Seems to me like a simpler bit of magic than that which makes PDSEs seem to have 256-byte directory blocks.
For all of the LE programs, no problem. For all of the assembler programs doing vanilla GETs and PUTs, no problem. If you're manipulating BBCCHHRs, well, you're on your own. Similar to programs that were parsing and manipulating the internals of NOTE words before PDSE support. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FBA rant Introducing a new DASD architecture should be a doddle. New playing field - the "old world" doesn't even need to know it exists. If they can slip media manager code in "under the covers", why can't they also add new functionality just for FBA. Be nice if it is freely (and widely) documented though. So the problem is ???. ROI for all that time and effort. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
