On Oct 11, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Mark Post wrote:
On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 4:29 PM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Coffin
Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I guess the distinction is that VM/CP is multitasking, and CMS (the
"shell" in Linux-speak) is not (necessarily, unless you are running
processes that take advantage of the services Dave mentioned).
Ok, so which is it? Is CMS capable of running multitasking
programs, or not? Way back when, GCS was introduced so that
certain IBM products could run in a multitasking environment,
because that wasn't possible with CMS. (I believe it was VTAM, but
I'm not at all sure about that.) What has changed/what is
necessary for CMS to run native multitasking programs today? I'm
not looking for an in-depth tutorial here, but I do want to
understand the current capabilities and limitations of CMS so I
don't go spreading misinformation.
CMS multiasking is possible with the Reusable Server Kernel (RSK).
See:
http://www.vm.ibm.com/rsk/
Adam
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