Based on some of the other replies, it probably is my emulator. But I did discover an easy work-around: From the VM userid, I go into CP READ and issue a 'RESET vaddr' of the console address. This does allow z/os to recognize the device as a mod-5, so all is good now.
The RESET does have the side effect of causing an abend in IOS: DUMP00 TITLE=COMPON=IOS,COMPID=SC1C3,ISSUER=IOSVIRBA,IRBAFRR Thank you. Paul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN