Re: Actually www.ibm.com/us-en was Re: Connor Krukosky is on the Main Webpage at www.ibm.com
You know I've been pretty quiet on this list since I started at IBM and started working on the z14 and the newer and more exciting things that I am unfortunately not able to discuss ;) But I figured I would remind everyone here that it was all thanks to this list all of this happened. From the warm welcoming of the people on this list to the support I received is the primary reason I was able to continue to follow my passion! I thank you all for the support you share here on this list and sister lists like IBM-VM and other such Mainframe related forums and lists. Its really all of you that make this platform great, IBM and now I help supply you the hardware and software, but its thanks to you all that people like me can get their start and ask the questions IBM may charge for, or might be buried in manuals that some don't have the patience to dig through ;) Continue being awesome and helpful as you all have been and I will continue my passion at IBM and in my hobbies as I hope everyone is able to do just the same as I have. Well maybe not exactly the same... But seriously, if you want to do something, go for it!! People ask me if they should buy a mainframe, I say go for it if you want to! Thanks everyone, I don't forget about this list, I just get caught up in my projects ;) -Connor Krukosky On 3/5/2018 4:01 PM, Clark Morris wrote: [Default] On 5 Mar 2018 12:14:50 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main charl...@mcn.org (Charles Mills) wrote: I can select the ca-en page from the US. A corollary might be that you could select us-en from Canada. I just overtyped the URL. That worked. Clark Morris Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Clark Morris Sent: Monday, March 5, 2018 12:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Connor Krukosky is on the Main Webpage at www.ibm.com [Default] On 5 Mar 2018 11:46:12 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main jesse1.robin...@sce.com (Jesse 1 Robinson) wrote: Marvel seems always to be on the lookout for a new superhero character... I don't see it in Canada where IBM forces me to the ca-en page. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: What are mainframes
On 4/5/2017 4:15 PM, Phil Smith wrote: Agreed, though he loses partial points for (a) being overwrought and (b) getting SAP wrong. But the first is obviously subjective and the second is a nit. If you check the description of the video you'll see my name there :) I supplied them with about 1000x the amount of information they put into the video since its a 'tech quickie' and what I supplied would have made a solid hour long video or something. I did mention SAPs but didn't go into detail about them. They may have done their own research and gotten that info. I'd say for the average person who thought mainframes were dead or didn't know they existed, its more than a good enough explanation. I helped with this video for the exact reason that I'd hope that this would reach out to a younger audience who don't know about mainframes or who might have thought they were old tech. I may be doing a different video with them in the future on their main channel which will hopefully get about 10 times the views this one is getting. Again, all in hope that some of the younger generation, my generation, will learn that the mainframe is NOT dead. -Connor Krukosky -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
OT: Come watch me install Linux on the IBM z890 Mainframe!
Come one come all! Its the day of reckoning. I finally have some storage on loan from a company called Funsoft! Hopefully by the end of the night I will have Linux installed and a portal to the internet to which people can connect and play on it! http://www.twitch.tv/conmega -Connor Krukosky -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
IBM z890 Update.
Ok so I'm sure many have been wondering what happened with the z890. I have after many road blocks I have gotten the FCP SCSI storage working and actually did complete an install of CentOS 4.7 on it last night! But the new problem is IPLing said install. I would be-able to directly IPL from SCSI if I had Feature Code FC 9904, which I do not. This was supposedly a free Feature Code back in the day but was only available till Dec. 31, 2007. So if anyone has FC 9904 and is able to send me a copy (If that's how that works? I assume this is loaded into the system via floppy.) it would make my life a million times easier :) Otherwise I will have to find a way to mount the drives in an installer and boot with the installer. Which I have yet to find a way to do this, any documented way anyway, I will have to play with it. This should be last step to have Linux running! So hopefully someone can get me a copy of FC 9904 or I can find some other way to IPL. -Connor K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: IBM z890 Update.
I know it was a free option because I asked the price from someone at
IBM and informed me it was actually a free feature code.
But they just don't offer it anymore.
"Feature Code 9904 was available at no charge back in the day.
Unfortunately Feature Code 9904 was only available for ordering from IBM
through December 31, 2007.
You could try putting out a request in IBM-MAIN for Feature Code 9904
for your machine to see if anyone can help, but don't be too surprised
if this just isn't possible to obtain. :-("
Its likely a long shot but I thought I'd ask anyway.
