Hm. I had thought that every device was required by the architecture to
accept a READ IPL CCW, but as I think about it, I'm not sure that's
particularly meaningful for a terminal (especially 3270, but
keyboard-printer, too)...

On Fri, Jan 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM Radoslaw Skorupka <
00000471ebeac275-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

> W dniu 31.12.2024 o 18:59, Paul Gilmartin pisze:
> [...]
> > I believe the s/360 could be IPLed from a card deck, which might
> > have been multi-punched on an 026.
> [...]
>
> Actually it is still possible for virtual machines under z/VM. And it is
> not s/360, but current z machine.
>
> Of course if you want real cards I think it is still feasible to connect
> card reader to Bus & Tag cable, then to ESCON converter then to
> Opticatech FICON converter then to CPC. And (I haven't checked it) such
> card device is still existent in HCD dialogs.
>
> --
> Radoslaw Skorupka
> Lodz, Poland
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