19 Apr
2013
19 Apr
'13
8:38 p.m.
On 19/04/2013 15:16, geneb wrote:
Now THAT is a labor of love. Awesome site. Bookmarked!
g.
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Dave wrote:
Yeah. I'm discovering that finding operating systems for IBM hardware
is problematic. Does Hercules have the OS that was running on the
4331-K2 circa 1986?
That box could just about run all the IBM 370 operating systems that
were current at that time. I would have thought around 1986 it would
most likely be running DOS/VSE as for example as per:-
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/1/89…
The 4331 was aimed at smaller sites most of who ran DOS. It could also
have been running VM/SP R4 or possibly MVS/SP. MVS/SP is unlikely as
its really overkill for the 4331 and it requires CKD DASD which can be
formatted with a range of sector sizes. The 4331 was usually ordered
with FBA DASD such as these :-
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_3310.html
and MVS won't run on these DASD. I think the only freely available OS
that runs on FBA DASD will be from the DOS family. VM/370 and MVS 3.8J
both require CKD disks.
The hard
part (at least from my standpoint) is getting your hands on
the IBM mainframe to begin with.
MP3000 come up from time to time on E-Bay and are reasonably cheap.
Finding an OS to run on one is harder. You can connect a real 3270 to
Hercules.
> I
recently saw pictures on the VCF of a 3270 keyboard a guy had (or
was in the process of) hacking to work on a PC.
I have a couple of Nokia 122 key keyboards that plug straight into a
PC. Like the one at the bottom of here:-
http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/scan.htm