Programs on ACP were limited to 4k size originally, and files were limited to 2 record sizes (short and long), the sizes being optimized for 3211 disk geometry. Those limitations were removed 40 years ago :) However the speed of zTPF comes from not allowing applications to do things that require expensive services, such as z/OS provides. The 3215 was the s/360 console printer keyboard (much faster than a typewriter -- it had to keep up). z/TPF still supports 3215 protocol via OSA card, but also has 3270 support. The 3215 protocol has some big advantages when its a computer at the other end doing automation, so still popular.
On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 3:35 PM Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah... that makes sense. Then they might have been going over that 32 CP > limit fairly soon after the limit was changed. Being the first on your > block to run new code is no fun at 2 in the morning. > > On 3/19/2021 8:15 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > > I think the limit was 32 z processors in an LPAR. They might have > > raised it by now. z15 can have 190 in high capacity order. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
