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Re: IBM FINALLY CREATES A FULL VM/SP WORKSTATION WITH 7437 BUT FEARS TO

From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed May 18 09:06:51 2022

Five cards.

P/370
MMC
S/370 Channel Emulator
5080 graphics

Thats four...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-based_IBM_mainframe-compatible_systems#IBM_7437_VM/SP_Technical_Workstation

Graphics support was provided by an IBM 5080 graphics system, a
floor-standing tower. The 5080 was connected to the 7437 through the
PS/2 via a cable and MCA adapter.[15]

On 5/18/2022 09:02, Louis Ohland wrote:

Occupying five boards, the 7437 uses the PS/2 to receive VM/SP 5 from
the users host mainframe, and to dump the fruits of its labours on the
host.

On 5/18/2022 08:57, Louis Ohland wrote:

https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_finally_creates_a_full_vmsp_workstation_with_7437_but_fears_to_offer_it_widely

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From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed May 18 09:10:37 2022

Nallur S. Prasad; Jeffrey Savit (1994). IBM mainframes: architecture and design. McGraw-Hill. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-07-050691-6.

On 5/18/2022 09:06, Louis Ohland wrote:

Five cards.

P/370
MMC
S/370 Channel Emulator
5080 graphics

Thats four...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-based_IBM_mainframe-compatible_systems#IBM_7437_VM/SP_Technical_Workstation

Graphics support was provided by an IBM 5080 graphics system, a floor-standing tower. The 5080 was connected to the 7437 through the
PS/2 via a cable and MCA adapter.[15]

On 5/18/2022 09:02, Louis Ohland wrote:

Occupying five boards, the 7437 uses the PS/2 to receive VM/SP 5 from
the users host mainframe, and to dump the fruits of its labours on the
host.

On 5/18/2022 08:57, Louis Ohland wrote:

https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_finally_creates_a_full_vmsp_workstation_with_7437_but_fears_to_offer_it_widely

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From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed May 18 09:02:07 2022

Occupying five boards, the 7437 uses the PS/2 to receive VM/SP 5 from
the users host mainframe, and to dump the fruits of its labours on the host.

On 5/18/2022 08:57, Louis Ohland wrote:

https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_finally_creates_a_full_vmsp_workstation_with_7437_but_fears_to_offer_it_widely

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From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 18 09:15:35 2022

https://ia801209.us.archive.org/26/items/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890005611/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890005611.pdf

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From Kevin Bowling@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed May 18 09:38:01 2022

On 5/18/22 07:10, Louis Ohland wrote:

Nallur S. Prasad; Jeffrey Savit (1994). IBM mainframes: architecture and design. McGraw-Hill. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-07-050691-6.

I had lunch with Jeffery Savit a few years ago. He works at Oracle now,
long given up on VM. This is one of my favorite Operating System videos https://archive.org/details/AStrategicPointOfViewForVm.. seems IBM
couldn't keep off the footgun with VM.

On 5/18/2022 09:06, Louis Ohland wrote:

Five cards.

P/370
MMC
S/370 Channel Emulator
5080 graphics

Thats four...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-based_IBM_mainframe-compatible_systems#IBM_7437_VM/SP_Technical_Workstation

Graphics support was provided by an IBM 5080 graphics system, a
floor-standing tower. The 5080 was connected to the 7437 through the
PS/2 via a cable and MCA adapter.[15]

On 5/18/2022 09:02, Louis Ohland wrote:

Occupying five boards, the 7437 uses the PS/2 to receive VM/SP 5 from
the users host mainframe, and to dump the fruits of its labours on
the host.

On 5/18/2022 08:57, Louis Ohland wrote:

https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_finally_creates_a_full_vmsp_workstation_with_7437_but_fears_to_offer_it_widely

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