Bad example. As a 12-bit value, the range is 0 - 4095.
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=> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 09:11:49 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: IBM Hijacking User SVC ABEND code S0F8 - Was (Re: DataSpaces)
> To: [email protected]
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> Historically, use of the term 'hijacked' is without warrant.
>
> There are and have always been two sorts of ABEND codes, viz.,
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> [IBM's] SYSTEM ABEND codes, which have the format:
> majuscule 'S' followed by three hexadecimal digits, e.g., S0c7, and
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> [other people's] USER ABEND codes, which have the format:
> majuscule U followed by four decimal digits, e.g., U4096.
>
> John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
