Rex. This string as gone on too long
Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb > 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 > > No one said I could type with one thumb > >> 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% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