A DS6000 host controller, not even the whole chassis and drives, has a
minimum price on ebay at the moment for $1,800.
ESCON/FICON based DASD is EXPENSIVE!
If someone has some storage laying around they don't need and are in a
reasonable distance from me I'd greatly appreciate it.
But I think I have to stick with SCSI storage as of now due to price of
'real' storage.
It'll definitely be way more than the 50-100 or so bucks I spent on a
whole 3TB SCSI storage box, SAN box, and SAN switch.
-Connor K
On 12/4/2015 6:54 PM, R.S. wrote:
AFAIK SCSI IPL was paid feature, so it would be piracy to share it.
Note, this is rather "hardware piracy". ;-)
I'm not sure about terms and conditions, but possibly it is allowed to
transfer such license, so someone could give it to you from some no
longer used machine.
BTW: You can obtain some CKD disks and install Linux on 3390 devices.
I think it's more funny. Last but not least: it does not require SCSI
IPL.
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Re: IBM z890 Update.
On 12/4/2015 11:26 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: Your box has a floppy drive? Really? The SE does yes. Just so I'm clear... Your z890 plugs in to your SCSI disk box, but it won't IPL from it? That is, these are separate features? If I have this right, then it should be possible to write a small program that could, at worst, be keyed in to storage. This program would then perform the I/O instructions to emulate the SCSI IPL. Sort of like the way VM emulates IPL in a virtual machine. Well maybe this is just what FC 9904 does... So let me explain how everything is attached: I have an old HP SCSI hard drive array attached to a SAN Data Gateway model 2108-G07. Then I have that go into a SAN switch via SW FCP connection SAN switch is model 2005-b16. Finally I have a LW fiber SFP in one of the ports of the SAN switch which then goes into the mainframe through a FICON-LX module. The FICON port is configured as an FCP interface in the IOCDS. I am not sure how one would go about writing such code as I am so new to all this but I will say that it sounds feasible... I just came across this though: http://linuxvm.org/present/SHARE104/S9259vs.pdf Which mentions some tools specifically "zipl" which sounds like it may be-able to help me? Found it available to download here along with quite a few other tools: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools-overview.html I must get to bed now and will be out this weekend, but I will definitely look into this late next week after my finals at college. -Connor K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Earlier than a z9?
Doh, should have included these photos. http://imgur.com/a/C6zsx I'm sure you all will enjoy them. And yes he got those HUGE DASDs as-well, can't wait to hear one of those spin up :) Ignore the photos of the guts of the 4341, I was tasked with taking the section of power-supply off the main CPU cabinet so it would fit on the lift gate of the truck and thus took some photos to remember where everything went. So I can't say I haven't been in the guts of a mainframe prior to the z890 :P Also I am actually going back to that place this Saturday to get the raised floor because free raised floor is nice :) -Connor K On 11/19/2015 6:12 PM, Connor Krukosky wrote: Heh I am going to reply because it doesn't pertain to my system. Although its not running any longer I knew of an s/390 that ran up until a couple of months ago and before that the company was running a 4341 (aka s/370) until 1999 when they upgraded to the s/390 because of Y2K (because IBM pushed them too even though they released Y2K patches for the software on the s/370 a month or two later...) If IBM didn't push them to move to the s/390 they would have probably been running that s/370 up until a couple of months ago. Both of those systems are now at a museum run by a friend of mine. That s/370 will run again someday, the s/390 he's been playing with. -Connor K On 11/19/2015 5:59 PM, Phil Smith wrote: Is anyone running on real hardware that's older than a z9? Off-list replies would be fine-not trying to embarrass anyone, trying to figure out whether there's any real work taking place on such ancient iron. Connor, you don't need to reply :) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Earlier than a z9?
Heh I am going to reply because it doesn't pertain to my system. Although its not running any longer I knew of an s/390 that ran up until a couple of months ago and before that the company was running a 4341 (aka s/370) until 1999 when they upgraded to the s/390 because of Y2K (because IBM pushed them too even though they released Y2K patches for the software on the s/370 a month or two later...) If IBM didn't push them to move to the s/390 they would have probably been running that s/370 up until a couple of months ago. Both of those systems are now at a museum run by a friend of mine. That s/370 will run again someday, the s/390 he's been playing with. -Connor K On 11/19/2015 5:59 PM, Phil Smith wrote: Is anyone running on real hardware that's older than a z9? Off-list replies would be fine-not trying to embarrass anyone, trying to figure out whether there's any real work taking place on such ancient iron. Connor, you don't need to reply :) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
Thanks, I've already learned how to reconfigure the IOCDS correctly and
I've learned that newer releases of Linux for s390x don't take advantage
of the 'Operating system messages' making them hard to configure or find
out if they are doing anything at all after the initial load.
