Banks still operate IBM 3890's using CPCS or SuperMicr
Steve Beaver -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Schramm Sent: Friday, July 31, 2026 1:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM Statement of Direction I forgot about the whole micr sorter thing. I was thinking of the checks with the micr print. On Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 11:44 AM Radoslaw Skorupka < [email protected]> wrote: > Cheques? > Really? > > I saw last cheque in late 90's. It was as rare as dodo bird. > > What about pagers? > > (sorrry, couldn't resist) > > Now some serious (I hope so) input: > MICR readers need NOT to be defined in HCD. > As well as terminals, terminal emulators or printers. > In fact I have *never* had such branch office equipment in my IODF. > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > W dniu 31.07.2026 o 15:05, Phil Smith III pisze: > > Thanks, Eric! > > > > Pure curiosity question, I have no need for it: the removal of MICR > > support - does this mean MICR is no longer used, or is it that between > > the huge drop in check/cheque use and the availability of USB readers > > for squatty boxes, it's just that nobody needs it on Z any more? > > > > On July 31, 2026 8:32:15 AM Eric Rossman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> There is a blog in the IBM Community which was just updated with a > >> clarification in a comment that CTC does not include FICON CTC (as > >> you all suspected): > >> > >> https://community.ibm.com/community/user/discussion/device-support > >> > >> Eric Rossman > >> --------------------------------- > >> ICSF Security Architect > >> z/OS Security > >> --------------------------------- > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > >> Behalf Of Phil Smith III > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 12:20 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Statement of Direction > >> > >> If only there was some sort of definitive way to tell, like IBM > >> specifying the device types and models for which they're dropping > >> support... /s > >> > >> Srsly, device type and model is the canonical way IBM describes > >> things; I'm gobsmacked that this SoD doesn't list them. Actually it's > >> even worse: it DOES say "Device Types" but then lists device > >> *classes* (like "CTC"). > >> > >> It seems like the old guard are all retiring and the mouse kids > >> aren't paying attention. I am sad. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
