Re: Interesting idea

--- In [email protected], Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8@...> wrote:
>
> Hello!
> Here's an interesting one, over on the Z/VM list David Boyes just
> confirmed that a system running HP05 was finally shutdown. I didn't
> ask why, it might be obvious, but he did describe what system it was,
> it happened to be a 3090 family machine.
> 
> Now would anyone know what system IDs were the sort that could, or
> even could not, be the sort of machine who could or could not, be a
> candidate for a "vanilla" VM/370rel6 setup. Now remember we have the
> original configuration who described what machine the creator of the
> original series had in mind.
>  To be honest, I can't recall what VM/370rel6 was targeted towards,
> and for all I know it might have been run on early 3090s as their
> owners were working towards migrating towards, the ESA and HP05 family
> of operating systems.
> -----
> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@...
> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>

Hello!

Not sure to understand which is your 'interesting idea': to put your hands on the 3090 400J with VM/HPO5 (mentioned by David Boyes) or to know on which real metal can run vanilla VM/370 rel6?

In the first case be ready to have a large building and to shell out great bucks for electric power and IBM hardware maintenance: 3090 400J is one of the largest IBM mainframes ever built.

Mainframes starting from 138 to 168 and 3031-3033 surely supported VM/370; not sure if 4341 supported it officially, as in 1979 was announced VM/SP1.

You would need a string of 3350's or 3340's too...a tape unit..a printer.. maybe a card reader; some 3278.. a 3274...

I think Hercules would be a better choice;-) 

Regards.

Paul