Re: Anyone a Unicode Services expert? -- roundtrip conversion

2012-06-12 Thread zMan
-defined term, and your point is valid, but conventional and well-understood are arguable. Sure, the math PhDs use that term, but reg'lar folks don't. However, it would have behooved IBM to define and use it. Or maybe the people who wrote that don't know it... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe

Re: Failed Disk Data Exposure

2012-06-08 Thread zMan
drive from an Al Qaeda DS8000... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Failed Disk Data Exposure

2012-06-08 Thread zMan
striping was on a bit level, and didn't think (and still don't understand why) there would be any XORing. Tells you what I know! -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: 24/7/365 appropriateness was Re: IBMLink outages in 2012

2012-05-24 Thread zMan
. Are we done now? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: humor: look at the logo these people made for IBM. It is cute

2012-05-24 Thread zMan
. They didn't create that -- IBM did, years ago. It's been on posters, etc. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

Re: humor: look at the logo these people made for IBM. It is cute

2012-05-24 Thread zMan
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Pommier, Rex R. rex.pomm...@cnasurety.com wrote: It's been around for a long time, but not with the microphone and not slash across the eye. That was the part I thought John was talking about. Good catch, I missed that! -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe

Re: Screen Scraping TN3270

2012-05-21 Thread zMan
on their java applications? Don't do it, it hurts... Seriously, it's a major pain, and very fragile. No, I'm not answering your question, just suggesting that you're headed for madness in that direction... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: The care and feeding of dongles (was: Progress Toward z/OS Personal Use License)

2012-04-25 Thread zMan
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Re: USS File Integrity

2012-04-19 Thread zMan
on that vessel in WWII! -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-10 Thread zMan
, defending itself from everything from missiles to a lovesick whale. OK, I gotta ask -- how DO you defend against a lovesick whale? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: NaSpa / Share / z/OS or any mainframe groups

2012-04-03 Thread zMan
handshake. SSLUG seems to have left no trail on the web (pun intended). -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: 3745 available?

2012-04-02 Thread zMan
in trouble... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: 3745 available?

2012-04-02 Thread zMan
NVM, I read it four times and missed the for me. Anyway, I was only kidding. No, I don't know of any. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: Grace Hopper Stories!! (was RE: Pre-Friday fun: Halon dumps and POK Resets)

2012-03-27 Thread zMan
would be quite usable. That would be fun. Alternatively, have one side be inches (or mm/cm) and the other ns ... then it would actually be useful and folks could justify the cost. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: Leaving IBM

2012-03-26 Thread zMan
! :-( Seriously, we'll miss ya. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: A z/OS Redbook Corrected - just about!

2012-03-26 Thread zMan
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Chris Mason chrisma...@belgacom.netwrote: Back in early February, I sent off this comment to the redbooks site: gargantuan snip Definition of TL;DR. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: rexx cpu intensive

2012-03-23 Thread zMan
immediately and delete this message and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- zMan

Pre-Friday fun: Halon dumps and POK Resets

2012-03-22 Thread zMan
So over the years I've heard a few good stories about accidental (or deliberate) Halon dumps and BRS pressings. Like operators playing Frisbee in the machine room and discovering that the Halon button really, really needs a cover on it... Who else has stories to share? -- zMan -- I've got

Re: Pre-Friday fun: Halon dumps and POK Resets

2012-03-22 Thread zMan
crash. The fix was to turn the disk packs 90 degrees: these were *vertically* spinning, so doing that meant the head might skip to the wrong track (which apparently would be handled) rather than crashing into the platters. I think I have those details right...at least how I heard it! -- zMan

Re: rexx cpu intensive

2012-03-21 Thread zMan
, as posted, is kind of meaningless...How long is a piece of string? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

Re: Customer Service, the good and the bad...

2012-03-07 Thread zMan
not recognizable by the symptoms I experienced. 4) That I had to pay to discover HP's defect. But you then posted the solution with lots of good keywords so the next person wouldn't have to pay, right? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: Interfacing with the MainFrame

2012-03-07 Thread zMan
to use SSL or equivalent. FTP is dead in the water. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message

Re: Customer Service, the good and the bad...

2012-03-03 Thread zMan
to learn about HP the hard way. On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Robert Prins robert.ah.pr...@gmail.com wrote: I hope this doesn't offend anyone, but here's a short story about customer service... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: Authorized functions

2012-02-19 Thread zMan
they are kissing cousins ? I don't see any point of similarity. Not the API, not the file system, not the shells. Then you've forgotten the learning curve: CMS - *IX: minimal CMS - TSO: moderate CMS - GUI: Large -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: Authorized functions

2012-02-19 Thread zMan
abstractions that make learning a new instance of some class of formalisms, statement-level programming languages say, easy; but that is another matter. Point taken. But vastly dissimilar environments are pretty likely to have greater learning curves than moderately similar ones, nu? -- zMan -- I've got

Re: O/T but curious (Re: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) )

2012-02-18 Thread zMan
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Re: Life of a JOB

2012-02-13 Thread zMan
with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: What Replaced the DATE command?