The two versions of Linux I have been successful with so far have been
ThinkBlue (which was last updated in 2001) and CentOS 4.9 (which is from
around 2007-09? I think?).
Something like the most current version of Debian doesn't support these
'Operating system messages' thus making the install 'blind' you have to
setup the parmfile and HOPE you get it right, otherwise you get nothing.
Also this parmfile for Debian seems to be terribly documented for some
reason?
Once you use the OS Messages to configure the network port on one of the
OSA cards you can SSH into it, I assume this is what you mean by the
ASCII console.
Setting up 3270 consoles for Linux appears to need a package installed,
so you can only enable this after you complete an install.
I already have a console setup over an OSA-ICC configured in the IOCDS
and through the SE.
Connecting to it gives me the info on the OSA connection and such but
that's it so far.
As I have said I eventually plan to have a 3174 attached via network so
I can use an old Memorex amber terminal with it :)
I am still waiting on some cables and such to attach the SAN box up and
see if I can in fact install onto it. I am not sure if I can but I did
see some packages initializing in the CentOS installer for SCSI so I may
be-able to, we will see in the near future.
Thanks again! This has been really fun to learn about thus far, and I
plan to learn much more :)
-Connor K
On 11/8/2015 7:12 PM, Alan Altmark wrote:
Congratulations, Connor. You now belong to a very select club of people who
have a mainframe in their home. :-)
I understand that you want to run Linux. Good, because it's the only free OS
you can get that will run on that box. The MVS 3.8 that people talk about
won't, since it's a S/370 architecture OS and the z890 is ESA/390 and
z/Architecture only.
Your box comes with three types of integrated consoles, one of each per partition you
create: line mode ("Operating system messages"), 3270, and native ASCII. All
of them work with Linux, but I suspect you'll like the ASCII console the best. These
console are not devices in the traditional sense and are not defined in your IOCP.
They're more like services, rather than devices.
A z/Architecture Linux DVD can be placed in the DVD drive on the HMC, or you
can load the files to an FTP server, and boot from either location.
You will need to change your I/O configuration (IOCP) to reconfigure your fibre
channel adapters to be FCP instead of FICON. Linux will also be looking for a
network adapter (Open Systems Adapter, OSA).
Congrats, again! We're all pulling for you!
Alan Altmark
IBM
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Re: I just bought an IBM z890
On 11/8/2015 9:11 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: So let's explore this possibility. First of all, many congratulations on your $237 acquisition! You've got an interesting machine, a machine that figured prominently in mainframe history as the first genuinely "small" 64-bit mainframe -- though it may not seem small in your basement. Here are a few details worth checking: Thanks! 1. Do you have any ESCON ports on your z890, or only FICON/FCP? If the latter, you would have 2Gbps ports capable of fallback to 1Gbps. The IBM DS6800 is a superb match if you're looking for a bit of FICON/ECKD storage, though make sure the DS6800 unit you find is actually ECKD. (Somebody on this list just might have a DS6800 to donate.) If you have ESCON ports you could also look at older ESCON-attached storage units or even possibly an ESCON-to-FCP/SCSI converter. I do have ESCON ports as-well, two 16 port cards installed. ( I have 4 FICON cards for reference ) I have looked into the DS6000 and DS6800, on eBay people are asking A LOT I have made some offers but I doubt I will get anything from there. The expansion units are worth almost nothing comparatively is the sad thing. But if someone here happened to have a 1750-511 or 1750-522 laying around and wouldn't mind letting it disappear I would be more than happy to pay for shipping. I have never heard of ESCON-to-FCP/SCSI converters. I've seen the FCP to SCSI boxes but they hook up via FICON and don't count as a proper DASD that say z/OS can see or use, they count as a SAN. 2. The z890 was available with 1000BASE-T, Gigabit, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet -- and even Token-Ring. For your purposes having at least a couple 1000BASE-T ports (Feature Code 1366) would be best, but the other ports could be a bonus. I think I have the 1000BASE-T cards. I have 5 total cards but two of them were damaged due to some problems with thermal adhesive failing thus making the heat-sinks fall off the chips and when they fell to the bottom they got wedged when being removed and damaged the same chip in two different cards. I have re-applied thermal adhesive in the 3 cards that seemed ok and just set the other two aside for now. I currently set up the first port on the first card for OSA-ICC so I can use that for 3270s in the future when I get them configured, and setup the rest of the 5 ports for OSD so I can use them for standard networking. 