While it may be in the manual, I don't think this statement has been true for several decades.
> > "Cylinder allocation (and therefore ROUND used with average block or average > record) allows faster input/output of sequential data sets than does track > allocation." > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

