CVOL had the restriction that if you have a DSN=HLQ.Q2 you can't
create DSN=HLQ.Q2.Q3.

On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 5:59 AM Leonard D Woren <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> BRODCAST with its 1 byte keys is probably the only data set using
> non-unique hardware keys.
>
> IIRC, the key values have the following meanings:
> * (I think) header with pointers to the first system notice and the
> first user directory blocks
> * free (available) record
> * system notice - operator SEND with SAVE
> * user directory
> * user mail - TSO SEND with SAVE
>
> Decades ago I heard that SYSCTLG/CVOL and PDS directories both had 256
> byte blocks with 8 byte keys because they used the same code for
> processing.  I have no idea whether that was true.
>
> /Leonard
>
> Seymour J Metz wrote on 5/13/2022 5:43 AM:
> > * BDAM
> > * ISAM
> > * PASSWORD
> > * PDS directory
> > * SYSCTLG/CVOL
> > * SYS1.BRODCAST
> > * VTOC
> >
> > What about QTAM and TCAM message queues?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
> > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
> >
>
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