3. Is the 4th core on your z890 configured as an IFL, ICF, or zAAP by any chance? If not, it's a spare to the three cores that are configured on your machine, and that's not bad either. As far as I know I don't think so, it may be an IFL or ICF, but I know its not configured as a zAAP as I was hoping it would be. I will have to check later and get back as to what it is. 4. The z890 had anywhere from 8GB to 32GB of main memory. Do you know how much yours has? Even the 8GB configuration should be fine for a personal mainframe, but more might be fun if you want to run some memory intensive home workloads. It only has 8GB, but I will probably keep an eye out on eBay in-case a larger module pops up. 5. I suspect CP Assist (CPACF, Feature Code 3863) is installed, though that's something to check. You can also check to see if any cryptographic adapters are installed. There were three available for the z890: PCICA (Feature Code 0862), PCIXCC (Feature Code 0868), and Crypto Express2 (Feature Code 0863). The last one would be the best. All operating systems can take advantage of these features. I am pretty sure it is installed as when I double clicked on the CPC I remember seeing 'Cryptographic Feature: Installed' or the likes. I do not have any cryptographic adapters installed but I have seem them floating around so if I want to play with one I can probably find one on eBay for not too much if I'm lucky. 6. Do you have a HMC with DVD drive? If you don't, maybe that's another item somebody on this list would know where to get. No it does not have a DVD drive, but I would assume its just a matter of finding a DVD drive for the T42, but also would the SE just realize its been installed? because as of now these options are grayed out when going to 'Boot from DVD or FTP'. But this isn't much of a problem anyway, I am quite honestly finding it much easier to be-able to just open the ISO on my desktop and using an FTP to boot since I can then just point the FTP to any ISO or directory to try new things out without having to burn a new disk or swap disks. OK, now about z/OS. Your capacity model 320 machine is approximately 120 PCIs and exactly 20 MSUs according to IBM's LSPR tables. The z890 is compatible with z/OS 1.13 but not 2.1 and above. (Version 2.2 is the current release.) Last I checked (a couple years ago), if you're willing to set a defined capacity of 3 MSUs for a hypothetical z/OS LPAR on your machine -- and you should be, especially if the z890 supports softcapping that LPAR (can't remember offhand) -- in principle it's
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
Hah awesome! I only have a few hundred punched cards at the moment, need to grab more once I get the 026 running so I can allow people to play around on it as-well. I am located in Cecil County, Maryland. -Connor K On 11/7/2015 12:54 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote: Connor, Where are you located? Tony Thigpen Tony Thigpen wrote on 11/07/2015 12:52 PM: We actually have an 029 Keypunch operating that we sometimes take to trade shows and let people play with. We also have bunches of boxes of cards. Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
So an update from when I posted yesterday. Me and a friend have (after many hours last night) figured out how to reconfigure the IOCDS and create a new LPAR. We also got as far as being able to load over FTP, but that's about where we got because we are not sure how or where to get an SSH connection to the machine to continue. Also if I am installing Linux would I need 3270 OSC ports on the machine? I figured Linux wouldn't use the 3270 protocol but am I wrong? My friend also had a theory that you can use a 3270 console to access the LPAR directly without anything running on it to assist in an install, if this is true how do I know the IP address of the OSA card? All I can find is the MAC address. I've even preformed a network scan in the subnet to see if my router gave it an address and I just need to find it but nothing appears on the network that seems to be related to the machine. (Also note, the SE on this machine doesn't have a built in 3270 console sadly, its an older OS/2 SE that doesn't have this feature.) The real frustrating part is it seems 90% of the install docs for Linux speak of installing through something like z/OS or z/VM where you can define IP addresses and such and know exactly what is going on. Where as this is an install through the SE (HMC) which is a blind install almost. We've made a lot of progress, but there are still a few missing pieces to the puzzle. Also as for later plans for storage and such, I am still waiting for a few pieces to get here but I have an IBM 2108-G07 SAN Data Gateway that should give me FCP based SCSI storage to install onto once I figure out how to actually get an SSH into the Debian installer and actually complete the install. -Connor K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
