On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:14:09 +0100 Lindy Mayfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>Can't schedule an IPL to complete the SVC install? No problem, we'll :>just code up some assembler around the SVCUPDTE macro and update it on :>the fly. :>Two observations: :>1) Those were the good old days, I'm sure, but from what I see today :>such skills are becoming rarer. In Ye Olde Days, you didn't have SVCUPDTE. You directly updated memory and were glad to avoid the IPL. Or, if you were lazy, you used MODREP which would update the SVC table fir the name fit the standards. :>2) What is keeping IBM from implementing some method that makes use of :>SVCUPDTE? Like a utility or some hooks into the SETPROG LPA command? Customer requests. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
