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>VM20779? Wayback Machine? GIYF? Not. Heh. Circa, um, 1984? 1985? It was a huge APAR that changed RESERVEd lines to be per-screen instead of being global to XEDIT (among other things). In retrospect, pretty clearly done to enable FILELIST et al. On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 2:56 PM Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > > This has been interesting. As a long-time VMer, I'd note that in VM-land, > there is of course no SMP/E and things are a bit different. "APAR" and "PTF" > kind of get used interchangeably, though there is recognition that they're > not the same. But typically a VMer will say "I need APAR VM20779", not "I > need the PTF for z/VM 7.3 that came from APAR VM20779", because it's > basically same difference without SMP/E. The VM maintenance tools (VMSES/E) > work fine but aren't as.shall we say theological? as SMP/E. > > > > (Extra credit for anyone who remembers VM20779, at least 40 years ago!) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
