Yes, a gigantic backlog, and the current situation has everything at a standstill. Al literally can not get to his scanner, as the museum is locked up.
There are a few other archivists that provide acceptable high quality scans to bitsavers specs - maybe I will see if one of them can deal with your manuals. -- Will On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 7:56 PM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Doesn't bitsavers have a huge backlog? I'm still waiting for manuals I gave > several years ago to show up on their site. In particular I'm still waiting > for the scans of the PL/I logic manuals so that I can annotate > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3/source/STOWBLDL.ASM with register equates. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > William Donzelli [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 12:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: An older device query - still using?? > > Bitsavers are the ones to do the scans, but currently all of the > scanning equipment is locked up in the closed museum (and driving Al > nuts). I can see if any of the other archivists could tackle the job. > > But yes, you have goodies that would fill in some holes. > > -- > Will > > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:14 PM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If you're willing to pay the shipping, scan and OCR within a few months, > > I've got hundreds of manuals, mostly IBM, that I'd be willing to give up in > > exchange for sending me and bitsavers the PDF files. > > > > > > -- > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > > William Donzelli [[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:50 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: An older device query - still using?? > > > > Hey, that's my video. Go watch it! > > > > And remember, folks, I am always looking for this old stuff for the > > collection - mostly anything pre-Z (I set up that limit so I do not > > overcollect). > > > > Anything from a box of IBM indicator lights (thanks, recent donor!) to > > a 3090. I would make that happen. > > > > -- > > Will > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 11:23 AM Parwez Hamid <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > The 3540 was a BUS & TAG attached device. I am not saying that its still > > > in use by anyone. 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Big Disk > > > Week. Close. 30. Posted by. u/uniservo. 2 years ago. Archived [Big Disk > > > Week] IBM 3540 S/370 channel attached 8" floppy drive. Big Disk Week. 10 > > > comments. share. save hide report. 98% Upvoted. This thread is archived. > > > New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast ... > > > http://secure-web.cisco.com/15EeihPYXHZ_AVdzr8FA2V6KcvpgxOrNDL_M2k1cQc1vXxFIC8f4MC4RUCq_0GKwk5DJmEadjq938ROKnGbhmX4gfICgv2OWh4Q7Cqft_ASBNbvqg3nON7ayc63S-aldlqh4MDMDhw3ljcbnFx4I0pZ7yomuxdn0UQfu5w-UrpMDO085ISVEPYLYtfYfK6LRanRK2ntZzPXb8beaAzalRN6ovayEyaojmYQzlZEqeK2aYKXcm4bDtExcoOTJf8ReAcJhQ2ZoT-7o1GUBQnDisNZsLS_N1EndNzVNTAPRIqa7ySR_DxLRpPhKwP3jo1WHveoG2OO4xUsY1dI7WsLJqtcWNBjTqyEb5FJLma7HAK13PeHt4m8wbfJcYW56XlGOo9pqZyoQiPhrErBSifCVrZwb8-f2QoY10nf5Oqffk6noTCZCN0DmGTZZ0yC9S_vgOTiB0L5azUOKdQVNIrP9QqA/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Parwez Hamid > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > > > of R.S. <[email protected]> > > > Sent: 13 May 2020 15:55 > > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: An older device query - still using?? > > > > > > Excuse me, what is IBM 3540? > > > This is mainframe forum so I checked all historical DASD, including drum > > > device and 2305 (which is not a drum) and found no such device. I also > > > reviewed disks for small systems (S3 System 32, System 34... AS/400) and > > > still no such device. Finally I found ~500MB SCSI attached 3,5" disk > > > with such number. > > > However I still don't know what is 3540. Any clue? > > > > > > > > > Update: I found it. It is diskette (yes, 8" floppy diskette drive). > > > Where can I find the reference about it? In new shining z/OS 2.4 JCL > > > Reference! > > > > > > Wow! > > > > > > > > > So, I dare to ask about this "still supported" device: > > > Was it Bus & Tag attached? > > > What parameters has the diskette? capacity, cylinders #, track length... > > > How it was recognized by operating system? Was it another DASD volume? > > > Every diskette was separate volume as tape cart? > > > > > > -- > > > Radoslaw Skorupka > > > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > W dniu 12.05.2020 o 21:40, Marna WALLE pisze: > > > > Hello All, > > > > We had an internal small discussion wondering if there were any > > > > customers that still used these devices (the youngest of which went > > > > end-of-service in 2014, from what I can find). I wanted to extend this > > > > conversation outside of IBM, to those that might have firsthand current > > > > knowledge. > > > > > > > > Here's the devices I'm wondering about: > > > > > > > > 1287/1288 - IBM Optical reader and page reader respectively > > > > 3540 - IBM Disk device > > > > 3886 - IBM Optical Character reader > > > > 3890 - IBM Magnetic Ink Reader > > > > 3895 - IBM Printer device > > > > > > > > If you or someone you know *currently* has one of the above devices in > > > > use, would you mind contacting me? 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