On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:17:33 -0400, Gord Tomlin wrote:
>
>FBA Services are intended to allow a FBA device to be updated by both
>z/OS and other platforms. The API (IOSFBA) is all new, and is in no way
>related to the access methods we all know and "love". Forget all about
>data sets, VTOCs, cylinders, and so on. It's in z/OS 2.1.
> 
From reading this list, I suss out that not entirely "all know and 'love'"
UNIX.  So is it possible that UNIX filesystems will be supported via
IOSFBA?  (Of course, if UNIX files are supported a programmer might
use "DD PATH=...", then QSAM, BSAM, or (read-only) BPAM.)

OS/360, much lauded for vertical compatibility, has never been very
good at horizontal compatibility.

-- gil

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