Well, the IBM S/360 and earlier had control panels. This IBM S/370 is still running a 3277 operator console. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HETSEyIPuv0
On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 5:00 AM R.S. <[email protected]> wrote: > > W dniu 2019-02-02 o 01:42, Tony Harminc pisze: > > On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 09:29, R.S. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> IMHO the topic is HMC for zPDT. Unfortunately zPDT does not have HMC in > >> any form, real or emulated. > >> It's not mainframe, it's only emulation. > > No, zPDT *is* a mainframe. It implements a permitted subset of the > > architecture documented in the Principles of Operation. > > > > The HMC is not described in the Principles of Operation. It replaces > > the knobs, lights, and switches that provided the operator interface > > on older systems. Some of the *functions* performed by the HMC are > > architected (and are implemented by zPDT without an HMC), but none of > > how it works or what the interface looks like. Here is the only > > description of anything like an HMC in the POO: > > No, zPDT is not mainframe. It is emulator, like Hercules. > Of course there is no single official definition of mainframe - you can > say the emulator on PC is real machine, for me it's emulator, for some > sales people big PC server deserves to be named mainframe (despite it > can run Windows). > > Of course there were older IBM mainframes in pre-HMC era or just were > non-IBM mainframes (ICL, GE...) > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > > ====================================================================== > > Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem tej wiadomości: > > - powiadom nas o tym w mailu zwrotnym (dziękujemy!), > - usuń trwale tę wiadomość (i wszystkie kopie, które wydrukowałeś lub > zapisałeś na dysku). > Wiadomość ta może zawierać chronione prawem informacje, które może > wykorzystać tylko adresat.Przypominamy, że każdy, kto rozpowszechnia > (kopiuje, rozprowadza) tę wiadomość lub podejmuje podobne działania, narusza > prawo i może podlegać karze. > > mBank S.A. z siedzibą w Warszawie, ul. Senatorska 18, 00-950 > Warszawa,www.mBank.pl, e-mail: [email protected]. Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. > Warszawy XII Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego, KRS 0000025237, > NIP: 526-021-50-88. Kapitał zakładowy (opłacony w całości) według stanu na > 01.01.2018 r. wynosi 169.248.488 złotych. > > If you are not the addressee of this message: > > - let us know by replying to this e-mail (thank you!), > - delete this message permanently (including all the copies which you have > printed out or saved). > This message may contain legally protected information, which may be used > exclusively by the addressee.Please be reminded that anyone who disseminates > (copies, distributes) this message or takes any similar action, violates the > law and may be penalised. > > mBank S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Senatorska 18, 00-950 > Warszawa,www.mBank.pl, e-mail: [email protected]. District Court for the > Capital City of Warsaw, 12th Commercial Division of the National Court > Register, KRS 0000025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Fully paid-up share capital > amounting to PLN 169,248,488 as at 1 January 2018. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
