I sent an attachment forgetting that some of our lists are set for either "no attachments" or even "no MIME".
The URL to the GitHub copy of the zone file is ... *https://github.com/trothr/nord/blob/master/var/named/master/bitnet* And I'm forcing this note to plain text. Enjoy! -- R; <>< On 1/24/22 08:59, Rick Troth wrote: > Speaking of "the new BITNET", I also don't have time, but I did *take* > some time a while back to snag an old hosts file and create a BIND > (that is, 'named') zone file (attached). > All of the public DNS servers handling Casita.Net will also reserve > /hostname/*.bitnet.* (note the trailing dot) according to this zone file. > > The data is old. It's not blessed by the owners of that TLD. (Who > historically rejected the opportunity to make it functional while it > still mattered.) But it might be fun for some. > > As attached, it is named with a qualifier/filetype. In my own DNS, I > strip qualifiers from the zone files, so the attached is found as > /var/named/master/bitnet, but that's just one way to do it. > > It's on GitHub as a DNS example for NORD Linux, so anyone can snag a > copy; anyone can propose changes and make a "pull request" and/or open > issues against the project. > Like I said, I also don't have time for it, but am happy to provide a > reference. > > Apologies for straying from topic-of-the-list. This prolly belongs on > IBM-MAIN. We can take it there if y'all want. > > -- R; <>< > > > On 1/24/22 08:00, René Jansen wrote: >> I am still baffled by the mores on this list. Please remember that imitation >> is still the sincerest form of flattery. >> >> Statements like these cast a bleak future for the Pipelines concept, give >> all the so-called modernization efforts and Rexx-bashing IBM is up to. >> (Which was not even denied). >> We, the NetRexx Pipelines team (which is Jeff and I at the moment, although >> we can use extra heavyweights like you and Rob), are still interested in a >> testset for Pipelines, if it is obtainable anywhere without using RSCS. I >> might be interested in the new BITNET but I don’t have the time - NetRexx >> 4.02 will be out today, with even more Pipelines compatibility. >> >> Of course CMS and Java are different contexts. We have, on the foundation of >> Ed Tomlinson’s work, implemented something that can do multistage pipelines, >> and executes very many of the examples verbatim as per the documentation. >> One of the main reasons not everything can be implemented is that for many >> concepts there is no equivalent. For other aspects, like multitasking, it >> offers the opportunity for better performance (Multitasking in CMS is meh, >> and not in Pipelines). It also opens up the possibilities for slight >> differences, of which I am trying to get examples from the accusing side, >> but cannot seem to get. The known differences are documented in a PDF, with >> a color(colour) coded legenda of what is available where. And yes, writing >> stages in Rexx can be done, although it is Net-Rexx at the moment. (But >> fast!) >> There is a CMS like shell, the NetRexx Workspace, where pipelines are typed >> in on the command line to work like in VM. >> >> For the slight differences, I will point out the performance gains on a >> modern multiprocessor like the one in our phones. And the multi die of >> platforms it runs on. And we run on USS - while the Share requirement for >> Pipelines in TSO seems to have branched to Fishkill. >> >> So for Eloy who is thinking he will miss Pipelines, Dave Jones gave a >> perfectly valid suggestion. I am slightly disappointed. Not angry, but >> disappointed. >> >> Best regards, >> >> René. >> >> >>> On 23 Jan 2022, at 13:03, John P. Hartmann <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I'm afraid you are sunk. >>> >>> Anything else is just a toy. None have been validated against the >>> pipelines regression reference. None performs or scales. >>> >>> If your withdrawal is too painful, there is the z/PDT. >>> >>> On 1/19/22 18:37, Eloy Rodríguez Barrio wrote: >>>> Our management has decided to discontinue our zOS mainframe where we had >>>> CMS/TSO Pipelines installed in TSO. We will move our applications to Linux >>>> servers but I will definitely miss CMS/TSO Pipelines because I have been >>>> using it for more than 20 years. >>>> By any chance would anyone know whether there would be a similar tool in >>>> Linux/Unix ? Because our managed services converted a rather simple pipe >>>> containing +-20 stages into a perl program of 90 lines and it took them >>>> weeks before getting the expected results! >>>> Thank you > >
