On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:18 PM, John Walker < [email protected]> wrote:
> How does BPAM relate to BTAM? I was looking at this and finding a great > similarity to old-fashioned PC basic dynamic reads. Can this be used on > any modern mainframe? > > Personally, I'd say "no way in the slightest"; BPAM == Basic Partitioned Access Method (a way to do things with disk based PDS & PDSE libraries); BTAM == Basic Telecommunications Access Method (a way to do I/O to non-SNA telecommunications devices such as asynchronous start-stop (2741), Bisync (Binary Synchronous) such as non-SNA 3270, and other "terminals". BTAM does not talk to IP connected devices. I don't even know if you can install BTAM on a modern z/OS system. It is not orderable. -- Werner Heisenberg is driving down the autobahn. A police officer pulls him over. The officer says, "Excuse me, sir, do you know how fast you were going?" "No," replies Dr. Heisenberg, "but I know where I am." Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a building as being maintenance -- Jim Horning Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. Maranatha! <>< John McKown
