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> On Dec 18, 2025, at 16:32, Pommier, Rex 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Huh?  Methinks you replied to the wrong comment.  😉
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
> Steve Beaver
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2025 4:28 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Grrr! Yes, TSO TRANSMIT destroys PDSes (Rant)
> 
> Lionel has given you a solution that works and I have you an alternative 
> solution
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> No one said I could type with one thumb
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>> On Dec 18, 2025, at 16:24, Pommier, Rex 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Understood, but the 3350 hasn't been available for over 30 years, and
>> the 3390 format has been available for almost 30 years.  I would think
>> the "prevailing mentality" could have changed in those 30 years.  Not
>> worth quibbling about, but it just strikes me as odd that even with
>> SDB available for - I don't know how long - but with 3390 format being
>> the standard for almost 30 years, I'm still seeing things show up from
>> vendors defaulting to 3120 or 6160 block sizes for FB/80 and around
>> 4-6K for load library blocks.  Inertia is a great force!  LOL
>> 
>> Rex
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On
>> Behalf Of salva
>> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2025 4:03 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Grrr! Yes, TSO TRANSMIT destroys PDSes
>> (Rant)
>> 
>> 6160 was the best fit for 3350 (97%) with small buffer size.
>> 
>> El jue, 18 dic 2025, 22:45, Pommier, Rex < 
>> [email protected]> escribió:
>> 
>>> One thing I've never understood.  Why 6160 for a FB/80 sequential
>>> dataset?
>>> 
>>> A FB/6160 has 8 blk per track = 49200 bytes of 56664 = 86.9%
>>> 
>>> But bumping it to FB/80/6480 yields
>>> 
>>> 8 blocks per track, 51840 bytes per block, 91.5% utilization.
>>> 
>>> Rex
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On
>>> Behalf Of salva
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2025 3:28 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Grrr! Yes, TSO TRANSMIT destroys PDSes (Rant)
>>> 
>>> A FB 80/27920 has 2 blk per track = 55840 bytes of 56664 = 98.5%

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