Shades of the 500 mile email. 3 MS timeout. https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html
On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM rpinion865 < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey, I know how to fix that. Old story, new IBM 370/158 installed by > third party. IPLed 158 and it ran for a few hours and then died. IPLed > again, same thing. Third party CE attempted to diagnose the problem. > After several hours, the third party gave up and agreed to pay for IBM to > diagnose the problem. Local CEs unable to diagnose the problem. Problem > escalated to level 1 & level 2. Still no solution. After 24 hours of > this, IBM flew in one of the 370/158 engineers to the site. The engineer > asked to IPL the 158. After a short time it died. The engineer walked to > the back of the 158 and removed the panel. After a few minutes, the > engineer said there was a wire that was too long. Everybody on site > thought "yeah right". The engineer created a shorter cable and installed > it. The 158 was IPLed and it ran without a problem. The IBM engineer > stated it was a "timing problem" because a signal was supposed to reach its > destination in x microseconds. Due to the cable being too long, it was > taking x + y microseconds. > > No, this is not an urban legend, it really happened. > > > > "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." > > Bugs Bunny > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > On Tuesday, February 18th, 2025 at 2:53 PM, Glen Garrison < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > No, It is hardware truly loading an incorrect (invalid) wait state code > due to a timing issue with the SE. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] on behalf > of Radoslaw Skorupka [email protected] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 2:50 PM > > To: [email protected] [email protected] > > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: New WAIT state in z/OS 3.1? > > > > > Only IBM employees and IBM Business Partners accounts permitted. > > > > > > Is it secret or just wrong link? > > > > -- > > Radoslaw Skorupka > > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > > > W dniu 18.02.2025 o 20:43, Glen Garrison pisze: > > > > > That is not a valid wait state code. It is described in: > https://supportcontent.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7031616. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion [email protected] on behalf > of Radoslaw [email protected] > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 2:39 PM > > > To:[email protected] [email protected] > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] New WAIT state in z/OS 3.1? > > > > > > I've got wait state 17c > > > > > > However it is not documented in System Codes! > > > > > > Any clue? > > > > > > Full PSW > > > 0400000080000000000000002000017c > > > > > > -- > > > Radoslaw Skorupka > > > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
