Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-25 Thread Gregg
TPF was testing in VM when ACP was production... etc. 4.1 when... z/TPF when... well, yes, that's just test. On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: > Gregg wrote: > > >ACP/TPF/zTPF on silicon/in LPar is one thing, as a guest on VM (test)

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-24 Thread Phil Smith III
Gregg wrote: >ACP/TPF/zTPF on silicon/in LPar is one thing, as a guest on VM (test) is >something other. No? Um. No? Yes? Maybe? Are you saying that it has a different lineage when run under z/VM? Then "No". That certain operational characteristics will vary? Sure. But

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-24 Thread Ed Finnell
As Lynn mentioned there were hardware mods for ACP/TPF to the 3081, 3083 and 3090's. They were given new numbers 9081,9083 and of course 9190? I guess shorter path lengths and such but couldn't find any details after a short search. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IBM_products In

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-24 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Ed Finnell) writes: > As Lynn mentioned there were hardware mods for ACP/TPF to the 3081, 3083 > and 3090's. They were given new numbers 9081,9083 and of course 9190? I guess > shorter path lengths and such but couldn't find any details after a

Lineage of TPF

2016-01-23 Thread Gabe Goldberg
: Lineage of TPF would also be interesting. -- Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. g...@gabegold.com 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 204-0433 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegoldTwitter: GabeG0

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-23 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
ly so replies aren't buried in > the list digest. > > Thanks... > > Rick Troth said on IBM-Main: Lineage of TPF would also be interesting. Before Jim left for tandem (earlier post about RDBMS, System/R, DB2) ... he was looking for real live DBMS locking statistics for profiling System/R (RDBMS

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-23 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
jo.skip.robin...@att.net (Skip Robinson) writes: > I had a brief and bemusing encounter with TPF around 1990. My > employer, Security Pacific Bank, was acquired by (the old SF-based) > Bank of America, which was then under the tutelage of an ex CEO of > American Airlines. He believed that TPF was

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-23 Thread Skip Robinson
, January 23, 2016 10:38 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: [Bulk] Lineage of TPF > > Indeed. Then a couple people responded. Good timing; I'm writing article on > TPF for Destination z or IBM Systems Magazine (I forget where it'll be > published). IBM TPFers have been v

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-23 Thread Don Poitras
- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > > On Behalf Of Gabe Goldberg > > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:38 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: [Bulk] Lineage of TPF > > > > Indeed. Then a couple peopl

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-23 Thread Gregg
ences, etc. > > Be brief, this won't be an epic article, though there might be follow-on > pieces. Please copy me directly so replies aren't buried in the list digest. > > Thanks... > > Rick Troth said on IBM-Main: Lineage of TPF would also be interesting. > > -- > Ga

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-23 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
sas...@sas.com (Don Poitras) writes: > TPF ran lots of ATM networks. I worked at First Interstate in 1988 > working on a project to convert from TPF to MVS. And certainly any > bank that does VISA authorization at their ATMs still to this day use > TPF because that's what VISA uses. (credit) card

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-23 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
edgould1...@comcast.net (Ed Gould) writes: > I was not on the the team (next cubicle over). I was somewhat involved > in the precursor(?) of Mastercard called Town & Country. This was in > Chicago. The OS that Mastercard was was written was DOS (I *THINK* it > was on a 360/30) and to some extent

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-23 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
other trivia ... IBM had bought complex that had been originally built in Purchase for new Nestle hdqtrs (before Nestle ever moved in). In the 90s, during the IBM troubles ... the new CEO was looking to raise cash and was selling off real estate (even at well below market and sometimes even below

Re: Lineage of TPF

2016-01-23 Thread Ed Gould
On Jan 23, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote: -- snip-- (credit) card associations started out as non-profits for brand marketing (getting merchants to accept brands) and network interconnect between merchant