> >2. And then, why the heck can't DFSMS put out a message like "illegal >blocksize" rather than a message like >8000000000AC0004042084000000000000000000FF010F0000004EA00000AC00 FAILING >PARAMETER LIST DATA = 8680000400AC000000AC000000000000. You guys wonder why >the mainframe has fallen from favor and has a reputation for requiring the >labor of guys with 40 years of experience to parse its entrails? Look no >further than this message.
I agree wholeheartedly, z/OS should put out a much more friendly, and obviously self-describing windows type message along the order of: 00CD:3465AF8C in VXDFF5+2F4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