On 11/7/2015 12:27 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote: (Off the top of my head without looking at the screens.) You first need to use the HMC to create a valid IOCP. In the IOCP you will define an OSA port for ICC usage. Once you have performed a POR to bring in the new IOCP, you can then configure the ICC, including the IP address and port number, using the "OSA Specific Functions" on the HMC. Tony Thigpen This is the info I was looking for, thanks! Powering the beast up now to give it a whirl. On 11/7/2015 12:04 PM, Charles Mills wrote: I have to say I just admire the heck out of you! This is fantastic, especially for someone who surely is too young to have a personal recollection of 2540 card readers, 2311 disk drives and 1403 printers. I am not personally one who longs to have a mainframe in my basement but I totally "get it." Good luck with your efforts! Charles Thanks for the kind words. I collect vintage computers as-well so I know what these devices are actually. As for seeing them in person I have yet to. But I've seen a System/3/32/34/36/370 in person before. I actually own an 026 Keypunch, although it still needs some restoration before its punching cards again. I also own a 5444 style pack drive sitting next to me, not an IBM drive though. Its for a Data General Nova 4 that's in the rack with it. -Connor K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
Yup, its amazing the ribbons are still available but VERY handy. -Connor K On 11/7/2015 1:04 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote: Our stuff is in Chattanooga. We do know a guy in Chattanooga that came in and got our 029 running. (Old retried IBMer.) Did you know you can still buy ribbons for an 029 on eBay? Tony Thigpen Connor Krukosky wrote on 11/07/2015 12:59 PM: Hah awesome! I only have a few hundred punched cards at the moment, need to grab more once I get the 026 running so I can allow people to play around on it as-well. I am located in Cecil County, Maryland. -Connor K On 11/7/2015 12:54 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote: Connor, Where are you located? Tony Thigpen Tony Thigpen wrote on 11/07/2015 12:52 PM: We actually have an 029 Keypunch operating that we sometimes take to trade shows and let people play with. We also have bunches of boxes of cards. Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
First thanks for the kind words, and I really appreciate you offering your speaking slot as-well. I would be very interested in sharing my experiences, but would likely not be-able to come up with the funds to make it. In the future I definitely plan on making a nice video series on YouTube showing what I've learned though. -Connor K On 11/7/2015 12:37 PM, Mark Post wrote: On 11/6/2015 at 04:51 PM, Connor Krukosky <conn...@connorsdomain.com> wrote: Single, 18, in college, VERY TOLERANT PARENTS! I hope you understand that you're a rather unusual individual. Someone your age, still in school, apparently already in possession of a fair amount of background in the technology, is rare, if not unique. To also have a real interest in acquiring the hardware, etc., is even rarer. I think it would be helpful and very interesting for others to understand how all this came about. SHARE is going to be having its Winter conference in San Antonio, February 28th through March 4th. If you could attend, you would gain a whole lot more knowledge, very quickly. If you also presented, you could get your registration fee waived. I would be willing to give up my own speaking slot for you if you could make it. And, if not then, our next conference is in Atlanta, July 31st through August 5th. What do you think? Mark Post SHARE Linux Project Manager -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
Then I would absolutely have to accept :) (Also thank you everyone who is offering up money to send me to this conference. I'm very flattered!) Oh and a small update, I've gotten ThinkBlue running on the system in ramdisk, just trying to figure out networking configuration right now. ThinkBlue asked for the OSA's 'Port name'. My OSAs don't have 'Port names' (the field is filled with '..') and I'm not sure how to assign them. -Connor K On 11/7/2015 6:50 PM, Mark Post wrote: And if we could find a way around that? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
Nvm figured out the issue. I can now SSH into the mainframe from my system and can ping the outside world :) Now all I have to do is sort out storage and I will be-able to install Linux! -Connor K On 11/7/2015 6:56 PM, Connor Krukosky wrote: Oh and a small update, I've gotten ThinkBlue running on the system in ramdisk, just trying to figure out networking configuration right now. ThinkBlue asked for the OSA's 'Port name'. My OSAs don't have 'Port names' (the field is filled with '..') and I'm not sure how to assign them. -Connor K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
