Dave,

NSS were on the scene in VM/370 Rel. 6.

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Joe

On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 2:47 PM David Spiegel <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Mark,
> IIRC, NSSs didn't come on the scene until much later than Vm/370 Rel. 6.
> Did you mean DCSS perhaps?
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> On 2020-10-05 11:00, Mark S Waterbury wrote:
> > Hello, IBM mainframe enthusiasts:
> >
> > Recently we have obtained images of some old tapes containing source
> code for the original Cambridge Monitor System (CMS) from CP-67.
> >
> > We can restore that source under VM/370 Rel. 6 CMS, running on older
> hardware or under the Hercules-390 emulator or the new SIMH IBM360
> simulator (that also simulates non-XA models of S/370).  Several people are
> now working to recreate CMS67 by re-assembling the source code, to geneate
> a nucleus and save it as a "named saved system" under VM/370 Rel. 6, so
> that people can experience what "early CMS" was like, compared to the more
> "modern" VM/370 CMS, (but under VM/370 vs. CP-67), e.g. by logging on to
> VM/370 and typing "IPL CMS67" ...
> >
> > For historical accuracy, the SIMH IBM360 simulator also supports the 360
> model 67, and so we would really like to find a copy of the source code for
> CP.
> >
> > IBM apparently made microfiche listings available for the CP component
> of CP-67, as well as the CMS component. The complete microfiche set for
> CP-67/CMS was IBM form # GYB0-0789-0, or for just the CP-67 listings on
> microfiche, form # GYB0-0592-1, and for CMS microfiche listings only, form
> # GYB0-0593-1.  If anyone can find a copy of microfiche listings for CP-67
> CP, we can re-create the source code from that, using IBM microfiche; some
> shops had "COM" (Computer Output to Microfiche), so perhaps someone may
> still have a copy of those listings in that format.
> >
> > Also, If anyone recalls any IBM customer sites that ran CP-67/CMS back
> in the day, where we might find possibly some old tapes containing those
> source materials, please let me know here on this list, or you can reply
> privately.  (Even better would be to find a copy of the original CP-67/CMS
> distribution tape for 360D-05.2.005, but due to age, etc., this now seems
> less likely.)
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help with these "computer software
> archaeology" and historical restoration efforts.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Mark S. Waterbury
> >
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