VM/370 R6

These are very large files and it may not be practical to successfully download them using low speed network connections. You can also order a CD here which will include them.

VM/370 R6 System distribution (aka VM 4 Pack System)
prepared by Andy Norrie

Download (USA) CBT Tape Mirror http://www.cbttape.net/vmdist

Download (UK) Andy's VM/370 Page http://www.boglob.co.uk/vmdist.html

VM/370 R6 distribution prepared by Bob Abeles

base-source.aws.bz2
CPR6L0.ddr.aws.bz2
ptf-616.aws.bz2
starter-3330.aws.bz2
vm370r6-essentials.tar.gz Start here
VMREL6.ddr.aws.bz2
waterloo.aws.bz2

README.txt extracted from essentials tarball

The files are compressed in bzip2 format.

The bzip2 and libbzip2 home page has information, source code, and binaries for the bzip2 utility for many platforms.

Community on Yahoo Groups

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/H390-VM

Other download locations for VM R6 are

Oxford University

ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/linux/s390/vm6/ or

Germany/Europe

http://source.rfc822.org/pub/mirror/hercules/vm

ftp://source.rfc822.org/pub/mirror/hercules/vm

RAR

RAR Labs Home page

http://www.rarlabs.com

Free uncompressors for most platforms pick Extras on the RAR page or go here

http://www.rarlabs.com/rar_add.htm

An unrar package is available in most Linux distributions including Debian.