That's consistent with my recollection. Lots of ESP's(and APARs) back then in prep for XA. Our storage folks were dismayed at performance and abends so quickly switched to FDR and Sterling's DMS(?) In a message dated 1/2/2016 10:14:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
"Originally released as DFDSS (Data Facility Data Set Services) in 1980." I don't know if this is a dependable source, but 1980 seems reasonable for the first release if the second was in 1983. I hadn't noticed this area of bitsavers before. Thanks for the hint, Joel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
