The 3480 Operator's Guide doesn't seem to be online and that. I think, is the most likely complete source. The reference guide (which has examples of common messages) is available on bitsavers and there is a WSC bulletin on computinghistory.org.uk which describes the functions of the message display but is not an exhaustive list. The latter points out that there are hardware-generated messages such as REWINDNG, UNLOADNG, LOCATNG (or maybe LOCATING), CLEAN and CHK xy, and there are z/OS-generated message such as the mount/keep messages and the display of the mounted volser.
Tape library management systems also used the display for things like rack numbers. Stand-alone dump did, too. On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 at 15:03, Tony Thigpen <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there actually any real IBM doc that describes what may be displayed > by z/OS on the little display on a 3480/3490/3590 tape drive? > > > > Tony Thigpen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