2012-02-03 Thread zMan
there! Regards, Karl Severson Raytheon Company -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm

Re: Returning to the fold

2012-02-02 Thread zMan
presumably wanted to work? That seems self-destructive. If the volume seemed too high, get it as a Digest or use GMail (which combines threads) and it'll take two minutes/day. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: Cardamation

2012-01-28 Thread zMan
and documentation gets looked over before it is trashed. -- Will -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- zMan -- I've got

Re: Cardamation

2012-01-28 Thread zMan
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Re: Cardamation

2012-01-28 Thread zMan
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Andy Wood woo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: Unfortunately, he died last month: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/philly/obituary.aspx?n=robert-g-swartzpid=155113064 That'll do it...sigh. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: IBM researchers make 12-atom magnetic memory bit

2012-01-15 Thread zMan
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Linda Mooney linda.lst...@comcast.net wrote: Hi zMan, Ah, well, whatz a couple of typpos among firends? :) Indeed--we've all made that typo! The good news is that I'm not aware of any environment in which both are a simultaneous options, so we're unlikely

Re: IBM researchers make 12-atom magnetic memory bit

2012-01-14 Thread zMan
a while ago suggestion that memory would soon be cheap enough that we could have HD video of our surroundings recording constantly. This could/would change things a fair bit, both good and bad. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: 21st Century Migrates Mainframe with Clerity

2012-01-05 Thread zMan
.  That translates to each core completing about 9 instructions per clock cycle.  I am skeptical. Not to mention those square seconds... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: SV: cpu / machine identification

2012-01-03 Thread zMan
their cars unlocked with the key in the ignition in order to avoid damage if someone wants to steal the car?-- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 31 Dec 2011 to 1 Jan 2012 (#2012-1)

2012-01-03 Thread zMan
to be needlessly obtuse? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: cpu / machine identification

2011-12-31 Thread zMan
, they mostly responded back with  why?. So it wasn't worth the time to finish the code, but I kept the original prototype just in case we changed our minds later. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM

Re: cpu / machine identification

2011-12-29 Thread zMan
mobile devices? :-) -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Regarding LE control blocks

2011-12-29 Thread zMan
*, but it doesn't care). -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: removing nulls from a file

2011-12-29 Thread zMan
/ASCII option... I've seen this a lot from Microsoft stuff -- export a Registry key, for example, and look at it on Windows and you'll see this. I suspect the encoding is the right answer. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: cpu / machine identification

2011-12-28 Thread zMan
wars, but *some* reference is useful. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: cpu / machine identification

2011-12-27 Thread zMan
with the customer end of CPUIDs -- only the vendor end. But I fail to see how they would ever be seen as a boon by customers. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: cpu / machine identification

2011-12-26 Thread zMan
support. Are you prepared to deal with all this? Is it worth it? As you can tell, I'm not a fan of such mechanisms. But it's not my decision (doh), so I'm trying to help :-) -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: cpu / machine identification

2011-12-26 Thread zMan
Wow, I can't seem to type OR read today. You get what I mean tho. On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 4:11 PM, zMan zedgarhoo...@gmail.com wrote: Gahh, IF BibBox, Inc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: cpu / machine identification

2011-12-26 Thread zMan
Gahh, IF BibBox, Inc. On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 4:11 PM, zMan zedgarhoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Sam Siegel s...@pscsi.net wrote: Hello List - I'm attempting to create a licensing mechanism for a bit of software.  I would like to be able to use a unique and non

Re: cpu / machine identification

2011-12-26 Thread zMan
, and they transferred the data as binary (which it was -- also stupid), the key would look OK to the naked eye but would fail. If it's a bunch of hex pairs (8F3D2C11 etc.), support 8-nibble groupings *or* single tokens. The latter are easier to cut paste. Etc. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm

Re: Eight-character TSO Userid Support

2011-12-24 Thread zMan
for at least some of the names. File names also may need to be reviewed.  The fun will be the transition. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Imagine having to deal with THIS in production

2011-12-21 Thread zMan
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Bill Fairchild bfairch...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: Imagine having THIS thread stopped. Indeed...I'm sorry I ever started it. Imagine there's no topic drift...it's easy if you try...no flaming, whining, pedantics...no making Darren cry... -- zMan -- I've got

Re: Imagine having to deal with THIS in production

2011-12-21 Thread zMan
.  I will satisfy my curiosity with Wikipedia and other online research. We both may say we're dreamers... but we're not the only ones... Bill Fairchild -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Wednesday, December

Re: Question on PR/SM dispatcher

2011-12-18 Thread zMan
a minute? Not averaged at all? Thanks in advance for your help. Mauri. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- zMan -- I've got

Re: Is there an SPF setting to turn CAPS ON like keyboard key?

