L. Craig
On 15Mar29:1453-0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > I still haven't seen a plausible answer; not even a guess. > The only one tendered, "OS/MVT/ASP" strikes me as absolutely > incredible. Sheesh. I've sent an email to one of the primary sysprogs-- hopefully he'll speak definitively on this matter. --

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2015-03-29 Thread Tony's Outlook via Mozilla
We've got one, it's called IBM-MAIN, :-) On 3/29/2015 2:53 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 08:57:38 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: Interesting article about the mainframe in Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg

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2015-03-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 08:57:38 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >>On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: >>> Interesting article about the mainframe in Forbes: >>> >>> http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2015/03/24/digital-cloud-modern-and-cost-effective-surprise-its-the-mainframe/

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2015-03-28 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <551602fc.10...@yahoo.com>, on 03/27/2015 at 09:25 PM, Thomas Kern <0041d919e708-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Not only did GISS have a 360/95 (running a special operating system >called SSS/360) but also an Amdahl 470V6 running VM/370 R3 with 3 >VMs of SSS/360. Don't forget

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2015-03-28 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
Robert Wessel writes: > IBM shipped about 20 360/91s, then a couple of 360/95s with a > redesigned memory subsystem, then the 360/195 which re-implemented the > same machine on a faster, denser logic process, then that modified was > to include the basic S/370 extensions (no virtual memory) and sh

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2015-03-28 Thread David L. Craig
On 15Mar27:1741-0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > In <20150327175138.GA3765@dlc-dt>, on 03/27/2015 >at 01:51 PM, "David L. Craig" said: > > >The plaque said it's from the Goddard Space Flight Center, which > >was in building 3/14 and under the Flight Dynamics Directorate, > > My reco

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2015-03-27 Thread Thomas Kern
Not only did GISS have a 360/95 (running a special operating system called SSS/360) but also an Amdahl 470V6 running VM/370 R3 with 3 VMs of SSS/360. My first job was production control there. I logged onto my first VM on June 23, 1976. /Tom Kern On 03/27/2015 17:41, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J

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2015-03-27 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <20150327175138.GA3765@dlc-dt>, on 03/27/2015 at 01:51 PM, "David L. Craig" said: >The plaque said it's from the Goddard Space Flight Center, which >was in building 3/14 and under the Flight Dynamics Directorate, My recollection is that they had a 360/91 + 360/75 and that the Goddard Inst

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2015-03-27 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <0964724ce2194f049dd3ef12ce76c...@exmbxprd01.ad.ufl.edu>, on 03/27/2015 at 02:15 PM, "Nims,Alva John (Al)" said: >Now, when I originally responded, I had done a search on www.ibm.com >of 360/191 and it did return a hit for a 360/191, so there must have >been a 191 model at some point. Not

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2015-03-27 Thread Scott Ford
Nims > > Systems Admin/Programmer 3 > > Information Technology > > University of Florida > > (352) 273-1298 > > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > > ] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz

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2015-03-27 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2015-03-27 14:16, Tony Harminc wrote: > >> Digital? Cloud? Modern And Cost-Effective? Surprise! >> >> On OS/MVT/ASP!? I am truly surprised! > > Well, be fair; the caption did say "an ancestor" of the z13. > This sad little lizard told me that he was a brontosaurus on his mother’s sid

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2015-03-27 Thread Tony Harminc
On 27 March 2015 at 15:12, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On 2015-03-27 11:51, David L. Craig wrote: >> On 15Mar27:1223-0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> >>> But did anyone ever figure out, what OS? TPF, perhaps? >> >> The plaque said it's from the Goddard Space Flight Center, >> which was in building 3/14

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2015-03-27 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2015-03-27 11:51, David L. Craig wrote: > On 15Mar27:1223-0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >> But did anyone ever figure out, what OS? TPF, perhaps? > > The plaque said it's from the Goddard Space Flight Center, > which was in building 3/14 and under the Flight Dynamics > Directorate, running OS

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2015-03-27 Thread David L. Craig
On 15Mar27:1223-0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > But did anyone ever figure out, what OS? TPF, perhaps? The plaque said it's from the Goddard Space Flight Center, which was in building 3/14 and under the Flight Dynamics Directorate, running OS/MVT/ASP IIRC. I had nothing to do with it but I'd seen

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2015-03-27 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:12:45 -0400, Scott Ford wrote: >It's not at 191 it's a s360/195 . > (Sigh. I suspect classic car buffs behave likewise: "It's not a 1931; it's a 1932!") But did anyone ever figure out, what OS? TPF, perhaps? -- gil

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2015-03-27 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Scott Ford Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 11:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OT: Digital? Cloud? Modern And Cost-Effective? Surprise! It's The Mainframe - Forbes It's not at 191 it's a s360/195 . Scott On Friday,

