ISTR there was also a special version of VM/XA made available "early" so that customers could run both 24-bit MVS/SP and 31-bit MVS/XA on the same physical machine.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Brian France Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 4:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA? I kinda remember MVS/XA and later ESA being CBIPO and CBPDO for maint. SYSGEN I think was still needed for XA and maybe ESA. I'm not sure what you meant by Optional Source Materials. If by that you meant optional source code to install, I think they went the microsloth bloat ware option later... On 12/8/2020 4:00 PM, Joe Monk 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 >> -- Brian W. France Systems Administrator (Mainframe) Pennsylvania State University Penn State IT - Infrastructure/SYSARC Rm 25 Shields Bldg., University Park, Pa. 16802 814-863-4739 b...@psu.edu There's no such thing as The Cloud - it's just someone else's computer... "To make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." Carl Sagan -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
