Re: old tapes and nostalgia
Bob, please post this information on the Hercules-390 Yahoo group. (You can subscribe to the list without joining Yahoo; contact me offlist if you need more info.) There is also a specific Hercules-OS360 group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hercules-os360/. The reference cards can be scanned and posted to Bitsavers. There are people who can read the tapes, including the Computer History Museum. As an example, a late 1980s version of the Michigan Terminal System has been recovered from tape and is now available to run under Hercules, and a 1990s version is eventually coming once user-specific data is cleaned up. As time progresses, information is lost. The Hercules folks are still looking for an OS/VS1 that does not have BPE in it (license issues). Cheers, Ray On 2012-05-01 16:04, Bob Wilhelm wrote: I find myself in possession of some old IBM tapes. Of no use to me, but maybe someone has reel tape drives (ie, not cart). All have labels of 9T, 1600bpi density. 1) Scientific Subroutine Package, V3M0, dated 9-19-74. 2) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 10-08-74. 3) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 3-25-76. May not even be readable, but if you'd care to try, let me know. (I was thinking Hercules Project or some such.) I also have a collection of old and assorted reference cards collected over the last 32 years, but those are not likely to have any value, either. Missing the good old days, I guess. -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. ---ilvi French is essentially German with messed-up pronunciation and spelling. --Robert B Wilson English is essentially French converted to 7-bit ASCII. ---Christophe Pierret [for Alain LaBonté] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
old tapes and nostalgia
I find myself in possession of some old IBM tapes. Of no use to me, but maybe someone has reel tape drives (ie, not cart). All have labels of 9T, 1600bpi density. 1) Scientific Subroutine Package, V3M0, dated 9-19-74. 2) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 10-08-74. 3) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 3-25-76. May not even be readable, but if you'd care to try, let me know. (I was thinking Hercules Project or some such.) I also have a collection of old and assorted reference cards collected over the last 32 years, but those are not likely to have any value, either. Missing the good old days, I guess. --Bob Wilhelm State of WY -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: old tapes and nostalgia
http://www.ibiblio.org/jmaynard/ Has OS/360 21.8 6 of 9 install tapes. Does not list a date. If you can give the title and document numbers for each reference card we can see if we have a copy.. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Bob Wilhelm wy9...@wydsprod.state.wy.us wrote: I find myself in possession of some old IBM tapes. Of no use to me, but maybe someone has reel tape drives (ie, not cart). All have labels of 9T, 1600bpi density. 1) Scientific Subroutine Package, V3M0, dated 9-19-74. 2) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 10-08-74. 3) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 3-25-76. May not even be readable, but if you'd care to try, let me know. (I was thinking Hercules Project or some such.) I also have a collection of old and assorted reference cards collected over the last 32 years, but those are not likely to have any value, either. Missing the good old days, I guess. --Bob Wilhelm State of WY -- 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: old tapes and nostalgia
IIRC I have microfiche of DFP 2.4 source ... Somewhere ... Are these the tapes with the heavy metal hubs? -- This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, CIT), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, any use, disclosure, printing, copying or distribution, or reliance on the contents, of this communication is strictly prohibited. CIT disclaims any liability for the review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or the taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication by persons other than the intended recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender advising of the error in transmission, and immediately delete and destroy the communication and any accompanying materials. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CIT and others may inspect, review, monitor, analyze, copy, record and retain any communications sen! t from or received at this email address. -- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Wilhelm Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 7:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: [IBM-MAIN] old tapes and nostalgia I find myself in possession of some old IBM tapes. Of no use to me, but maybe someone has reel tape drives (ie, not cart). All have labels of 9T, 1600bpi density. 1) Scientific Subroutine Package, V3M0, dated 9-19-74. 2) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 10-08-74. 3) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 3-25-76. May not even be readable, but if you'd care to try, let me know. (I was thinking Hercules Project or some such.) I also have a collection of old and assorted reference cards collected over the last 32 years, but those are not likely to have any value, either. Missing the good old days, I guess. --Bob Wilhelm State of WY -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: old tapes and nostalgia
I find myself in possession of some old IBM tapes. Of no use to me, but maybe someone has reel tape drives (ie, not cart). All have labels of 9T, 1600bpi density. 1) Scientific Subroutine Package, V3M0, dated 9-19-74. 2) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 10-08-74. 3) OS360, Rel 21.8, dated 3-25-76. The Computer History Museum would be interested, certainly. I will forward this to the software curator. -- Will -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: old tapes and nostalgia
I find myself in possession of some old IBM tapes. OK, I heard back from Al Kossow at CHM. He absolutely wants to read them for the bitsavers archive. -- Will -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
