[cctalk] Re: Old mainframe humor

2024-12-11 Thread Dennis Boone via cctalk
> As far as I know none of the modern Linux virtualization systems work on > zVM. The main difference between a zVM Virtual Machine and an LPAR is in > the management facilities. Actually, KVM and qemu exist: https://docs.kernel.org/virt/kvm/s390/index.html https://qemu.readthedocs.io/en/v8.

[cctalk] Re: Old mainframe humor

2024-12-11 Thread David Wade via cctalk
On 11/12/2024 07:04, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: Haven't the really big machines been virtualise under a specialised version of Linux. I recall Andrew Tridgal working for IBM 15 years ago porting it to their Z series. Whilst Linux runs on Z its either in a virtual machine created by zVM o

[cctalk] Re: VT-100 Text Windows library

2024-12-11 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
Mike, you might want to just write the vt stuff from scratch. The vt uses escape sequences for control and there’s really not much to it as the terminal will do all the work for you. We used to do it using DEC DIBOL to do data entry in fields from RSTS. The MCBA Accounting programs written in DI

[cctalk] Re: VT-100 Text Windows library

2024-12-11 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
David, Were you using a Gimix Video Board per chance? I worked for Gimix in 1980/1981. There was a very good screen based editor called the Programma Improved Editor (Pie) written by John F. Wakerly that made excellent use of the Gimix Video Board.  There was also a version for serial termina

[cctalk] Re: Old mainframe humor

2024-12-11 Thread Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
To add my .02 worth there was also the programmer that thought seek times referred to a New Delhi newspaper In EE, a stable 'Q' point was often understood to mean where the horses lined up for their oats. and DeMorgan's theorem can be reduced to 'change everything and it will still do the sa

[cctalk] Re: Old mainframe humor

2024-12-11 Thread Donald Whittemore via cctalk
Sorry, I was a mainframe guy. Did not mess with those ‘toys.’

[cctalk] Re: VT-100 Text Windows library

2024-12-11 Thread David Wade via cctalk
On 10/12/2024 07:13, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: If this were my project, I would read the VT100 manual and design and implement a serial driver and basic text window library from scratch running on the bare hardware. It wouldn't be more than 1000 lines of C, more likely something like 500 li

[cctalk] Re: Old mainframe humor

2024-12-11 Thread David Wade via cctalk
On 10/12/2024 23:59, Donald Whittemore via cctalk wrote: NEAT/3 instructions www.myimagecollection.com/webdocs/neat3.pdf Misc instructions www.myimagecollection.com/webdocs/pl-o.pdf Misc Assembler www.myimagecollection.com/webdocs/miscassembler.pdf IBM beginnings www.myimagecollection.com/w