In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/03/2007
at 02:31 AM, "Robert A. Rosenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>There was/is also something called TSSO
>From BTL; I don't know who is maintaining it these days, but it still
exists. It actually is TSO, but doesn't require TCAS or VTAM. The
last time I used TSSO, TPUT output went to the console; I don't know
whether it can drive a 3270 with EXCP these days.
>that ran as a Master Task
You needed SUBSYS=MSTR to, e.g., automate your IPL process, but it
would run quite happily without it as long as your primary JES was up.
>and was used when you could boot your system but could not bring up
>JES, TSO, VTAM, etc.
Among other things.
> Its purpose (as with that MSA Mode you reference) was to allow you
>to do the edits needed to fix the Procs/Parms needed to get the real
>interfaces up.
It had multiple purposes, and I believe that there are still shops
that use it in production, even when TCAS and friends are up..
--
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ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
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