See OS/VS Dynamic Support System, GC28·0640·1,, at <http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/370/OS_VS2/Release_2_1973/GC28-0640-1_OS_VS_Dynamic_Support_System_Nov73.pdf>.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of David Spiegel [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 8:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Computers Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH, You said: "...In each case a prerequisite SU killed DSS ..." What is DSS? Thanks and regards, David On 2022-12-06 07:09, Seymour J Metz wrote: > MVS/SE installed on an OS/VS2 base; for R1 it was 3.7 with prerequisite > selectable units and for R2 it was 3.8 with prerequisite selectable units. In > each case a prerequisite SU killed DSS. MVS/SP replaced MVS/SE > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F~smetz3&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C301f2c3e9f504ddbfe7208dad7924531%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C638059320483740875%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lWeMXfR4rQQuwzckpV%2FAQfgC1JOUCbp4WbkXngZwgoI%3D&reserved=0 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 12:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Computers > > My recollection is that it didn't really become a viable alternative to SVS > until MVS 3.7. Soon after was MVS 3.8 and then IBM embarked on a series of > other versions and designations, starting, I think, with MVS SE1 later > renamed to MVS SE1.1 > Lennie > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Seymour J Metz > Sent: 02 December 2022 16:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Computers > > Presumably OS/VS2 Release 3, the second release of MVS. The MVS releases of > OS/VS2 ran from 2.0 to 3.8, with a bunch of optional selectable units ("By > the pricking of my thumb, SU 7 this way comes.") > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F~smetz3&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C301f2c3e9f504ddbfe7208dad7924531%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C638059320483740875%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lWeMXfR4rQQuwzckpV%2FAQfgC1JOUCbp4WbkXngZwgoI%3D&reserved=0 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > David Spiegel [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 6:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Computers > > Hi Leonard, > You said: "... That computer center had MVS 3.0 running in the mid 1970s. > ..." > Is "MVS 3.0" a typo? (I do not recall ever hearing of MVS 3.0.) > > Thanks and regards, > David > > On 2022-12-02 02:15, Leonard D Woren wrote: >> Bill Hitefield wrote on 11/30/2022 10:39 AM: >>> In college we had an IBM 1130 in the computer lab. Those of us >>> working in the lab discovered an AM radio placed near the console >>> switches made odd noises when you ran Fortran programs and set the >>> radio to a specific "station". Further investigation revealed you >>> could change the tone of the noise by using the "e to the x" function >>> and varying the value of "x". Our goal in life then became to play >>> "Smoke on the Water" using that radio. 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He >> wrote, and a musical friend tuned, a program which played music on a >> 2400 series tape drive by writing various length blocks -- the shorter >> the repeated block, the higher the note. I think one of their 2 songs >> was Puff the Magic Dragon. It was just hilarious to hear recognizable >> music from a tape drive. The program wore out tapes pretty quickly >> though because all those short blocks were tough on the tape. One >> long channel program IIRC to keep the music from pausing when a >> different job was dispatched. >> >> Footnote: That computer center had MVS 3.0 running in the mid 1970s. >> It was the first time that I saw MVS with lots of new stuff compared >> to MVT 21. 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