It was ordered and installed using the CBIPO proceess, but the install needed to run on an existing MVS system.
Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac...@protonmail.com ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 at 4:00 PM, Joe Monk <joemon...@gmail.com> wrote: > i thought MVS/XA was CBIPO? > > Joe > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 2:04 PM Mark S Waterbury < > > 000001c3f560aac1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > Hi, all, > > > > Does anyone recall how MVS/XA was first distributed and installed? e.g. > > > > was there some kind of a "starter system"? If so, what was it? MVS 3.8J, > > > > or MVS/SE or MVS/SP or what? > > > > I seem to recall that someone told me that there was no longer any > > > > "SYSGEN" process used to install MVS/XA? So, how was this task > > > > accomplished? > > > > Also, does anyone recall whether IBM made available any "optional source > > > > materials" for MVS/XA, either machine readable, on magnetic tape, or was > > > > that only available on microfiche, if it was available at all? > > > > Thanks in advance for any details anyone can provide. > > > > All the best, > > > > Mark S. Waterbury > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
