Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage?
2301 or 2303? As I recall, both were rather expensive for use on such a small machine. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of scott Ford Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 3:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage? I remember drum storage , saw it first on a pair of 360-40s On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:53 PM, PINION, RICHARD W. < rpin...@firsttennessee.com> wrote: > Please share a picture of the "bomb" as I remember it being called. IIRC, > you could remove the cover and unwind the magnetic strip. That would be a > cool picture too. > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 2:51 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage? > > [External Email] > > At a large company that I worked for in the 80's and early 90's we had a > couple of sharp Sysprogs who developed an extension to JES3 that allowed > large sysout files to be stored on the 3850 rather than the spool, which > wasn't large enough. Then there was the ability to modify the printer to > print from one of those spool datasets. When it was decommissioned the CE > set it up to eject the 3850 cartridges into a box and many of us were > allowed to take some home - I still have 2 of them in my home office. > > -- > Lionel B. Dyck < > Mainframe Systems Programmer - TRA > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > FIRST TENNESSEE > > Confidentiality notice: > This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally > privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended > recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this > message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately > notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning a friend or collegue you demean yourself” www.idmworks.com scott.f...@idmworks.com Blog: www.idmworks.com/blog *The information contained in this email message and any attachment may be privileged, confidential, proprietary or otherwise protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this message and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and permanently delete it from your computer and destroy any printout thereof.* -- 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: [EXTERNAL] Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage?
I remember drum storage , saw it first on a pair of 360-40s On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:53 PM, PINION, RICHARD W. < rpin...@firsttennessee.com> wrote: > Please share a picture of the "bomb" as I remember it being called. IIRC, > you could remove the cover and unwind the magnetic strip. That would be a > cool picture too. > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 2:51 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage? > > [External Email] > > At a large company that I worked for in the 80's and early 90's we had a > couple of sharp Sysprogs who developed an extension to JES3 that allowed > large sysout files to be stored on the 3850 rather than the spool, which > wasn't large enough. Then there was the ability to modify the printer to > print from one of those spool datasets. When it was decommissioned the CE > set it up to eject the 3850 cartridges into a box and many of us were > allowed to take some home - I still have 2 of them in my home office. > > -- > Lionel B. Dyck < > Mainframe Systems Programmer - TRA > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > FIRST TENNESSEE > > Confidentiality notice: > This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally > privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended > recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this > message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately > notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning a friend or collegue you demean yourself” www.idmworks.com scott.f...@idmworks.com Blog: www.idmworks.com/blog *The information contained in this email message and any attachment may be privileged, confidential, proprietary or otherwise protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this message and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and permanently delete it from your computer and destroy any printout thereof.* -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage?
Please share a picture of the "bomb" as I remember it being called. IIRC, you could remove the cover and unwind the magnetic strip. That would be a cool picture too. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 2:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage? [External Email] At a large company that I worked for in the 80's and early 90's we had a couple of sharp Sysprogs who developed an extension to JES3 that allowed large sysout files to be stored on the 3850 rather than the spool, which wasn't large enough. Then there was the ability to modify the printer to print from one of those spool datasets. When it was decommissioned the CE set it up to eject the 3850 cartridges into a box and many of us were allowed to take some home - I still have 2 of them in my home office. -- Lionel B. Dyck < Mainframe Systems Programmer - TRA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN FIRST TENNESSEE Confidentiality notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage?
At a large company that I worked for in the 80's and early 90's we had a couple of sharp Sysprogs who developed an extension to JES3 that allowed large sysout files to be stored on the 3850 rather than the spool, which wasn't large enough. Then there was the ability to modify the printer to print from one of those spool datasets. When it was decommissioned the CE set it up to eject the 3850 cartridges into a box and many of us were allowed to take some home - I still have 2 of them in my home office. -- Lionel B. Dyck < Mainframe Systems Programmer - TRA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
