IBM Mainframe

[Sean Caron]

Sorry, let me not hand-wave and just give a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytMgyrZm87A

Best,

Sean


On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Sean Caron <scaron at umich.edu> wrote:

> Yeah, the fellow in the video shows that; it looks like the system is
> totally dependent on the OS/2 based front-end processor. I wonder if he is
> a list member? Maybe he can help out if you are missing software; I don't
> know if you have ever seen the videos on Youtube; they are pretty easy to
> find.
>
> Best,
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Mike Ross <tmfdmike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, you know they use  a custom OS/2-based front end, much like a
>> 'real' mainframe SE/HMC? That thing is an absolute nightmare of arcane
>> IBM complexity; that's where all my problems were, no way no how could
>> I get the damn CPU to initialise... good luck, unless you have a
>> running box freshly switched off (which mine was supposed to be!)
>> you'll need it!
>>
>> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Guy Sotomayor <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote:
>> > Yes it was!  I'm getting another one as soon as Will makes his trip out
>> > West.  I had intended
>> > for this one as spares.
>> >
>> > Great!  My concern has been getting S/W for them.  I don't know what's
>> on
>> > them (yet).
>> >
>> > TTFN - Guy
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 5/2/15 12:25 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Oh was this the one on epay last week? I nearly went for that myself! I
>> >> have two (one for spares) but major issues getting it operational. I do
>> >> have pretty complete docs and software, so we should probably stay in
>> >> touch!
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >> On 2 May 2015 3:06 pm, "Guy Sotomayor" <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I just received my first IBM mainframe.  It's an IBM Multiprise 3000
>> >>> model
>> >>> 7060-H30.  It's a a P/390 class machine.  It has 6 18GB drives and 3
>> 9 GB
>> >>> drives.  I'll be posting some pictures on my website soon.
>> >>>
>> >>> Getting it home was interesting since the freight companies can't made
>> >>> the
>> >>> drive from the main roads to my house (curse of living out in the
>> >>> country)
>> >>> so I had to run down to the shipping depot (about 60 miles away) and
>> have
>> >>> them load up the pallet into the bed of my pickup truck which meant
>> >>> getting
>> >>> it out without a forklift was going to be interesting!  It wasn't
>> until I
>> >>> got home that I realized that it was packed in the original crate from
>> >>> IBM!  It even had the original uncrating instructions stuffed into the
>> >>> crate...which wasn't particularly useful!
>> >>>
>> >>> Overall it appears to be in really good shape.  There were also a
>> number
>> >>> of other "goodies" in the crate including some new in the bag
>> bus-and-tag
>> >>> cables.
>> >>>
>> >>> It'll be a bit before I can power it up and see what's there because I
>> >>> have to find an SVGA monitor and a PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
>> >>>
>> >>> TTFN - Guy
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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