What would stop working if you removed TSO? Oh, I think I see your point, though. You're thinking of TSO as an I/O device rather than a development tool, yes? It's necessary because there are no more card readers?
But the subsystem part of TSO is mostly VTAM isn't it? And IKJEFT01 is like a utility program, for example when running a DB2 batch job. The reason I asked this in the first place was because I found it confusing. I guess in this instance it was justified. (-: Alan is right, not enough ginger beer in the fridge. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veilleux, Jon L Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: What part of z/OS is the OS? Not really, but you CAN get by without ISPF (even thought it would be difficult). Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: What part of z/OS is the OS? >If a component is removed and renders it useless. it would seem to be, IMHO, that it is germane to the OS. That can be stretched quite a bit, even though I agree with the statement. Can you use z/OS without TSO? When in doubt. PANIC!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
