Posts by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
(DIR) Post #B6L2EM1IG9atmTgkXA by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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oh yeah, that's the one! good theme going on too! gotta love the loadsnake down there... imagine if that thing supported multiprocessor systems!multiprocessor OS/2 is a real piece of work... somehow I got 2.11 SMP to work with 4 processors lolBTW there's a screenshotter on a lot of the OS/2 Developer Connection CDs!!!
(DIR) Post #B6L2EMPknD9z0L8Hey by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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that's a VERY good machine there!as for dual-processor 386es, your best bet is a Compaq SystemPro. shame mine is burnt out otherwise I'd video it :((
(DIR) Post #B6L2EMXCLX7BNQcEGO by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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this is the coolest OS/2 desktop i can go take a picture of, the support element of the mainframe running this mastodon node i post fromCC: @ltning@anduin.net
(DIR) Post #B6MqM1oeS0W4IoaWBM by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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update on "that ancient datacenter I bought:"so, the plan to move the stuff into an old gutted movie theater has been solidified. by October, I will post a link to a webpage that you can go to to request an account; as long as you aren't a spammer, you get a VM/CMS account. upon logging in, you will be able to either run CMS (and the whole host of CMS software from the EVIEVM world, like OfficeVision, SCRIPT, TOOLS, DisplayWrite, ForaView, WW2, all the compilers, Db2, QMF, etc) ORRRR spin up:a period-accurate Linux (2.6) VMa z/OS 1.5 VMa VSE/ESA 2.7 VMa MTS 6.0a VMa MUSIC/SP 6.1 VMeach user gets a 3390 model 3 (3339 cylinders) to do whatever with... you will be able to use Dirmaint commands to divvy it up into as many minidisks as you'd like and if you are running a VM, you will only need to store configuration overrides and such onto your private disk
(DIR) Post #B6MqSfW7kuV1Af5XVI by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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OS/2 Communications Manager 2.1 on OS/2 2.11 SMP, doing SNA 3270 terminal emulation over Ethernet hooked into EVIEVM
(DIR) Post #B6NFZQSUdgUnLgi0XY by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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the gradual shrinkage of IBM mainframe peripheral interface connectorsfrom left to right: original bus-and-tag, shrunk System/390 PES bus-and-tag, super-shrunk Multiprise 3000 bus-and-tag, “duplex ESCON”, LC FICONthe last 2 are fiber and sadly all of my MTRJ ESCON fiber cables are being used rn so i couldn’t photograph one of those
(DIR) Post #B6OeML9BldRB7iUpbE by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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here's a higher-resolution pic of an OS/2 2.11 PC driving a mainframe using Communications Manager (the OS/2 SNA stack)
(DIR) Post #B6Vf4W2M06j1kI5EFk by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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holy crap i fixed the 3287 and only broke one fingernail in the process!!!
(DIR) Post #B6VhumnL8lXIga73g0 by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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considering it’s from 1978 i say it’s doing pretty good!!!!
(DIR) Post #B6hcU88S01soXhj8LY by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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guess i’m a real programmer now
(DIR) Post #B6mPn9HXdJqLzGW7wu by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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the computer in my apartment, rivaled only by the computer in my basement!the 15khz sound of the monochrome monitor horizontal scan circuit, the high-persistence phosphor fading in and out with every screenfull of text displayed as my field-of-view is crowded with a bunch of monochrome terminals... the coffee table, the kitchen counter... lest i forget all of the coax cables running across the floor adjoining them to their controller!the white noise is broken by the sound of a pin-feed printer, older than my dad and half my body weight, sucking in more and more greenbar paper from the box underneath the kitchen counter as the next print job flickers in; the printed paper haphazardly shoots out of the top (and, naturally, onto the freshly-mopped floor) as the red LEDs flicker with the current draw of the motors.i round the corner and see a mainframe, the hot air shooting out of its front as the CPU is pegged at 100% doing anything and everything from handling posts on the fediverse to running simulations of deforming fiberglass PCB substrates!a whole manner of fiber cables and thick parallel channel cables snake out of the back, pushed up against a bookcase as they fit their way to disk arrays, terminal controllers, network processors, and tape drives; a bundle of black power cables does the same thing but with a much simpler disciplinethe data transfer LED on the terminal controller randomly flickers, with its status display radiating brightly through the darkness with a red "3174" written out on its 7-segment display; the cheapo DC fans rattle away to keep it overkill-cooled from all manner of thermal threatsthe network processor cranks away, barely able to sustain the influx of fediverse traffic on the modern web; it tries valiantly but ultimately gets overwhelmed... never crashing, though, only running slow!eventually, the autoloading cartridge tape drive sucks a cartridge into the drive assembly, and the white noise is once again brokenthe pale purple light of my apartment is switched to a golden-orange as the sun sets, the light shining through the windows and complimenting the synthetic light beautifully as the stove strikes up... gotta eat somehow!
(DIR) Post #B6mPnAhSMSAQNveKyu by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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posting this is gonna kill my poor computer but http://evievm.pubvm.org/eweb/pics.htmlCC: @cwebber@social.coop
(DIR) Post #B6tb7F56EwwdMqCWZc by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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IBM liked 'em thick too!!!!CC: @aka_pugs@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B6u3N7rVe7OWKMCri4 by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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pub400 is lame as fuck compared to what evie400a.pubvm.org is gonna be (OS/400 V4R4, OfficeVision/400, CICS/400, Domino/400, some random ERP software, yada yada yada)CC: @merlin@kif.rocks
(DIR) Post #B7MRPFNPY5YHlPM8RM by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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i'll never forget something my old college roommate told me back in march 2025"evie look i think pokemon horizons is turning me into a furry, this show just makes me feel something now"CC: @enigmatico@mk.absturztau.be
(DIR) Post #B7Mh3qHlEy9X88WpnM by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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i fully support this and demand morei am 1000000% not a furry totallyCC: @enigmatico@mk.absturztau.be
(DIR) Post #B7Mt3LYGhsO7GFmPtQ by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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oh yeah it's a shame there wasn't more yuri :((( i guess that means i better get to drawin'!!i knowwww this is a controversial opinion but i think all of the explorers are totally stale and not nearly up to parCC: @enigmatico@mk.absturztau.be
(DIR) Post #B7ObbctXK3162KqNkW by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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i can't believe i just answered the phone and said the "okay fine i guess you are my little pogchamp" thing in perfect rendition before my friend even said hello
(DIR) Post #B7Tnvk6LvcpLMwRYJM by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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is it me or's ftp.gnu.org gotten really slow lately? like 33.6 dialup slow????
(DIR) Post #B7VkBHG80HM40fWKCu by wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe
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YES! perfect!!!! thank youuuuuu :3CC: @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me