Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-09 Thread Chip Davis
On 6/8/09 17:05 Michael Harding said: The early Hollywood depictions tended to feature card sorters or collators, only occasionally tape drives. Had to have some sort of visible action. I remember one though ("Goliath", I think) about a computer that was taking over the world, which had a room

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-08 Thread Robert Payne
Yeah, I really laughed at that. They memorize the lines and recite them with a straight face but usually the technical content is just silly. As the character Janice said in one of the episodes to another FBI person "yes, I need you to open up a fresh socket for me" ROF LOL !

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-08 Thread Schuh, Richard
9 10:05 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Last release for 3420s? The early Hollywood depictions tended to feature card sorters or collators, only occasionally tape drives. Had to have some sort of visible action. I remember one though ("Goliath", I think) about a computer that was taking ove

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Harding
06/05/2009 11:37:25 AM: > [image removed] > > Re: Last release for 3420s? > > Alan Altmark > > to: > > IBMVM > > 06/05/2009 11:39 AM > > Sent by: > > The IBM z/VM Operating System > > Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System > > On F

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Schuh, Richard
I figured that, else why ask? Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:03 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Last

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Tom Duerbusch
> [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 11:37 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Last release for 3420s? > > On Friday, 06/05/2009 at 02:21 EDT, Adam Thornton > wrote: > > There's some in Virginia f

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread McKown, John
Hum, if I had to use a 3420, I'd likely get a SCSI version. Attach that to a FlexCUB controller. Have the FlexCUB emulate a 3490 drive on disk, then later copy the data to the 3420 via a FlexCUB command. Do the reverse to come the other way. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrativ

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Schuh, Richard
STSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Last release for 3420s? > > On Friday, 06/05/2009 at 02:21 EDT, Adam Thornton > wrote: > > There's some in Virginia free to a good home. Free to any home, in > > fact. Just take it away. As long as you provide all the labor and >

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 06/05/2009 at 02:21 EDT, Adam Thornton wrote: > There's some in Virginia free to a good home. Free to any home, in > fact. Just take it away. As long as you provide all the labor and > all the transport, it's yours. Not kidding. You would think that some Hollywood museum would wan

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jun 5, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Stephen Frazier wrote: Some people who have tried 3420's on z/VM 5.3 said they work. However IBM is no longer testing 3420 code and if it ever stops working they may not fix it. Finding the actual 3420 hardware that still works is getting difficult. :) There's

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Stephen Frazier
Alan Altmark wrote: On Friday, 06/05/2009 at 11:17 EDT, Lee Stewart wrote: Do I recall right that the last VM release to support 3420 type tapes was z/VM 4.4? Was that just CMS that no longer supports them, or both CP & CMS? Whatever the release was, it was a z/VM statement covering

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Lee Stewart
Alan Altmark wrote: However, no code was harmed in the making of that announcement. Thanks Alan, that's what I was really hoping... Lee -- Lee Stewart, Senior SE Sirius Computer Solutions Phone: (303) 996-7122 Email: lee.stew...@siriuscom.com Web: www.siriuscom.com

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 06/05/2009 at 11:17 EDT, Lee Stewart wrote: > Do I recall right that the last VM release to support 3420 type tapes > was z/VM 4.4? Was that just CMS that no longer supports them, or both > CP & CMS? Whatever the release was, it was a z/VM statement covering all components. Howeve

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Steve Wilkins
6 AM Subject:Last release for 3420s? Do I recall right that the last VM release to support 3420 type tapes was z/VM 4.4? Was that just CMS that no longer supports them, or

Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Lee Stewart
Do I recall right that the last VM release to support 3420 type tapes was z/VM 4.4? Was that just CMS that no longer supports them, or both CP & CMS? Thanks, Lee -- Lee Stewart, Senior SE Sirius Computer Solutions Phone: (303) 996-7122 Email: lee.stew...@siriuscom.com Web: www.siriuscom.com