There is something in what Paul Gilmartin writes, but note that what John Eells in fact wrote was
<begin extract> It is often better to use 32,760 for load libraries than to use any smaller block size, and it's never worse. </end extract> As I read this it disparages a block size B < 32760, i.e. 2^15 - 1 = 32767 rounded down to the nearest fullword multiple. It is silent about half-track blocks for any "current" DASD geometry, which are in fact alluded to favorably elsewhere in the same post. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