2011-12-16 Thread zMan
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Roger Bowler ibm-m...@snacons.com wrote: SNIP after which the SPF assignments just look arbitrary. True. But they became part of the CUA standard, which also mapped to Microsoft standards pretty closely! From such strange beginnings... -- zMan -- I've got

Imagine dealing with THIS in production

2011-12-15 Thread zMan
http://travelonthedollar.com/2011/06/28/samoa-will-lose-a-day-in-december/ Even things like billing a hotel stay that spans the change could be interesting! -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: JCL sheesh! for today

2011-12-08 Thread zMan
? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http

Re: JCL sheesh! for today

2011-12-08 Thread zMan
for a hundred steps at the same time in the beginning of the job? Even for those steps that are skipped?  What happens if you need to add or remove a step? So maybe the job declares the data sets at the start, but the DDNAMEs are dynamic. Declaring and allocating/using are different... -- zMan -- I've got

Re: JCL sheesh! for today

2011-12-07 Thread zMan
, but that's what testing and ESPs are for. JCL is so primitive lo these almost 50 years later: I'm always astonished (and a bit depressed). -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Terminology RE: USS

2011-11-18 Thread zMan
mark or pound sign. Not to be confused with pound sterling sign. ! is a bang - I learned that long ago in college on a Xerox Sigma 7 system. #! is normally pronounced shebang in UNIX. I guess a verbal slurring of hash bang together. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: Braces, Brackets, Broken braces, and Parentheses

2011-11-18 Thread zMan
Hmm, I'd never heard 'broken bracket either, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket does say occasionally known as. Of course, John may have added that to the page just to mess with us :-) -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: User Abend Code 4095?!

2011-10-12 Thread zMan
* digits. Nonsense is a bit strong; we can be gentlemen (and ladies) here. Three HEX digits, i.e., 0-4095 decimal, usually expressed as decimal, eh? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Chaos feared after Unix time-zone database is nuked

2011-10-12 Thread zMan
OK, somebody's gotta say it: Chaos feared...Unix -- how will anyone notice a difference? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Chaos feared after Unix time-zone database is nuked

2011-10-10 Thread zMan
aspect of this? Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped! (Groucho Marx) Great and apropos quote! -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Rename of DDname ?

2011-10-09 Thread zMan
effect. [1] Well, two in DAIR. Two more in DYNALLOC in support of    the first two. Details? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: CMS load module format

2011-10-01 Thread zMan
, unsubscribe or learn to use a killfile. You might also learn to use email -- a comment like yours would be better sent privately. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Analytics in prime time!

2011-09-28 Thread zMan
-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: Analytics in prime time!

2011-09-28 Thread zMan
GAH. GMail strikes again...sorry. On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:26 PM, zMan zedgarhoo...@gmail.com wrote: Here you go... On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Bill Fairchild bi...@mainstar.com wrote: My free-speech-itis flared up, and I countered by creating an inclusion list about 3 weeks after 9

Re: Analytics in prime time!

2011-09-28 Thread zMan
destruction. -- Janet Reno -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: FORCE ARM

2011-09-26 Thread zMan
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Ward, Mike S mw...@ssfcu.org wrote: Sounds like Foghorn Leghorn. That would be the ARASARM option... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Analytics in prime time!

2011-09-26 Thread zMan
to learn to fly nowadays. Or since 1964, anyone who walks into a five-and-dime and says, May I please have ten thousand marbles? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Analytics in prime time!

2011-09-26 Thread zMan
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: Refresh my memory, please:  Who spilled the marbles on which freeway? Tsk. May I please have ten thousand marbles (in quotes) is a Googlewhack; it's actually May I have ten thousand marbles please. Flounder. -- zMan -- I've

Re: Analytics in prime time!

