Hey! I resemble that remark about "old tyme"! Please don't tar us all with that particular brush. SOME of us are not that creaky.
To the OP: Yes, you can extend the range of terminal ID's generated by changing the BASENUM to 46 and updating the BASETAB characters and BASETAB2 table to use your new characters, or to 62 with lower case letters as John says. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 10:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Curosity Question Yes, and also must update the BASETAB and BASETAB2 tables appropriately. Alternately, you could extend to base 62 by using lower case letters as well. I.e. 0-9A-Za-z . But most people don't seem to like to distinguish between upper and lower case. Especially old tyme mainframers. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 9:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Curosity Question > > Rob van der Heij > wrote > " > It's encoding an address in base-36 (using only uppercase letters and > digits). With 4 positions you can create 36**4 different combinations > (about 2**24/10). Depending on the size of the control block and the > total address space, this could produce enough unique identifiers (if > you're careful)." > > Thanks For responding . > If I wanted to add additional 10 characters such as ! @ # $ % & * + = / > wOULD i HAVE TO CHANGE THE base 36 TO 46 ? -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system.
