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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Fochtman) writes: > There are similar references for all the "newer" DASD since that time, > as well. But they're hard to find. i would be happy to update gcard section http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/gcard.html#26.3 if somebody can provide the info ... previous post http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006v.html#28 MB to Cyl Conversion gcard started out as ios3270 version of the green card. i've done a very simple conversion to html. for those that don't think they've seen ios3270 ... the service processor on the 3090 was a pair of 4361s running a highly modified version of vm/cms release 6 ... using ios3270 for the service screens. and for something completely different ... i'm still looking for code names for completing the following. 2301 fixed-head/track (2303 but 4 r/w heads at time) 2303 fixed-head/track r/w 1-head (1/4th rate of 2301) Corinth 2305-1 fixed-head/track Zeus 2305-2 fixed-head/track 2311 2314 2321 data-cell "washing machine" Piccolo 3310 FBA Merlin 3330-1 Iceberg 3330-11 Winchester 3340-35 3340-70 3344 (3350 physical drive simulating multiple 3340s) Madrid 3350 NFP 3370 FBA Florence 3375 3370 supporting CKD Coronado 3380 A04, AA4, B04 EvergreenD 3380 AD4, BD4 EvergreenE 3380 AE4, BE4 3830 disk controller, horizontal microcode engine Cybernet 3850 MSS (also Camanche & Oak) Cutter 3880 disk controller, jib-prime (vertical) mcode engine Ironwood 3880-11 (4kbyte/page block 8mbyte cache) Sheriff 3880-13 (full track 8mbyte cache) Sahara 3880-21 (larger cache for "11") ?? 3880-23 (larger cache for "13") ... snip ... i believe most current dasd is really ckd emulated on FBA-based disks ... sort of the first would have been 3375. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

