Oh, you reminded me of the "Big Red Button" or "Big Red Pull" which was NOT a POR, it was for a few systems a Power Off with NO chance of a Power On anytime soon, because a CE would have to come in and replace the circuit that a knife just sliced through to do the Emergency Power Off that the "Big Red Button" just forced through.
Al Nims Systems Admin/Programmer 3 Information Technology University of Florida (352) 273-1298 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Smith Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 6:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mainframe jargon and acronyms wasRe: AMBLIST, AMASPZAP, and UNIX Program Objects Let's not forget "Poughkeepsie reset" and "BRS" (Big Red Switch), both meaning a POR! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