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2015-03-27 Thread Scott Ford
BM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > ] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 8:49 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: OT: Digital? Cloud? Modern And Cost-Effective? Surprise! It's > The Mainframe - Forbes > > In >, > on > 03/26/2

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2015-03-27 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
Technology University of Florida (352) 273-1298 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 8:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OT: Digital? Cloud? Modern And Cost

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2015-03-26 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 03/26/2015 at 12:48 PM, "Nims,Alva John (Al)" said: >The picture is not very good though. A google search of "360/195" >got a few hits that may support that the ancestor is a 360/19x 19x? The only 3-digit S/360 model was 195. Did you mean 360/9x? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz,

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2015-03-26 Thread Norbert Friemel
On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:17:11 -0400, David L. Craig wrote: >On 15Mar26:0928-0500, Norbert Friemel wrote: >> >> S/360 Model 91 >> >> Higher resolutions @ >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/epitti/2371701458/sizes/l/in/photostream/ >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/epitti/2370869637/sizes/l/in/photostr

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2015-03-26 Thread David L. Craig
On 15Mar26:0928-0500, Norbert Friemel wrote: > > S/360 Model 91 > > Higher resolutions @ > https://www.flickr.com/photos/epitti/2371701458/sizes/l/in/photostream/ > https://www.flickr.com/photos/epitti/2370869637/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Inquiring minds want to know: where's the Emergency Pull?

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2015-03-26 Thread Norbert Friemel
On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:38:12 -0500, John McKown wrote: >Why did they put in a picture of "an ancestor of the z13"? I'll grant >that the old machines really did look a lot more "computer-ish" than >today's "pizza box" and "refridgerator" forms. Oh, for the days of >spinning tapes and card sorters.

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2015-03-26 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:38:12 -0500, John McKown wrote: >Why did they put in a picture of "an ancestor of the z13"? I'll grant >that the old machines really did look a lot more "computer-ish" than >today's "pizza box" and "refridgerator" forms. Oh, for the days of >spinning tapes and card sorters.

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2015-03-26 Thread Mark Regan
Regan USNR-Ret. [1969-1991, CTO1] K8MTR <>< From: John McKown To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 7:38 AM Subject: Re: OT: Digital? Cloud? Modern And Cost-Effective? Surprise! It's The Mainframe - Forbes Why did they put in a picture of "an anc

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2015-03-26 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
(352) 273-1298 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 8:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OT: Digital? Cloud? Modern And Cost-Effective? Surprise! It's The Mainframe

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2015-03-26 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
of Florida (352) 273-1298 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Scott Ford Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 8:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OT: Digital? Cloud? Modern And Cost-Effective? Surprise! It's

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2015-03-26 Thread Mike Schwab
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360#/media/File:IBM_System_360-30_front_panel.agr.jpg On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 7:35 AM, Mike Schwab wrote: > S/360. > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:38 AM, John McKown > wrote: >> Why did they put in a picture of "an ancestor of the z13"? I'll grant >> that th

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2015-03-26 Thread Scott Ford
Yeah, Mike that's what I thought. Heard of a s360/195 had never seen one. Regards, Scott On Thursday, March 26, 2015, Mike Schwab wrote: > S/360. > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:38 AM, John McKown > > wrote: > > Why did they put in a picture of "an ancestor of the z13"? I'll grant > > that the ol

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2015-03-26 Thread Mike Schwab
S/360. On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:38 AM, John McKown wrote: > Why did they put in a picture of "an ancestor of the z13"? I'll grant > that the old machines really did look a lot more "computer-ish" than > today's "pizza box" and "refridgerator" forms. Oh, for the days of > spinning tapes and card

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2015-03-26 Thread Scott Ford
John, Is that a 360/195 ? On Thursday, March 26, 2015, John McKown > wrote: > Why did they put in a picture of "an ancestor of the z13"? I'll grant > that the old machines really did look a lot more "computer-ish" than > today's "pizza box" and "refridgerator" forms. Oh, for the days of > spinni

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2015-03-26 Thread John McKown
Why did they put in a picture of "an ancestor of the z13"? I'll grant that the old machines really did look a lot more "computer-ish" than today's "pizza box" and "refridgerator" forms. Oh, for the days of spinning tapes and card sorters. [grin]. BTW - what is that a picture of? On Thu, Mar 26, 20

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2015-03-26 Thread Tom Marchant
Interesting article about the mainframe in Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2015/03/24/digital-cloud-modern-and-cost-effective-surprise-its-the-mainframe/ tiny'd: http://preview.tinyurl.com/pv3wwz9 -- Tom Marchant --