Re: Diag8 documentation

"Ivan Warren [email protected] [hercules-390]" <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:11:01 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.hercules390.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 1/28/2020 6:17 PM, Michael Wegemer [email protected] 
[hercules-390] wrote:
>
>
> I am new to this group but have used Hercules for some time. I am 
> having difficulty finding any documentation for the DIAG8 interface 
> which I understand can be used to send commands to the Hercules 
> console. I am interested in this interface in order to trap WTOR tape 
> mount messages and issue the appropriate devinit command to Hercules 
> (at least for input tapes).
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
>
"DIAG 8" is simply a replica of the VM/370 (VM/SP, VM/ESA, z/VM) CP 
Interface.

Simply look at the "z/VM CP Programing services" of the moment (the 
interface has been unchanged for the past 45 years or so).

for example :

https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc0302a.nsf/pages/zVMV7R1sc246272/$file/hcpb4_v7r1.pdf

Look for DIAG 8 in that document... Hercules does the same (only the 
commands sent are of course hercules commands, not CP commands).

--Ivan




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