On Jul 28, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In <[email protected]>, on 07/27/2014
at 12:18 PM, Ted MacNEIL <[email protected]> said:
ISPF (then called SPF) was introduced with MVS in 1974.
FSE to my knowledge was introduced latrr.
There was a product from ASI called FSE and, I believe, a freebie with
the same name. I recall that one of those was available before 1974.
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When we ordered FSE it was I believe around $115 a month, although I
think the utilities were extra (no memory as to the cost) although
$95 might be it (correct me if I am wrong as to the costs) I do
remember that it was 1/3 the cost of SPF (maybe less than half its
been 40 years)
My memory is that a apar came along and permanently broke the utility
TSO COPY (with load modules) but I think it generally just broke COPY.
Nobody I know used format or merge. It was a class C program and we
weren't about to pay for it. I got sick of trying to debug it as the
FICHE was not up to date (if memory serves me). We put out a memo
stating it was broke and not to use it for load modules. I "think"
FSE fixed it by using their own code. Its been 40 years so I might be
fuzzy.
Ed
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