On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:12:52 -0500, Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 12:56:08PM -0600, Ward, Garry wrote: >> Not to mention, every time I've seen or used CMS, it has been under VM, >> not in an LPAR by itself. I don't think CMS can run native in an LPAR. > >Hasn't been able to since CMS v3. Head over to alt.folklore.computers >and ask Lynn Wheeler about it. Basically, CMS uses a VM DIAGNOSE to do >its I/O, rather than talking to the metal (or, at least, the emulated >metal provides a function the physical metal doesn't). > >Although it *might* be able to under Hercules. I remember way back in >the 1.54 days or so that some of the DIAGNOSE instructions were being >put into the instruction set so that CMS could run "native" on Herc. I >don't know if that was ever completed though. Very early CMSes, back in CP/67 days could run standalone. A good way to do maintenance, I have been told... like booting into DOS and fiddling with a Windows system. john alvord
