Time Sharing Options



TSO Programming, ISPF, SDF, SDSF and PDF, FTP, TCP/IP Concepts, SNA & SNA/IP etc...

Time Sharing Options

Postby Pravi » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:16 am

How many Time Sharing Options are there?? What are the updates on each version??
Pravi
 
Posts: 2
Joined: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:03 am
Has thanked: 0 time
Been thanked: 0 time

Re: Time Sharing Options

Postby dick scherrer » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:21 am

Hello and welcome to the forum,

You may have some idea of what you are asking, but we do not. . .

What is it you really want to know? What is a Time Sharing Option to you? What is a "version"?
Hope this helps,
d.sch.
User avatar
dick scherrer
Global moderator
 
Posts: 6268
Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:58 am
Has thanked: 3 times
Been thanked: 93 times

Re: Time Sharing Options

Postby steve-myers » Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:49 am

Well, back in 1971 (I think it was) Time Sharing was an optional feature in OS/360 Release 20 (and rather expensive, too, in terms of storage), thus Time Sharing Option. Beginning in the first MVS release TSO became a standard feature, but it was still an "option," so TSO was kept.

From the point of view of the TSO user, it hasn't changed much since 1971, though the addition of 3270s in place of hard copy terminals like the 2741, and SPF made a huge difference. The line mode commands really haven't changed very much.
steve-myers
Global moderator
 
Posts: 2105
Joined: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:21 pm
Has thanked: 4 times
Been thanked: 243 times

Re: Time Sharing Options

Postby Pravi » Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:50 am

Wow!!! Nice Info.. Thanx for sharing..
Pravi
 
Posts: 2
Joined: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:03 am
Has thanked: 0 time
Been thanked: 0 time

Re: Time Sharing Options

Postby dick scherrer » Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:02 pm

Hello,

We're happy that you're happy :)

How many Time Sharing Options are there?? What are the updates on each version??
Has your original post been answered? I don't believe i yet understand the question. . .
Hope this helps,
d.sch.
User avatar
dick scherrer
Global moderator
 
Posts: 6268
Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:58 am
Has thanked: 3 times
Been thanked: 93 times

Re: Time Sharing Options

Postby Phrzby Phil » Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:18 pm

As a summer programmer in 1969-70 at IBM Poughkeepsie, a fellow student was in 1970 working on pre-release TSO. He'd type in his logon, then go to lunch, since it took that long to log in. Probably running on 360/50 or so.

I was doing APL - much fun!
Phrzby Phil
 
Posts: 7
Joined: Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:02 am
Has thanked: 0 time
Been thanked: 0 time


Return to TSO & ISPF

 


  • Related topics
    Replies
    Views
    Last post