Re: Regarding SDSF pgm

2007-07-23 Thread FRASER, Brian
snipWe do not have access to SMF records and we dont have expertise aswell :) /snip Any good jobs going in Bangalore for those of us that do have expertise? --- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66

Re: DFDSS versus FDR

2007-07-23 Thread Jim McAlpine
Kenneth, just to give a bit more background, we are a development shop running Flex_ES and z/OS on an IBM x-Series machine for COBOL/CICS/DB2 development. We have around 250 GB of disk and our backups are currently done to a Super DLT drive that gives a maximum backup of 320GB with 2:1

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
Re: The Macintoshes other people mentioned, a few suggestions: 1. As a general rule, don't bother buying hard disk and memory upgrades from Apple. Buy Apple's smallest RAM and hard disk configurations, then buy those upgrades separately elsewhere. Usually the price works out better that way,

Re: RMM and Auto Loaders

2007-07-23 Thread Mike Wood
Crispin, The only reason, related to loaders, for using EDGUX100 is that you have the choice whether to index the loader or not. However, built in to RMM, is a decision whether to prevent the loader being indexed after certain events. For example, if a specific pool has been selected and a

Re: Fw: COBOL Functions

2007-07-23 Thread Steve Comstock
WalterR wrote: Bill Klein wrote: Although the '02 ANSI/ISO Standard does allow for user-defined functions, these are NOT supported by current releases of IBM's Enterprise COBOL. (Some vendors of Windows and Unix COBOL compilers do already support it). On the other hand, What do you

Re: System automation subplexing

2007-07-23 Thread Barbara Nitz
this is basically for the archives... Kevin, as I said in my private email to you, I didn't know how to find out how that message is 'spreading'. I took my own suggestion and ctraced the aof100i message. There appears to be a strong connection to Notify operators within Netview/Automation. We

Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)

2007-07-23 Thread Bill Seubert
On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:00:28 +, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could that be because it's irrelevant? There's more to a transaction than the processor speed, regardless of the platform. And THAT, friends, is the jist of the entire discussion. And it's a point that more and more

Re: Rexx Console Question

2007-07-23 Thread George Bly
You should talk with your systems programmer. You can use the MCS exit IEAVMXIT to intercept messages and start other tasks. George -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Z Z Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Suggestions for New Laptop. Hello All. I am in the market for a new notebook/laptop. I am looking at DeLL, Toshiba and

RE : DFDSS versus FDR

2007-07-23 Thread CAPRON Romain
Hi, We're currently using FDR. It's can restore multivolume sequential and VSAM from full volume backups if you purchase and use ABR (HSM-like option)... It's a very good product : simple and efficient Regards, Romain -Message d'origine- De : IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: JAVA SAX XML parser - GOTCHA!

2007-07-23 Thread Barkow, Eileen
I did not change any of the xml files but get this error: 09:23:18,591 WARN [NamingBeanImpl] Context.PROVIDER_URL in server jndi.propert 09:23:28,410 WARN [XMLLoginConfigImpl] End loadConfig, failed to load config: t/conf/login-config.xml org.jboss.security.auth.login.ParseException:

IGZCEV5

2007-07-23 Thread Sharon Lopez
We just migrated z/OS 1.7 to z/OS 1.8 and some DB2 batch jobs are failing with ABEND0C4 in module IGZCEV5. Has anyone encountered this? Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: IGZCEV5

2007-07-23 Thread wtrovijo
We just migrated z/OS 1.7 to z/OS 1.8 and some DB2 batch jobs are failing with ABEND0C4 in module IGZCEV5. Has anyone encountered this? Thank you. No, but have you checked if there are old libraries mixed with new ones or if everything that needs to be apf authorized lost apf

Re: IGZCEV5

2007-07-23 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:55:10 -0400, Sharon Lopez wrote: We just migrated z/OS 1.7 to z/OS 1.8 and some DB2 batch jobs are failing with ABEND0C4 in module IGZCEV5. Has anyone encountered this? Thank you. A couple of choices for you to research... One, recursive S0C4s in IGZCEV5 have

EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Phil Kingston
Hi all, Does anyone have a quick assembler routine to convert a hexadecimal number represented in EBCDIC into the real hex number? Phil. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.14/912 - Release Date: 22/07/2007

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Gray, Larry - Larry A
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Re: JAVA SAX XML parser - GOTCHA!

