Also, the FTA (File Tape Adapter) on the 4331/4361's would allow you to attach the 3310/3370's directly to the processor without having to have a 3880. We eventually had to get the DASD controller when we upgraded to the 4381.
Gary Garland Gregory, MS CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1-214-473-1863 Fax: +1-214-473-1050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 11:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FBA rant In a message dated 3/3/2007 10:44:04 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: that should be 3310 & 3370s ... 3330, 3340, 3350 were all ckd. 3340s were removable packs that were totally enclosed including the arm access mechanism. There was 3375 which basically was (hardware) emulation of CKD on 3370 device. >> Yeah, we had both on a 4361. I don't remember all the details since it was under the purview of the VM group. Think they went out of their way to avoid 3330's and 3350's. One of the very sharp MVSer's dad worked at Santa Teresa and we usually got excellent support for all geometries. The one exception was the 3380 w/ speed matching buffer. The JES3 folks just wouldn't admit that it existed or even take it into account. So we'd ZAP in support only to find it SUP'd with next batch of PTFs. <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
