Re: Reducing MFNetDisk CPU utilization. The MFNetDisk IO scheduler has faster algorithms.

2008-01-01 Thread Shai Hess
Time to reduce more CPU utilization. The MFNetDisk IO scheduler is now faster and better. You can download the new MFNetDisk version from www.mfnetdisk.com. Coming soon, MFNetDisk will support the MIDAW for FastSync mode. Thanks, Shai

Re: It keeps getting uglier

2008-01-01 Thread Rick Fochtman
--snip--- .Is z/OS at any price a preferred instructional platform? How relevant to mainstream computer science is teaching students to code DD statements for CKD DASD when the view of many sophisticated readers of this list is that CKD should be

Re: It keeps getting uglier

2008-01-01 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip To refresh my memory was the 370 the first public machine that used the HSB? My memory says yes but as we have seen the POPS and FUNC manual are indeed different. There were quite a few machines I had no exposure to like the 44 and the 67

Re: It keeps getting uglier

2008-01-01 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thompson, Steve) writes: WANG with their WANG/VS systems came up with an idea that would have met your problem. The workstations had a button

Re: It keeps getting uglier

2008-01-01 Thread Ed Gould
On Jan 1, 2008, at 7:59 AM, Rick Fochtman wrote: ---snip To refresh my memory was the 370 the first public machine that used the HSB? My memory says yes but as we have seen the POPS and FUNC manual are indeed different. There were quite a few

Re: It keeps getting uglier

2008-01-01 Thread Mike Baldwin
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:35:36 -, Phil Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] RESEARCH.FREESERVE.CO.UK wrote: http://www.sva.de/files/RZ_SVA%20z%20Hosting_web.pdf This is the first example I've seen of a hosting service designed specifically for ISVs. Other, that is, than IBM's - and some ISVs may have

Re: It keeps getting uglier

2008-01-01 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Gould) writes: Rick: FYI according to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the model 85 was the 1st 360 to have a HSB. re:

OT: For the History buff's an IBM 5150 pc

2008-01-01 Thread Ed Gould
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-modder- hacks-1980s-ibm-pc-to-play-full-motion-color-video This represents itself to be the first PC ever. I do not know if this is true or not. You can make up your own mind. Ed ps: I have put the URL in and if it raps sorry if you

Re: OT: For the History buff's an IBM 5150 pc

2008-01-01 Thread John Giltner
Ed Gould wrote: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-modder-hacks-1980s-ibm-pc-to-play-full-motion-color-video This represents itself to be the first PC ever. I do not know if this is true or not. You can make up your own mind. Ed http://www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml

Re: It keeps getting uglier

2008-01-01 Thread Mike Baldwin
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:05:53 -0600, Eric Bielefeld eric- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But, I suspect that many of the customers had larger mainframes, and are just in a holding pattern trying to get off of z/OS. The way IBM is treating their small customers, I'm sure that will increase the speed of

Re: [OT]Are there some standards and certifications that big software provider companies can get?

2008-01-01 Thread Cobe Xu
In my site, as I know, ISO2 is necessary for providing IT service support... On 12/31/07, legolas wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I know that it is OT but I am looking to find out what kind of certification a big software vendors should or can have. for example I find that a company