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How did EBCDIC files on IBM mainframes identify newlines?
I recently uncovered some old VM/CMS files that I archived around 30 years ago and have been looking at them out of curiosity. Since these were from an IBM System/370XA and VM/CMS, they're in EBCDIC ...
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Implementation details about Lotus 1-2-3/M
Does anyone have implementation details of Lotus 1-2-3 for VM/SP5 and MVS/XA? Which programming language and compiler was used? A video of a 3270 session would be interesting. Is there any source of ...
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What was IBM VS/PC?
I found this 1976 Digital internal memorandum which is a competitive evaluation of IBM mainframes versus Digital's DECsystem-10 machines. Page 7 says the following: In 1976 IBM announced VS/PC which ...
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How does one customize the 3270 terminal login screen in VM/370?
When using a pre-built system image such as the "VM/370 sixpack" or "MVS Tur(n)key" under Hercules, when a user connects a 3270 terminal, a login screen comes up with a banned ...
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How can the current date be accessed from DOS/VS assembler?
In assembler on an old /370-125 running DOS/VS I can access the TOD (Time of day) with GETIME, i.e. the time since midnight. But I want to be able to print the date.
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Does anyone have any information on GUTS (Gothenburg University Timesharing System)?
Gothenburg Universities Computer Centre (in Sweden) developed a timesharing system for IBM mainframes, known as GUTS (variously expanded either as ''Gothenburg University Timesharing System'', or as ''...
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Why did IBM skip "System/380" as a mainframe family name?
I've been reading Exhibit 14971 from US vs. IBM (Parts 1, 2, 3) which seems to give a very good overview of the history of the computer industry up to 1980, particularly the way IBM handled its ...
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