That is true, and it is also the reason that in the MVS System Commands manual, in the chapter on SLIP, it strongly recommends never setting a global slip for 0C4's.
Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 9:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: GETMAIN/FREEMAIN and virtual storage backing up In a message dated 10/3/2007 9:39:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >On the first reference, the hardware will recognize an 0C4, which will be handled by the OS on your behalf and RSM and ASM will get involved to locate a page for you. Your program will NOT see this 0C4, unless in the highly unlikely situation that there is no real storage available. But YOU can see the 0C4 interrupt and the resumption of your program's execution in a system trace. Bill Fairchild Plainfield, IL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

