S/390 (VM/ESA | z/VM && MVS | OS/390 | z/OS)

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• Assembler Coding Tips, Hints & Guidelines
• Assembler Mailing List
  
• CAVMEN - Chicago Area VM Enthusiasts
  
• CBT Tape MVS Freeware Home Page
• CMS/TSO Pipelines Runtime Library
• Dave's Unofficial HLASM Web Page covers IBM High Level Assembler which assembles for z/VM, z/OS and VSE.
• Dignus, LLC are creators of the z/OS and CMS compilers Systems/C and Systems/C++ as well as the HLASM4-compatible Systems/ASM.
  
• Don Higgin's Home Page . Don is the author of a PC-based 370 emulator and is a real 370/390 "geek".
• Enterprise Extender is IBM 's latest SNA-over-IP scheme, using UDP as the data link layer. More efficient than AnyNet.
• The z/VM FAQ is good and the FAQ software the kind that the (free) registered user can append their own helpful answers to.
• Fundamental Software's Open/370 is 370 emulation on the Pentium.
• Gilbert Saint-flour's Web Page has MVS and S/390 info.
• Hercules S/390 Emulator is Open Source.
  
• HLASM.com is about z/VM's High Level Assembler.
• Homerow has interesting tools and projects for z/VM, z/OS and z/Linux, including VMA, an open source VMARC unpacker.
  
• IBM
  • S/390 Family
    • z/OS Internet Library
      • You can also find the online docs for old OS/390 and MVS releases here.
        
    • VM/ESA
      • VM/ESA Internet Library is the online docs for VM/ESA.
      • VM Collection bookshelves Discs 1, 2, and 3 <== This one seems organized in a more current fashion.
      • VM Java
        • VM Java Remote Abstract Windowing Toolkit lets your write Java GUI programs running on VM.
          
    • VSE/ESA
  • IBM BookManager BookServer Library .
  • IBM Networking Support Forums .
  • IBM Personal Communications is the 3270/5250 connectivity product of choice.
  • IBM Redbooks , IBM's theme publications composed by mixed teams of IBM specialists and interested community members.
  • IBM PartnerWorld Home Page links every developer membership program at IBM from micro to mainframe.
  • IBM DeveloperWorks is all the free toys in the blue universe.
  • IBMLink/TalkLink subscription forums to talk to developers.
    • Consult the IBM Sales Manual for info on any product.
    • Note: IBMLink TalkLink is being discontinued as of 2000-12-31. I will post here links which may help make up for the loss as I find them
      • ibmtcp-l listserver
  • 390 Principles of Operation Manual is the urdokument of the architecture.
• L-Soft of LISTSERV fame.
  • VMESA-L Mailing List
• Linux stuff related to enterprise computing.
  • SNA for Linux
• Mainframe Forum is messaging and discussions regarding the big iron right down to Linux on S/390.
• Melinda Varian's Home Page ... Melinda is very deep in VM.
• Microfocus MFASM Assembler for PC platforms.
• Mirasoft,Inc. vends VM Products.
• MochaSoft has freely downloadable demo copies of their terminal emulators.
• MQSeries is cross-platform message queues from IBM. Worth looking at if you haven't yet heard about MQSeries.
  • MessageQ.Com has great discussion and news about MQSeries.
• Neale's VM Home Page deals with Gnu Free Software on VM.
• David Pitt 's OS/390 GCC/EGCS Page has the Gnu compiler for OS/390.
• OS/390 Resources at Nichols
  • Especially useful is the Open SSH for OS/390 page.
    
• OS/390 Tools and Toys for ISPF, OS/390 Rexx and other neat source downloadables.
• Download the PC370 freeware cross assembler .
• The Cornell "PROBLEM" Control and Tracking System for VM/CMS.
• S/390 Java has info about running Java on IBM mainframes.
• S/390 mainframe computing
• SEC Ltd. offers resources for professionals working with MVS, OS/390, ISPF, REXX and Assembler.
• Sequential Software writes software that runs on VM platforms (among others).
• SHARE , an IBM users' interest group.
• Slippery Rock University Mainframe Home Page with pointers to an ftp-able download site on their VM server. Don't miss Fran Hensler's Personal Home Page
• Rich Smrcina's Sample Code on VMAssist consists of several interesting free utilities.
  
• SNA Networking
  • APPN Implementor's Workshop
  • SNA i*nets is a vendor's group for SNA support over Internet technology.
    • SNA over IP implementation info
• Tachyon 390 Cross Assembler
• TN3270.COM has extensive information about the tn3270 protocol.
• Velocity Software, Inc. , purveyors of performance measurement software for IBM VM.
• VM FAQ at Marist University.
• VM Resources Ltd. is a company which provides z/VM consulting and training.
  
• VM Update electronic journal of VM applications.
• VMUTIL@UBVM File Store , State University of New York at Buffalo.
• VM, VSE and Linux/390 Job Postings
  
• VM Workshop Tools is a great collection of software.
  
• List of VM Web Servers
• VMARC Utility Home Page
  
• V/Soft Software develops VM software and consults on VM projects.
• Lynn Wheeler's page is about transaction security but buried thereunder is a motherlode of information about IBM VM history.
• World Alliance of VSE and VM (WAVV) has as its purpose to promote the interests of users of the VSE and VM operating systems through conferences, user groups, requirement submissions and working with vendors around the globe.
• X3270 is an open source XWindows 3270 emulator with scripting and printing, etc. Great!
• Xephon Web site for users of large information systems.
• Zephyr Corporation, Legacy-to-Web Software Solution Development offers free download of trial TN3270E emulator for Win/95/NT.
• z/Journal is a controlled distribution magazine about z/VM.

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