[Default] On 29 Jun 2020 18:05:01 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main sme...@gmu.edu (Seymour J Metz) wrote:
>Re FBA, they did it for other systems, and TSS/360 used page formatted volumes >for everything except compatibility volumes, so from a technical perspective >it's a no brainer, although direct use of SCSI DASD might make more sense >these days. Politically, it's a thorny issue. I'd love to see them extend VSAM >to the level of TSS while they're at it, e.g., VIPAM. What is the logical difference between VPAM (found it in a TSS360 description) and PDSE except PDSE is an add-on (my opinion of the decision maker who decreed that PDSE or at least a read-only subset didn't need to be available for SYS1.PARMLIB, SYS1.NUCLEUS and SYS1.LPALIB is complete contempt)? Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