2007-07-23 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nagesh Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 9:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JAVA SAX XML parser - GOTCHA! John, After converting the .xml files to EBCDIC, try this in prolog

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:06:00 +0100 Phil Kingston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :Does anyone have a quick assembler routine to convert a hexadecimal :number represented in EBCDIC into the real hex number? TR followed by PACK. -- Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dissensoftware.com

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Steve Comstock
Phil Kingston wrote: Hi all, Does anyone have a quick assembler routine to convert a hexadecimal number represented in EBCDIC into the real hex number? Phil. Depends what you mean. x'FACE' is a hexadecimal number, right? (= 64206 in decimal, if an unsigned number). c'FACE' is one way of

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread john gilmore
You need a trivial table and a TROT (TRanslate One to Two) instruction loop. See p. 7-202 of the current Principles of Operation. John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA _

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Bill Wilkie
Do you mean taking in something like parm= F5 which is internally xC6F5 and making it xF5 ? Bill From: Phil Kingston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler? Date: Mon, 23 Jul

Re: Rexx Console Question

2007-07-23 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Hello Lindy, Yes, it is possible to do with REXX. The Console Command is documented in TSO/E System Programming Command Reference. There is some sysprog and Racf admin work to do to allow you to use the command. Usually, you can get the response from your command while using a token to identify

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I am in the market for a new notebook/laptop. I'm still trying to figure out how this is relevant to this forum! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 7/23/2007 9:11:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wouldn't this just be the PACK command? Not sufficient. Are you needing it in binary or Packed Decimal? OP wants it translated to the real hex number. Without any further technical

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Howard Brazee
On 22 Jul 2007 07:10:35 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Todd Burch) wrote: My biggest concern in going to the Mac was compatibility with the rest of the world. Not. Now, do people still send me Word docs and Powerpoint presentations? Sure. And I forward them to my PC. No biggy. Would I rather

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 9:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Suggestions for New Laptop. I am in the market for a new notebook/laptop. I'm still trying to figure out how

Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)

2007-07-23 Thread William Richter
This thread still begs the issue of benchmarking a representative business application across multilple platforms. What application architecture runs across all platforms (z/series, intel, pseries) and operating systems (z/OS, Linux, Unix)? I'd like to suggest SAS. A SAS application that is

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Phil Kingston
Bill, That’s exactly what I was after. thanks :-) Phil. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) Sent: 23 July 2007 15:38 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in

Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)

2007-07-23 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Richter Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 9:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article) This thread still begs the issue of

Eliminate User key CSA fix for CA-GSS QO89889

2007-07-23 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi, There is a published fix QO89889 available to eliminate use of user key (8) CSA by CA-GSS. We have tested this fix as a USERMOD and confirmed it in a production Sysplex with many CA products. Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and

Re: Dyn Alloc gives 2nd instance of same GDG name

2007-07-23 Thread Mark
John Ticic wrote: -- snip -- I have a task that allocates a few GDG files during its running instance. I allocated one instance of a GDG and got the G0207V00 extension. 4 seconds later, I allocated another instance (different DDNAME) and got the very same G0207V00. It would appear that the

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Todd Burch
Howard wrote: The internet browser that comes with a Mac is called Safari. It works pretty good. I could download Firefox, but find Safari sufficient. (Plus, I do cross platform development that requires Safari on the Mac). I don't understand - if you do cross platform development, wouldn't

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Rick Fochtman
snip--- Hi all, Does anyone have a quick assembler routine to convert a hexadecimal number represented in EBCDIC into the real hex number? unsnip--- TR SOURCE,HEXTAB PACK

Valid hexadecimal (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?)

2007-07-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:23:38 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: Depends what you mean. x'FACE' is a hexadecimal number, right? (= 64206 in decimal, if an unsigned number). c'FACE' is one way of representing it in EBCDIC So you want to convert c'FACE' to x'FACE'? Or are you talking zoned decimal,

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) In a message dated 7/23/2007 9:11:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wouldn't this just be the PACK command? Not sufficient. Are you needing it in

Re: COBOL Functions

2007-07-23 Thread GAVIN Darren * OPS EAS
You might want to check out using the DLL Cobol compiles for packaging functions that can be referred to by name, in a single source routine. This doesn't utilize the FUNCTION verb, but the DLL EXPORT and DLL IMPORT options. The load library must be a PDSE for this to function, not a PDS.

