Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-13 Thread Norbert Friemel
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:43:23 +0200, R.S. wrote: Has anyone a photo of 3088?

Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-13 Thread R.S.
Has anyone a photo of 3088? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland --- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do użytku służbowego adresata. Odbiorcą może być jedynie jej adresat z wyłączeniem dostępu osób trzecich. Jeżeli nie jesteś

GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-12 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
David Crayford wrote: This is a nice bit of nostalgia as I started my career as an Op back in the 80's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwj6pfhWBps I have watched that nice video, bringing back memories of those 3800, 3380, 3090, 3420 and such animals. But what the four letter word is a 'GRS

Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-12 Thread Ted MacNEIL
- Listserv Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 7:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s) Yep. That's it. Thanks for remembering. We were still using one when I left my previous position in 1995 with a 3090 400E processor. Mark Jacobs Gross

Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-12 Thread Norman.Hollander
AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s) Yep. That's it. Thanks for remembering. We were still using one when I left my previous position in 1995 with a 3090 400E processor. Mark Jacobs Gross, Randall [PRI-1PP] mailto:randy.gr

Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-12 Thread Gross, Randall [PRI-1PP]
IBM 3088 CTC Global Resource Serialization -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs - Listserv Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 10:02 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe

Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-12 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Richard Pinion wrote: The IBM mainframe emulator Hercules has CTC 3088 functionality. I think that is used for TCP/IP. Mark Jacobs wrote: Yep. That's it. Thanks for remembering. We were still using one when I left my previous position in 1995 with a 3090 400E processor. Gross, Randall wrote:

Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-12 Thread Richard Pinion
The IBM mainframe emulator Hercules has CTC 3088 functionality. I think that is used for TCP/IP. --- mark.jac...@custserv.com wrote: From: Mark Jacobs - Listserv mark.jac...@custserv.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe

Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-12 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:17:31 -0700, Norman.Hollander wrote: 3088 Multi-System Channel-to-Channel I/O Control Unit. Bus and Tag, connecting 4 CPUs (IIRC). I thought I remembered 8 channel connections. I found this in the OS/390 2.10 GRS Planning manual: Model A1 can connect two systems through

Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-12 Thread Mark Jacobs - Listserv
I don't remember the device number but it was used for CTC communications using bus and tag cables. Mark Jacobs Elardus Engelbrecht mailto:elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za June 12, 2015 at 9:53 AM I have watched that nice video, bringing back memories of those 3800, 3380, 3090, 3420 and such

Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-12 Thread Mark Jacobs - Listserv
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs - Listserv Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 10:02 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s) I don't remember the device number

Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations in the 80s)

2015-06-12 Thread J. Pohlmann
I think it was a 3088 Regards, Joerg Pohlmann -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs - Listserv Sent: June 12, 2015 07:02 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations