(Snip)
I don't remember why the OP wanted to make a value range of 0-3
human-readable as 1-4.
(End Snip)
I think it was the display of the VSAM SHAREOPTION after the extraction of
the encoded equivalent from the catalog.
Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Add 1G twice? (You did not insist on an elegant solution.)
MKB
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From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Mark Boonie
Sent: 25 June 2015 23:01
To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Rounding to a 2G-byte boundary
Many years ago, I was initially perplexed by the OS commands and their
abbreviations. A lot of them were abbreviated to their initial letter
S start
R reply
C cancel
D display
L log
M mount
U unload
V vary
W
A few years ago I attempted to purchase 225 yards of water pipe from a
plumbing merchant, only to be told (in no uncertain terms) that only metric
lengths were available. Somewhat chastened, I mentally converted and asked
for 200 metres of water pipe. The response?
Half inch or
It may be an urban myth, but I recall it being linked to the fact that the
029 punch needed upper case for numerics and it was quicker to touch type if
all alpha was involved (that is assuming that the programmers had such
skills in the first place - sadly lacking in yours truly!! Can anyone else
Does anyone else remember the OS/VS1(2) master Index?
Are there grounds for a lobby to request a z/OS version?
Just asking..
MKB
Just a thought, impossible to prove or disprove without sight of the code.
If the Assembler references (and modifies) data from within 256 bytes of the
instruction on the latest IBM z-Gizmos, does it not take a cache line hit or
some such? And does that not cripple the instruction execution
MVS Power Programming by Mitchell Marx and Penelope Davis (McGraw Hill
ISBN 007 040 763 0) has sections on both SRB and Program Call - but they are
considered separately and not treated as a pair in the manner currently
being discussed here. But this is a pretty good start for anyone who might
