Yes, you could use Java and invoke Java from COBOL.
But before everyone gets carried away with the idea that that's the one,
best option... I'm not so sure. Consider that Web Services are a
reasonably fast moving target and a family of specifications, and it's
probably not a good idea to go into
Brian Peterson writes:
Yep - reserved CPs are allowed for z800. Of course, there's
no longer a possibility of changing a z800 anymore, and hasn't
been for a couple of years
Actually, the z800 supports Capacity Backup (CBU), and it's quite likely
some still-running z800s on Planet Earth have
But when I compile, the C compiler is looking for the OBTAIN symbol. Where
do I need to put the asm routine to be found by the compiler?
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But when I compile, the C compiler is looking for the OBTAIN symbol.
Where do I need to put the asm routine to be found by the compiler?
Assuming the assembler code is in file obtain.s and your
C++ code is in file mainprog.c then
c++ -o mainprog mainprog.C obtain.s
will invoke the C/C++
Thanks. It worked.
I'm trying to reproduce the output of ftp's ls command
Best regards,
Cristi Terpea
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Thanks for the code.
It worked like a charm.
Best regards,
Cristi Terpea
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Brian,
Thanks for your reply.
I wasn't sure how the updates were applied.
The activation of the updates is done by our configurators and they told
me that they take down the PCHID, but apparently that isn't necessary,
which makes the whole process easier.
My main concern was if there were
Please make sure you download the version from the CBTTAPE.ORG site in the
UPDATES area and re-assemble/link it.
Let me know if you still have the problem.
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We want to prioritize some requirements, and your input would be very
helpful. I count more than 80 TSO/E exits, if you count the variations
like IKJEFLD/IKJEFLD1. (No worries, we don't plan to get rid of any!)
But we have no good way to know which among them are most frequently
used. So...
Roland Schiradin pisze:
John, thank you for the reference. Greek was just an example. We need this
for several other lanuages (cyrilic and so on).
IMHO you should go to a library.
Yes, librarians have been doing transliteration for years. They have
transliteration tabels for variuos
Maarten Slegtenhorst pisze:
P.P.s. What about the 4-port OSA Express3 1000BASE-T?
I read about them after sending my message yesterday. The four ports
have two CHPIDs assigned.
Does each port still have its own computer and microcode? Or do computer
and microcode control two ports?
Microcode
Radoslaw,
Thanks for the info!
It's something to consider in future OSA-port distributions :)
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Onderwerp:
I have an old channel attached printer I want to replace with a PSF
printer defined with an IP Address.
Does anyone know if the PSF printer will support the channel attached
local printer commands, like backspace, restart, etc?
The fun part is that this is a really old os/390 2.10 system, and
On Thu, 14 May 2009 06:27:51 -0400 John Eells ee...@us.ibm.com wrote:
:We want to prioritize some requirements, and your input would be very
:helpful. I count more than 80 TSO/E exits, if you count the variations
:like IKJEFLD/IKJEFLD1. (No worries, we don't plan to get rid of any!)
Be
On Thu, 14 May 2009 12:44:10 +0200, R.S.
r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote:
I agree and already know some of the standards (ISO 9) and we're already
using a user defined codepage in the z/OS Unicode knowledge base for this
but only one character to another. I'm just asking if someone done
We replaced a channel attached IBM 3160 with an Ethernet attached HP
9000 (I think) on a Multiprise 2003 using OS/390 2.10. We are still
using it. We had to get the special chip (not from HP) that converted
JES/PSF traffic to whatever the HP uses. We also switched from the
APSWPROA to the
We want to prioritize some requirements, and your input would be very
:helpful. I count more than 80 TSO/E exits, if you count the variations
:like IKJEFLD/IKJEFLD1. (No worries, we don't plan to get rid of any!)
Be suspicious. Be very suspicious.
I've know John Eells for a long time. I take
On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 14:39 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote:
Be suspicious. Be very suspicious.
O ye, of little faith
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We recently converted from NCR channel attached printers to an IBM 6500 using
PSF over IP. We have the same functionality with the jes commands, backspace,
restart, etc. This is on zOS1.7 with PSF 3.4.0 FOR z/OS. The line mode
migration utility is used also.
PSF's LINE MODE MIGRATION utility
In a message dated 5/14/2009 7:13:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
ibm-m...@tpg.com.au writes:
O ye, of little faith
Guess the good news is 'they're looking at TSO/E', the bad news is
'they're looking at TSO/E'. Wonder if RATSO could rear it's pointed head? If I
can
text it, I'll append
Printer commands like backspace, restart, etc. are JES commands and are
not dependent on the printer or its attachment.
Dennis Roach
GHG Corporation
Lockheed Martin Mission Services
Flight Design and Operations Contract
NASA/JSC
Address:
2100 Space Park Drive
LM-15-4BH
Houston, Texas
:We want to prioritize some requirements, and your input would be very
:helpful. I count more than 80 TSO/E exits, if you count the variations
:like IKJEFLD/IKJEFLD1. (No worries, we don't plan to get rid of any!)
Be suspicious. Be very suspicious.
Why?
John doesn't have a devious bone in
On Thu, 14 May 2009 13:06:46 + Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote:
::We want to prioritize some requirements, and your input would be very
::helpful. I count more than 80 TSO/E exits, if you count the variations
::like IKJEFLD/IKJEFLD1. (No worries, we don't plan to get rid of any!)
Done. The last update date in .ASM is May 18, 2008.
No joy.
