Re: Re: Re: ISPF installation problem

....although, quite frankly, if I could find a c.1980's ispf that
would work under mvs3.8j, I would just go ahead and use it... I don't
think this is in the same league as piratting z/os... which doesn't
interest me at all... vive le 24 bit, and 16MB real!

On 22/10/06, Phil Dickinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have also wondered if it was/is possible to transfer a licence from
> an organisation that has paid a OTC for an early version of ispf.  I
> believe there was provision for transferring licences under the old
> ibm T&C.
>
> I recall that you were given the option to move to a OTC , from a MLC,
> as a version matured.
>
> Old age may have affected my memory.
>
> On 22/10/06, s_vetter_48188 <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "somitcw" <somitcw@...> wrote:
> >  >
> >  > --- In [email protected],
> >  > "Phil Dickinson" <phil.dickinson@> wrote:
> >  > >On 20/10/06, Enrico Sorichetti <e.sorichetti@> wrote:
> >  > >> If by "ispf" you mean the Ispf program product
> >  > >>by IBM , well.... it will not run on MVS 3.8.
> >  > > If we had an old enough version it would run
> >  > >on MVS 3.8J.
> >  > > Both SPF and ISPF worked on this old MVS.
> >  > > But even if we could find the right distribution
> >  > >files, we might have dificulty convincing IBM to
> >  > >license its use under hercules.
> >  >
> >  > SPF HPF1102 5668-009 was available in 1980.
> >  > Were there earlier SPF releases?
> >  >
> >  > Please answer on hercules-advocacy:
> >  > If the copyright is 1980, how many more decades
> >  > will it be before it expires?
> >  > Could IBM refuse a company that started sending in
> >  > monthly or a one-time-charge license fee or fees?
> >  >
> >
> >  Yes there was. About 1979/1980 there was a version called SPF which
> >  was an FDP. About 1982 or so, SPF was split into two different
> >  products: ISPF and PDF.
> >
> >  As for making a payment to IBM for SPF (or ISPF/PDF), IBM could
> >  return the check stating "no such product". As well as you not having
> >  an account with IBM.
> >
> >  
>


 
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