S/370 docs (was: Re: IBM big iron.)

From: Norm Aleks <norm_at_docnorm.com>
Date: Tue Jan 29 00:06:59 2002

Toth,

Brian Knittel and I would be happy to put your S/370 documents up on
IBM1130.ORG. Its planned organization (i.e. the organization that is not
currently showing on it) includes sections for "related systems,"
primarily S/360 and earlier unit record (punched card) systems. But S/370
is very cool; that'd be great. (Besides, both of us have been looking
for S/370 manuals to help us understand how to administer MVS, VM, and CMS
on Hercules.)

If you need help scanning, I will try. I have a big backlog of things to
scan, but when I start a pile it goes pretty fast (practice!).

Norm Aleks


On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Tothwolf wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, William Donzelli wrote:
>
> > IBM docs really are very good and complete - probably more so than
> > anyone else's. They are a pain in the neck to read, unless you can
> > speak the language.
> >
> > The chips (SLTs) are not too bad. They can still be found on scrap IBM
> > boards. Interfacing to them is no big deal - the characteristics are
> > known.
>
> With all the talk of IBM systems and docs today, I remembered I had some
> IBM books put away. I found four 1.5" binders worth, and they all appear
> to be related to S/370 operations and software. If there is any interest
> in these, I'd be willing to scan them if I can find a place to host the
> resulting files.
>
> -Toth
>
>
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