>>> On 4/20/2016 at 12:16 PM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: 
> Apparently for the DS8700 and above with an option called zDDB.
> 
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.
> zos.v2r2.ieaa800/fbaasm.htm?locale=en

Interesting.  Some of the details are a little odd, shall we say:
"z/OS FBA devices are implemented as a new device or control unit type in the 
Unit Record (UR) class of devices."  Wow.  A new unit record device.  The first 
in how many years?

And
"Given that these devices are defined as Unit Record devices, they cannot be 
shared among users on a single system."

Certainly limits usability.  I guess you could think of them as really 
high-speed card reader/punches.

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.ieaa800/fbadev.htm


Mark Post

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