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- Search390.com Product & Vendor Guide http://knowledgestorm.techtarget.com/search390/search/browse/directory/TT/directory.jsp?track=NL-170&ad=488087&ad=485093 ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Advice: What non-z/OS IBM software products are supported - Advice: Defining tape consoles - Featured quiz: Quote-apalooza Quiz 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - News: Computer science students get boost from IBM - Tip: A tale of two CICS configurations - Crash Course: COBOL - The Missing Link: E-gads! Some have a stomach for spam ************** Search390.com Product & Vendor Guide **************** Visit the Search390.com Product & Vendor Guide and quickly find the solutions you need. Compare vendors, review products, and contact companies from one location. With the most comprehensive collection of solutions available on the web, you'll find exactly what you need here. Categories include - Integrated Development Environments, Enterprise Systems Management , and Application Integration. http://knowledgestorm.techtarget.com/search390/search/browse/directory/TT/directory.jsp?track=NL-170&ad=488087&ad=485093 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHAT NON-Z/OS IBM SOFTWARE PRODUCTS ARE SUPPORTED | Ask the Expert A Search390.com user asked Jim Schesvold, our z/OS migration expert: "We want to migrate from OS/390 V2R9 (IBM 2003-20/) to z/OS v1rx (Z/series IBM 2086-210). We are programming in VisualAge for CSP with the IBM VisualAge Generator Developer for OS/2 v2.2 and we have the VisualAge Generator server 1.2.0 in the mainframe. If we migrate to z/OS, what happen with the programs written in VisualAge for CSP? I don't find this product in the z/OS operating system." >> For Jim's response, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid600286_tax292523,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=488087 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DEFINING TAPE CONSOLES | Ask the Expert A Search390.com user asked Mark Zelden, our OS/390 and z/OS systems programming expert: "We are placing eight console sessions -- tape consoles -- on a 42" monitor, four on each side of the screen. For each console session you can view only about six lines of the 24 lines defined. Is there any way to define the console as six lines so the operator can see whole defined area? Otherwise, the tape mount messages may be up at the top of the screen and out of view." >> For Mark's response, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid599200_tax287555,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=488087 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED QUIZ | Quote-apalooza Quiz Test your knowledge of famous IT quotes. Even if you don't know who specifically said it, you'll probably have a good guess since they are as idiosyncratic as the industry icons who said them. Enjoy! >> To take the quiz, click here: http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci993351,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=488087 >> Hungry for more quizzes? Try these: Acronym-o-phobia Quiz: http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci970535,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=488087 Mr. Know-IT-All's Mainframe Mini-quiz: http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci964332,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=488087 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEWS | Computer science students get boost from IBM Big Blue partners with computer science colleges worldwide to assist in what some are calling a class that has become ill-equipped to meet today's on-demand business needs. >> Click here: http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci995074,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=488087 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TIP | A tale of two CICS configurations Options abound when loading data for CICS from DB2. Site expert Phil Emrich analyzes two possible configurations posed by a Search390.com user. >> For the complete tip, Click: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci994227,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=488087 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CRASH COURSE | COBOL Few computer languages have reached the iconic status that COBOL has. It's been around for half a century yet people are still using it. COBOL is the Energizer Bunny of the programming world. It just keeps going and going and going. Take this Crash Course on COBOL. There is useful info for the veteran and newbie coder alike. >> For this week's featured topic, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci991642,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=488087 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | E-gads! Some have a stomach for spam This story could be disturbing to some readers. In fact, this would give Stephen King nightmares. Parental discretion is advised. Ready? Some people like spam! As unspeakable as the notion sounds to most of civilization, a survey of Yahoo Mail users revealed that 20% actually bought stuff from spammers. These spam feeders say they find good bargains in their little inbox of horrors. Evidently, one man's trash folder is another man's treasure. (USA Today) >> Click: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=711&ncid=711&e=2&u=/usatoday/20040727/tc_usatoday/pollshowssomelookforwardtoreadingspam >> Want to hear more offbeat tales from the world of information technology? Check out our complete archive of Missing Links: http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax292647,00.html.?track=NL-170&ad=488087 ____________________________________________________________________ ******************** SEARCH390.COM CONTACTS ************************ EDWARD HURLEY, Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your original articles and best practices. 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