I WISH! Although I know someone who has one :P -Connor K On 11/6/2015 5:46 PM, William Donzelli wrote: Barf. 3290 or bust. -- Will On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: 3174? If it has a Token Ring connector you could connect a Apple ][ with a token ring card as a master console. On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Connor Krukosky <conn...@connorsdomain.com> wrote: On 11/6/2015 3:10 PM, Richard Pinion wrote: Did you buy DASD to go with it? I bought a SCSI SAN box, which should be fine over FCP for linux which I plan to run since z/OS requires FICON storage which is expensive and getting a z/OS license going to be impossible. Also as of now I would like to boot via FTP to my desktop's storage which should be possible via the 'Load from Server' option. Since I don't have all the equipment for the SAN yet, but soon I will switch to that. On 11/6/2015 3:15 PM, Steve Beaver wrote: Which OS do you want to run on it? Steve Linux since getting a copy of z/OS won't be easy, and FICON or ESCON storage is expensive. But I do have a 3174 terminal controller I would like to put to use along with one of these beautiful terminals. http://imgur.com/CYHP1EA So maybe in the future I will look into z/OS... On 11/6/2015 3:18 PM, Leonardo Vaz wrote: Really nice indeed! I don't think you can IPL z/OS via FTP though. I guess you want to run linux? Yup! -Connor K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- 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...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
On 11/6/2015 3:10 PM, Richard Pinion wrote: Did you buy DASD to go with it? I bought a SCSI SAN box, which should be fine over FCP for linux which I plan to run since z/OS requires FICON storage which is expensive and getting a z/OS license going to be impossible. Also as of now I would like to boot via FTP to my desktop's storage which should be possible via the 'Load from Server' option. Since I don't have all the equipment for the SAN yet, but soon I will switch to that. On 11/6/2015 3:15 PM, Steve Beaver wrote: Which OS do you want to run on it? Steve Linux since getting a copy of z/OS won't be easy, and FICON or ESCON storage is expensive. But I do have a 3174 terminal controller I would like to put to use along with one of these beautiful terminals. http://imgur.com/CYHP1EA So maybe in the future I will look into z/OS... On 11/6/2015 3:18 PM, Leonardo Vaz wrote: Really nice indeed! I don't think you can IPL z/OS via FTP though. I guess you want to run linux? Yup! -Connor K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
I just bought an IBM z890
Hi I'm new to the list, was pointed here by someone because I need some help using the HMC on the z890 to get an LPAR setup to boot via FTP. I bought this machine for $237 :) It wasn't fun to get into the basement but its here now. http://imgur.com/a/5uWit I have gotten it to power on and 'power-on reset' but that's about as far as I've gotten. I also have to reconfigure the I/O because a pair of I/O modules where damaged because the heat-sinks fell off when removing them and they damaged some chips while removing them. Any help would be appreciated :) Thanks! -Connor K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
Mine is a model 320. I wouldn't mind getting a larger system but the problem is if I can't just trade say the PU Book and the SE's to do this then I would like to NOT have to go through the trouble of removing the WHOLE thing from the basement again and putting another one back into the basement. -Connor K On 11/6/2015 3:53 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote: What model is it? I have a big one that I would trade for a 110 (the smallest model). Tony Thigpen Connor Krukosky wrote on 11/06/2015 02:55 PM: Hi I'm new to the list, was pointed here by someone because I need some help using the HMC on the z890 to get an LPAR setup to boot via FTP. I bought this machine for $237 :) It wasn't fun to get into the basement but its here now. http://imgur.com/a/5uWit I have gotten it to power on and 'power-on reset' but that's about as far as I've gotten. I also have to reconfigure the I/O because a pair of I/O modules where damaged because the heat-sinks fell off when removing them and they damaged some chips while removing them. Any help would be appreciated :) Thanks! -Connor K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: I just bought an IBM z890
Single, 18, in college, VERY TOLERANT PARENTS! -Connor K On 11/6/2015 4:48 PM, Grinsell, Don wrote: Wow! I assume you are either single or married to the most wonderful woman. Good luck. -- Donald Grinsell State of Montana 406-444-2983 dgrins...@mt.gov "We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us!" ~ George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Connor Krukosky Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 12:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: I just bought an IBM z890 Hi I'm new to the list, was pointed here by someone because I need some help using the HMC on the z890 to get an LPAR setup to boot via FTP. I bought this machine for $237 :) It wasn't fun to get into the basement but its here now. http://imgur.com/a/5uWit I have gotten it to power on and 'power-on reset' but that's about as far as I've gotten. I also have to reconfigure the I/O because a pair of I/O modules where damaged because the heat-sinks fell off when removing them and they damaged some chips while removing them. Any help would be appreciated :) Thanks! -Connor K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
