For those z/OS professionals who are [shudder] NOT familiar with this little gem, allow me to paraphrase...
This 31-bit OS is no more! It has ceased to x'BE'! (d'190', b'1011 1110') It's expired and gone to meet 'is coder! It's a critical stop! Bereft of machine code, it abends in peace! If you hadn't nailed it to the SYSRES it'd be pushing up the DASD! It's metatested registers are now 'istory! It's off the tape! It's kicked the buffer, it's shuffled off its mortal code, run down the EREP and joined the bleedin' core invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-OS!! -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richards.Bob Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 19:09 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Am I the only one that did not know about this...? (MF Article) My all-time favorite Monty Python routine! Norwegian "Blue" Armonk? <grin> http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~ebarnes/python/dead-parrot.htm Bob Richards -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doc Farmer Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Am I the only one that did not know about this...? (MF Article) It's not dead! It's restin'... Lovely OS, in'it? Beautiful Plumage! It's probably pinein' for Armonk... LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. SunTrust and Seeing beyond money are federally registered service marks of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