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Dave Reinken
From: Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] OP wants it translated to the real hex number. Without any further technical specifications, I would assume, e.g., that EBCDIC A3 should be translated into X'A3'. In this case two input bytes result in one output byte. There are other

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Howard Brazee
On 23 Jul 2007 02:18:37 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sipples) wrote: 2. Apple offers refurbished Macintoshes at their online store. The warranty is the same, and I think they're a better value. You have to check back from time to time since stock varies. But if you are wanting to run

The Isham Research web site

2007-07-23 Thread Phil Payne
Thank you all for the comments. http://www.isham-research.co.uk/ibm_vs_psi.html has been refreshed this morning, but the changes are minor. The .com version of the address, as someone furtled from the archives, was lost to me some time ago. Unfortunately, as the .co.uk TLD grows in traffic

ICSF for Dummies

2007-07-23 Thread Mark Jacobs
Outside of the well written and easily understandable :-) ICSF Administration manual are there any good IBM Redbooks, available education, for the simple howto's of an ICSF administrator? Things like the steps needed to wrap a data encryption key to be able to send it to someone, or be

Re: Rexx Console Question

2007-07-23 Thread Lindy Mayfield
Thanks. I like to do as much as possible myself first before bothering our sysprogs. I'll check out that exit. Lindy -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Bly Sent: 23. heinäkuuta 2007 16:23 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Howard Brazee
On 23 Jul 2007 08:20:21 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Todd Burch) wrote: Ah, you are confusing a cross platform application with internet browser support. Cross platform should not imply cross browser. The app I do cross platform development with only runs on Windows and OS X, and WHEN it requires

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Steve Comstock
Howard Brazee wrote: On 23 Jul 2007 08:20:21 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Todd Burch) wrote: Ah, you are confusing a cross platform application with internet browser support. Cross platform should not imply cross browser. The app I do cross platform development with only runs on Windows and OS

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Matt Simpson
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Todd Burch) wrote: My biggest concern in going to the Mac was compatibility with the rest of the world. Not. Now, do people still send me Word docs and Powerpoint presentations? Sure. And I forward them to my PC. No biggy. It's not

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Simpson Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 12:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Suggestions for New Laptop. snip Aside from the Mac version of MS Office, there are Open Office

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Rich Tabor
Maybe something like? PACK wk1,parmfld+1 PACK wk2,wk1 UNPK outfld+1,wk2 On 7/23/07, Phil Kingston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Does anyone have a quick assembler routine to convert a hexadecimal number represented in EBCDIC into the real hex number? Phil. No virus found in this

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dave Reinken [ snip ] As stated above, without the TR to change c'A3' from x'C1F3' to x'0A03', then result of the pack would be x'13yx', not x'A3yx' as desired. DUH.. (forest . trees) I'll crawl back

Thanks for the Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Z Z
Thanks everyone for all of your wonderful advice. ~~Carol From: McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Suggestions for New Laptop. Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:52:31 -0500 -Original Message-

Think your an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Programmed in Assembler? Work with DFSMS products? Looking for a new career opportunity? What are you waiting for, Open this!!!!

2007-07-23 Thread Danielle Duarte
Are an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Love to program in Assembler? Work with DFSMS family of products? Then CTG is looking for you! Computer Task Group (CTG) was just named one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in the U.S. by Business 2.0 magazine and we are looking for a

Re: Valid hexadecimal (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?)

2007-07-23 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:24:12 -0500, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:23:38 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: Depends what you mean. x'FACE' is a hexadecimal number, right? (= 64206 in decimal, if an unsigned number). c'FACE' is one way of representing it in EBCDIC So

Re: Think your an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Programmed in Assembler? Work with DFSMS products? Looking for a new career opportunity? What are you waiting for, Open this!!!!

2007-07-23 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Danielle Duarte Are an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Love to program in Assembler? Work with DFSMS family of products? Then CTG is looking for you! Computer Task Group (CTG) was just named one of the Top

Re: Think your an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Programmed in Assembler? Work with DFSMS products? Looking for a new career opportunity? What are you waiting for, Open this!!!!

