This version of VM/370 rolls up most of the modifications posted on the three main Yahoo forums since the "5-pack" system was released in 2006. This point release (1.1) fixes several bugs found in the 1.0 version:
o The DIAL command no longer ABENDs.
o 3278 model 4 devices are defined in the configuration file.
o FLIST now works properly (but only on model 2s).
o EDIT now works on 3278 model 4 terminals, and supports
editing multiple files via the EDIT and LVL subcommands.
The base operating system is IBM's VM/370 Release 6 operating system, the last unlicensed version of VM/370. It is designed to run on the Hercules Emulator.
We recommend you login as CMSUSER (password of CMSUSER) for most general work. This user's minidisks reside on their own volume (the 6th pack), making backup of your own work much easier.
New features of the "SixPack" include:
o An up-to-date, accurate, and fairly complete help system.
o The Gnu C Compiler, with both a "traditional" runtime library
(PDPCLIB) and a "native CMS" runtime library (GCCLIB).
Type HELP GCC for information on compiling C programs.
o Extended parameter list support, meaning it is possible to
pass mixed-case parameters to EXECs and C programs.
o Current line highlighting and multifile editing in EDIT.
o Other programs such as DIFF, FLIST, RESLIB, SCAN, VMARC
are all available on the CMS Y disk.
This version of VM/370 is brought to you by Robert O'Hara, Paul Edwards, and Dave Wade. It is based on earlier versions of VM/370 for Hercules developed by Andy Norrie and Paul Gorlinsky.
You can download it from
http://vmdist.homelinux.org/vm370sixpack-1_1.zipBob O'Hara
