On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 12:01 AM, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote:
> Frank Swarbrick wrote:
> >We're also interested in any solution NOT requiring z/OS.
>
> I understand IBM is working on data teleportation, or what some people call
> the "psychic engine." This technology will be able to read the "minds" of
> server systems without server involvement....
>
Hum, is this some sort of stealth announcement. Can I expect this feature
to be implemented on the latest z42q ("42" for "the answer to life ..." and
"q" for quantum) machine?
>
> ....OK, my point is that what you're describing is not actually
> possible. :-) z/OS will have to be involved, at least to transmit the data,
> dump the data to tape, place the data on a volume for zdsfs access, print
> the data onto optically scannable paper (!), something. Given that z/OS
> must be involved, some ways are smarter than others.
>
>
What Frank wants is to process z/OS data from a _third_ party on an
Intel(?) platform using the Java language on that platform. He does not
want to transfer the third party z/OS data to their z/OS at all. This
third party data is not textual, but includes text data (encoded in CP-037
or maybe IBM-1047) along with binary integers (fullword & halfword?) and
maybe some packed decimal as well. Hopefully this data would _NOT_ include
HFP floating point since that would be a real PITA to use on an Intel (or
any other non-IBMZ) platform.
I have a theory that it's impossible to prove anything, but I can't prove
it.
Maranatha! <><
John McKown
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