2007-07-23 Thread Gary Green
Yes... And CTG is a headhunter from WAY... back. Looks like IBM is looking for some DFSMS help. Perhaps they want to test the waters before buying the talent... On Mon Jul 23 14:30 , 'Chase, John' [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On

Re: Think your an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Programmed in Assembler? ...

2007-07-23 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 7/23/2007 2:31:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: H. ISTR that IBM has a DFSMS lab in sunny Tucson, Arizona.. Don't know about the software, but Tucson is where IBM develops its DASD control units. I would have thought DFSMS would

IPCS Dump. How can you see the stack?

2007-07-23 Thread Mark House
I am trying to look at the stack in a dump through IPCS. Any ideas on how to get it done? Mark House (402) 778-1966 IBM Mainframe Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail message and any attachments may contain confidential, proprietary or non-public information. This information is intended

Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?

2007-07-23 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 10:38 -0400 on 07/23/2007, (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) wrote about Re: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?: TABLEDC256X'00' ORG TABLE+C'A' DCX'0A0B0C0D0E0F' ORG TABLE+C'a' or X'81' (just in case you get lower case

Re: Think your an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Programmed in Assembler? ...

2007-07-23 Thread Lizette Koehler
Acutally, DFSMS, DFDSS, VSAM, CATALOG, HSM and RMM are located in Tucson AZ at the IBM Plant on Rita Road. This includes both L2 and L3 for the most part. This move occurred 2003/2004. Lizette In a message dated 7/23/2007 2:31:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Decoding bit switches in COBOL Re: Regarding SDSF pgm

2007-07-23 Thread Clark Morris
On 20 Jul 2007 07:48:03 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 06:31 -0700, Ray Mullins wrote: In something as compute-intensive as SMF triplets, every little bit helps. The nasty part is testing bit fields in COBOL. The LE bit test routines are expensive to run. (I

Re: IPCS Dump. How can you see the stack?

2007-07-23 Thread David Day
Control Reg 15 has the stack address. - Original Message - From: Mark House [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:21 PM Subject: IPCS Dump. How can you see the stack? I am trying to look at the stack in a dump

Re: IPCS Dump. How can you see the stack?

2007-07-23 Thread Roach, Dennis
If you want the linkage stack, it is pointed to by control register 15. If you wanting the stack / heap in c and LE, someone else will have to answer. Dennis Roach United Space Alliance 600 Gemini Avenue Mail Code USH-4A3L Houston, Texas 77058 Voice: (281) 282-2975 Page:(713) 736-8275 Fax:

Re: Think your an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Programmed in Assembler? Work with DFSMS products? Looking for a new career opportunity? What are you waiting for, Open this!!!!

2007-07-23 Thread Pinnacle
- Original Message - From: Danielle Duarte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:43 PM Subject: Think your an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Programmed in Assembler? Work with DFSMS products? Looking for a new career opportunity? What are

Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)

2007-07-23 Thread Clark F Morris
On 20 Jul 2007 23:35:18 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: - Original Message - From: Timothy Sipples [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 10:43 PM Subject: Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe

Re: IPCS Dump. How can you see the stack?

2007-07-23 Thread Craddock, Chris
I am trying to look at the stack in a dump through IPCS. Any ideas on how to get it done? summ format regs from option 6 will format any linkage stack entries that exist. CC -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)

2007-07-23 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Clark F Morris wrote: On 20 Jul 2007 23:35:18 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: snip Since a large percentage of PCs are sold with non-parity, non-ECC memory, I doubt that anyone knows the true error rate of Intel processors. I wonder how many glitches attributed to Windows are

CARLES ARIS REDO/CAIXA01 está ausente de la oficina.

