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168 lines
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A Beginner's Guide to:
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The IBM VM/370
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(or what to do once you've gotten in)
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A monograph by Elric of Imrryr
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Presented by Lunatic Labs UnLimted.
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KopyRite (K) 1986
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RePrint what you like
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Note: This file is formatted for printing
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on a 80 Column, 55 line printer.
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PREFACE: What this guide is about.
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This was written to help Hackers learn to basics of how to function on an
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IBM VM/370. Not as a guide on how to get in, but on how to use it one
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you have gotten in.
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Comments on this are welcome at RIPCO 312-528-5020.
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Note: To VM/370 Hackers, feel free to add to this file, just give myself
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& Lunatic Labs credit for our parts.
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PART 1: Logging in & out
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When you connect to a VM/370 system hit RETURN till you see:
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VM/370
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!
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To logon you type:
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logon userid ('logon' may be abbreviated to 'l')
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If you enter an invalid userid, It will respond with a message:
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'userid not in cp directory'.
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If it is valid you with get:
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ENTER PASSWORD:
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Enter your password, then your in, hopefully....
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Logging Out:
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Type:
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log
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PART 2: Loading CMS & Getting set up
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When you logon, if you do not see the message 'VM/SP CMS - (date) (time)
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you will need to load 'CMS' (CMS in a command interpreter).
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Type:
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cp ipl cms
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You should then see something like this:
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R; T=0.01/0.01 08:05:50
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Now you will be able to use both CP & CMS commands...
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Some system my think you are using an IBM 3270 Terminal, if you can
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emulate a 3270 (for example with Crosstalk) do so, if not type:
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set terminal typewriter or set terminal dumb
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PART 3: Files
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You can list your files by typing:
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filelist
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Wildcards can be used, so:
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filelist t*
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list all files beginning with a 't'.
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Filenames are made up of a FILENAME and FILETYPE
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You can list a file by typing:
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listfile filename filetype
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Other file commands are: copyfile, erase, and rename, they all work with
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FILENAME FILETYPE.
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PART 4: Editing your files
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I'm going to keep this down to the basics and only discuss one editor
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XEDIT. To use XEDIT type:
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xedit filename filetype
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Once in XEDIT, enter the command 'input' to enter text, hit a RETURN on
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a blank line to return to command mode, then enter the command 'FILE' to
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save your file.
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PART 5: Communicating with others on the system
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Sending & receiving 'NOTES':
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To send a 'NOTE' to another user type:
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note userid
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You will then be in the XEDIT subsystem, see PART 4.
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Once you are done writing your NOTE, save the file and type:
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send note
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This will send the NOTE to userid.
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You can also use the SEND command to send other files by typing:
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send filename filetype userid.
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Sending messages:
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You can use the TELL command to communicate with a user who is current
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logged on, type:
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tell userid Help me!
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PART 6: Getting Help
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Type:
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help
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That's it, good luck.
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