2011-09-26 Thread zMan
? :-) -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives

Re: Security Certificate error message at IBMLINK

2011-09-26 Thread zMan
ZXMgYXQgaHR0cDovL2JhbWEudWEuZWR1L2FyY2hpdmVzL2libS1tYWluLmh0bWwNCg== -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

Re: FORCE ARM

2011-09-24 Thread zMan
but since that doesn't really make much sense, I suspect something to do with allow resource managers is more likely. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: FORCE ARM

2011-09-24 Thread zMan
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Clark Morris cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: It might be a good idea to add a NOARM parameter ... Thereby making it ADA-compliant... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: TN3270 Session Hangs

2011-09-15 Thread zMan
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Hal Merritt hmerr...@jackhenry.com wrote: Sounds like a firewall issue in that it times out before the session.  Many emulators have a 'keep alive' feature. Try that. MTU can also manifest this way. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: SV: SV: SV: How to splitting loadmudules

2011-09-09 Thread zMan
what he clearly *does* want to do, and try to answer his question? Y'all sound like a bunch of UNIX weenies. Sheesh. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Cryptography Processor

2011-08-23 Thread zMan
signing. Sure, but what Radoslaw said is really the answer: No. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-21 Thread zMan
due to the former, but still). -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread zMan
, computer security, or the computer industry? In case it's escaped you: http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=%22kevin+mitnick%22 1.3M hits. Heavily covered by popular and trade press. Hardly obscure. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-18 Thread zMan
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Clark Morris cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: This person had a user-id and password with privileges.  Think of the harm someone with a system programmers id and privileges can do.  For those of you who have been at a number of shops, how many were really

Re: new subj windows on Mainframes

2011-08-18 Thread zMan
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Re: An upbeat story

2011-06-15 Thread zMan
an anomaly in a number of areas. And I work with a bunch of kids who *cannot* understand how z/OS isn't like Windows/UNIX (yeah, yeah, of course I know there's USS -- ok, now let's get back to discussing [mis]use of that term...). -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: PF9 Swap question

2011-05-28 Thread zMan
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Re: What does issue mean? (Was: SDSF issue)

2011-05-17 Thread zMan
The OP's father might worry that his issue has issued an issue re 'issue'... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: zPrime

2011-03-18 Thread zMan
modifies the programming restrictions, then it is illegal. I don't think IBM would release hardware with restrictions that zPrime (or anyone else) could change the restrictions on. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: WebCast: Beyond Jeopardy!: The Business Implications of IBM Watson

2011-03-17 Thread zMan
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Knutson, Sam sknut...@geico.com wrote: If like me you enjoyed watching Watson on Jeopardy you might be interested in this WebCast. Just don't use Watson to book your travel! -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: Cheryl's List #148

2011-03-13 Thread zMan
(Subcapacity or nothing). -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: Cheryl's List #148

2011-03-13 Thread zMan
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Timothy Sipples timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com wrote: Mainframes are *extremely* operator-efficient Hmm...while certainly true, I sure hope IBM marketing doesn't seize on that as the next mainframe marketing tactic! That's worse than the Magic Box... -- zMan

Re: What is Toronto

2011-02-22 Thread zMan
? (It is in a borough) Is Dulles in DC? Heck, National (Reagan) is only technically in DC (if memory serves, it's officially in DC even though geographically it's not, since it's across the river). SFO isn't. Midway is, but ORD really isn't. And so forth... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm

Re: What is Toronto

2011-02-21 Thread zMan
:-( -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http

Re: z/OS 1.13 preview

2011-02-16 Thread zMan
in My Cousin Vinny, Are you shooo-ah?? Maybe they shot you full of happy-juice and took you to Area 51, then made you forget most of it... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: How many MSUs would this be?

2011-02-09 Thread zMan
Gene processor would be even faster. Your CA sales rep will be calling. In his private jet! -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Data Masking - 3270 Sceens

2011-02-08 Thread zMan
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Re: TSO daemon subtask

2011-01-24 Thread zMan
, I'm sure you've thought of this, so this is a question for ME to understand, not a Hey dummy, just do this: running the command as a background task won't work? () -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: IBM's mainframe-blade hybrid to do Windows

2011-01-21 Thread zMan
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Re: EMail attachments stopped working

2011-01-17 Thread zMan
instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: EMail attachments stopped working

2011-01-17 Thread zMan
contain the MIME statements.  WHICH I confess I have only a nodding acquaintence with. From:   zMan zedgarhoo...@gmail.com To:     IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date:   01/17/2011 06:19 PM Subject:        Re: EMail attachments stopped working Sent by:        IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN

Re: EMail attachments stopped working

2011-01-17 Thread zMan
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Re: REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread zMan
/%/x'0d0a'/* * then save the file and reopen (or upload to z/OS). You can save a few clicks/characters: after the CHANGE, do a PUTD ALL and then a GET...same result. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use

Re: New IBM Memory surper fast?

2011-01-04 Thread zMan
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net wrote: Exponentially, forsooth! I keep waiting for someone to advertise something as exponentially better and then, when challenged, say exponent is zero... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid

Re: REXX Interpret and *

2010-12-27 Thread zMan
it to execute the command, remove the INTERPRET. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message

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