Bob, please post this information on the Hercules-390 Yahoo group. (You can
subscribe to the list without joining Yahoo; contact me offlist if you need
more info.) There is also a specific Hercules-OS360 group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hercules-os360/.
The reference cards can be scanned and posted to Bitsavers. There are people
who can read the tapes, including the Computer History Museum. As an
example, a late 1980s version of the Michigan Terminal System has been
recovered from tape and is now available to run under Hercules, and a 1990s
version is eventually coming once user-specific data is cleaned up.
As time progresses, information is lost. The Hercules folks are still
looking for an OS/VS1 that does not have BPE in it (license issues).
Cheers,
Ray
On 2012-05-01 16:04, Bob Wilhelm wrote:
I find myself in possession of some old IBM tapes.
Of no use to me, but maybe someone has "reel" tape drives
(ie, not "cart"). All have labels of 9T, 1600bpi density.
1) Scientific Subroutine Package, V3M0, dated 9-19-74.
2) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 10-08-74.
3) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 3-25-76.
May not even be readable, but if you'd care to try, let me know.
(I was thinking Hercules Project or some such.) I also have a
collection of old and assorted "reference cards" collected over
the last 32 years, but those are not likely to have any value,
either. Missing the good old days, I guess.
--
M. Ray Mullins
Roseville, CA, USA
http://www.catherdersoftware.com/
German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far
calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. ---ilvi
French is essentially German with messed-up pronunciation and spelling.
--Robert B Wilson
English is essentially French converted to 7-bit ASCII. ---Christophe Pierret
[for Alain LaBonté]
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