2007-07-23 Thread Carles Arís
Estaré ausente de la oficina desde el 23/07/2007 y no volveré hasta el 14/08/2007. Responderé a su mensaje cuando regrese. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: FW: Deleted PDS

2007-07-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 07/11/2007 at 12:51 PM, Sarel Swanepoel [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I dumped the full volume using the tracks option and restored it on an empty volume on our test system. I located the PDS at location ** TRACK(CCHH) 1A58 R0 DATA

Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-23 Thread Edward Jaffe
Does anyone know for sure which was the last DASD subsystem that cared about Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS) values? -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/

Re: FW: Deleted PDS

2007-07-23 Thread J R
Yes, ABSTR is limited to 64KiB-1. ITYM 64Ki-1. From: Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: FW: Deleted PDS Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:01:26 -0300 In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 07/11/2007 at

Re: ICSF for Dummies

2007-07-23 Thread Nagesh
Hi Mark, Try these IBM Redbooks : http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247318.html?Open http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247434.html?Open Regards, Nags. -- *Debugging tip: * When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable,

Re: I MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)

2007-07-23 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Forgive me if this is redundant, I have been less then half watching this thread. There have been statements about how slow the z9 processor is compared to an Intel chip. Yet, we have a z9 bc, with 2 CP,s and one processor for CF. We run 4 z/OS lpars, one CF lpar, and on z/VM LPAR. Under the

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-23 Thread Richards.Bob
Do you know of any DASD subsystem that does not publish RPM information? I thought not. They still care. grin But kidding aside, I would suspect the last time it really mattered it would be a real 3990-3390 SLED. Am I missing something in your question here? Bob Richards -Original

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Ed Gould
On Jul 23, 2007, at 12:33 PM, Howard Brazee wrote: On 23 Jul 2007 08:20:21 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Todd Burch) wrote: Ah, you are confusing a cross platform application with internet browser support. Cross platform should not imply cross browser. The app I do cross platform

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-23 Thread Edward Jaffe
Richards.Bob wrote: Do you know of any DASD subsystem that does not publish RPM information? I thought not. They still care. grin But kidding aside, I would suspect the last time it really mattered it would be a real 3990-3390 SLED. Am I missing something in your question here? I assume

Re: IPCS Dump. How can you see the stack?

2007-07-23 Thread Wayne Driscoll
The only way to find the correct stack is to know the run-time environment. For example, for some applications, R13 contains a save area chain, but the abending function may have been invoked via a stacking PC instruction, or SVC (ie STORAGE OBTAIN or GETMAIN), in which case R13 will be garbage.

Re: IPCS Dump. How can you see the stack?

2007-07-23 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Correction - As Chris Craddock pointed out, it is SUMM FORMAT REGS, not STATUS that formats out the linkage stack entries. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-23 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 7/23/2007 7:16:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I assume RPS sector numbers are *ignored* for ESS and newer devices. Some are definitely NOT ignored and some other values may be ignored. The ones that are not ignored are the ones that are

Re: rotational position sensing (RPS)

2007-07-23 Thread john gilmore
Bill Fairchild writes: The ones that are not ignored are the ones that are invalid; i.e., higher than the highest allowable number but also not equal to X'FF'. If your channel program has an invalid sector number, the ESS will fail your channel program with unit check - invalid parameter.

Re: FW: Deleted PDS

2007-07-23 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
J R wrote: Yes, ABSTR is limited to 64KiB-1. ITYM 64Ki-1. You may think that, but he doesn't. K and Ki are prefixes, meaningless without a unit to modify. Kilo is the rare exception in Europe, where it's used as an abbreviation of Kilogram as a unit of mass and (incorrectly) weight;

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-23 Thread Richards.Bob
Ed, Now that I can see why you asked the question, FWIW, I concur with your recommendation. I suspect Bill is correct about downward compatibility, but what person in their right mind would connect ancient devices to a current system. Bob Richards -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Think your an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Programmed in Assembler? Work with DFSMS products? Looking for a new career opportunity? What are you waiting for, Open this!!!!

2007-07-23 Thread Ed Gould
On Jul 23, 2007, at 2:30 PM, Chase, John wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Danielle Duarte Are an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Love to program in Assembler? Work with DFSMS family of products? Then CTG is looking for you! Computer Task

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
Re: Refurbished Macs, most of them are Intel-based now. Oddly enough the PowerPC-based Macs tend to be higher priced, even refurbished. Re: NeoOffice, it seems to work quite well. Don't forget to apply the latest patch. Microsoft has an Office Trial for Mac which is a free download. I believe

Re: IGZCEV5

2007-07-23 Thread Brian Westerman
This is normally an indication of the wrong libraries for LE. You probably still have your old libraries in LinkList. It should be easy enough for you to check. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,