Whoosh! The whole point of Read Partition Query is so that software can detect what features are supported. Had IBM implemented a Start Fiewld Contifuous buffer order or a Protected character attribute, why would you expect SPF to use it in a data stream targeted to a 3277? All of the new device support requires the Extended Data Stream that came in with the 3274, and RP-Q was part of that from Day One.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Phil Smith III [li...@akphs.com] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 6:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay)) Shmuel wrote: >Huh? Where does "the image won't fit on a 24x80 screen" come from? >Supporting new device capabilities does not mean that old devices are unsupported. ISPF supports, e.g., colors, but it works on a 3277 as well as it ever did. Had IBM done as I suggest, there would not have been a requirement for a new geometry and ISPF would still work on an old device. If I can put data in all 1920 characters, then that image won't fit on an older screen where the attribute bytes take up space. (Nor will stuff line up correctly, probably.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
