Dave, NSS were on the scene in VM/370 Rel. 6.
Page 132 http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/370/VM_370/Release_6/GC20-1807-7_VM370_System_Programmers_Guide_Rel_6_4-81.pdf 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > . > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