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Brian Westerman
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:39 AM
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Subject: Re: TSSO Message TSSA305E
Please make
Here try something like this:
//SY32927P JOB (ACCTNUM,EXP),'CICS/TS31 TABLEASM',
// NOTIFY=SYSUID,
// CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=X,MSGLEVEL=(1,1)
//*
//PROCLIB JCLLIB ORDER=SYS1.CICSTS31.PROCLIB
//*
// EXEC DFHAUPLE,INDEX2='CICSTS31.CICS',NAME='SDFHAUTH'
//*
//ASSEM.SYSUT1 DD DISP=SHR,
//
We use the IBM Infoprint 2105/2106 printers. IBM sold their printer
business to Infoprint so now I would imagine they are called Infoprint
Infoprint 2105 ES. No matter what you google you will find this
printer. They support AFP (IPDS) and PCL and they scan. It is IP
attached via PSF
Cristi -
You might want to use our free catsearch command, which is included with
the Co:Z toolkit. It combines IGGCSI00 (catalog search) with reading the
dataset DSCBs. For example:
/home/g1java1 catsearch -l g1java1.private.cookbook.**
Volume Referred Ext TracksUsed Recfm Lrecl BlkSz
On Thu, 14 May 2009 08:59:46 -0500, Kirk Wolf k...@dovetail.com wrote:
Cristi -
You might want to use our free catsearch command, which is included with
the Co:Z toolkit. It combines IGGCSI00 (catalog search) with reading the
dataset DSCBs. For example:
/home/g1java1 catsearch -l
In a message dated 5/14/2009 8:54:17 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
tad...@cvps.com writes:
We use the IBM Infoprint 2105/2106 printers. IBM sold their printer
business to Infoprint so now I would imagine they are called Infoprint
Infoprint 2105 ES. No matter what you google you will find
i tried to use the assembler code given in a previous post and got about
the same 0c4 abend i got using OBTAIN in c.
can you give me a copy of the assembler code that worked.
the code i used started with:
*
R0 EQU 0
R1 EQU 1
R2 EQU 2
R3 EQU 3
R4 EQU 4
John,
We haven't, but it sounds like a good idea.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:16 AM, John McKown joa...@swbell.net wrote:
On Thu, 14 May 2009 08:59:46 -0500, Kirk Wolf k...@dovetail.com wrote:
Cristi -
You might want to use our free catsearch command, which is included with
the Co:Z
:Why do you want to know?
:He told you why -- to prioritise!
To prioritize - what? New exits? Update to exits?
John Eels is from IBM. He may not be at liberty to tell non-IBMers.
IBM do not discuss future plans with outsiders. This has been stated numerous
times at least on IBM-MAIN and RACF-L.
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From: Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: TSO/E Exits
On Thu, 14 May 2009 06:27:51 -0400 John Eells ee...@us.ibm.com wrote:
:We want to prioritize some requirements, and
On Thu, 14 May 2009 11:05:28 -0400 Pinnacle pinnc...@rochester.rr.com wrote:
:- Original Message -
:From: Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com
:Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
:Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:40 AM
:Subject: Re: TSO/E Exits
: On Thu, 14 May 2009 06:27:51 -0400
Eric Bielefeld wrote:
I just received another z/Journal email sponsored by Microsoft urging us to
get off the mainframe and going to .NET. They refer you to the following web
site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/mainframe/whoknew/default.aspx
I would think that would be counter
On Thu, 14 May 2009 18:19:19 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote:
Silly me. I can't think of a reason why IBM would survey this except to remove
them (except for IKJEFLD which is no longer needed IMHO).
One of our small systems that runs ACF2 uses it. It gets linked with
As a side point, I wonder as to the
percentage of IBM shops that are on this list.
Exactly, why ask on a list that probably a lot of shops don't belong to?
The data (for whatever purpose) will not be exactly scientific and should
not be a basis for decision making. I would hope other channels of
My IPLINFO REXX program had been using
SCCBNCPS to determine that number. And while IHASCCB was updated
for DYNCP (to add SCCBHCPA - Highest possible CPU address), SCCBNCPS
does not get updated after IPL.
If you're interested in the highest CPU number, SCCBNCPS has never been a
valid
This is just an initial concept question.
In general, what mechanism could;
*;a batch job, most likely an Enterprise COBOL batch program,=20
*;connect with a web service and request information from some=20
application the web service connects with outside of the mainframe world
*;receive a
Phil,
Thanks for that quote. It was very well worded by Bob Thomas. I still
think the advertising revenue has something to do with it also, but I may be
wrong.
Eric
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
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From: Phil Smith III
I'd be very curious about the answer to what percent of z/OS Mainframe shops
subscribe to IBM-Main. I don't think we will ever get an answer to that
question though. I would suspect that the total would be between 50-80%. I
know many people read IBM-Main and never post, and many others read
A long time ago there was a Computer Associates Theme song following the lyrics
of We are the World. Does anyone have a copy of this song, including the
lyrics?
Steve Carlson
z/OS Systems Services
National Semiconductor
Corporation
2900 Semiconductor Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95051
I can't find any definition of what Device Support LPA (and the
corresponding EDEVS and DLPA) is/are, other than the Health Checker saying
that it is (even Google comes up short). Intuitively I would have assume
that it was for I/O modules but apparently not. I get an exception for
this check
To prioritize - what? New exits? Update to exits?
Okay.
You don't have to answer, of course.
But, keep your paranoia to yourself!
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On Thu, 14 May 2009 07:20:07 -0400, Peter Relson rel...@us.ibm.com wrote:
My IPLINFO REXX program had been using
SCCBNCPS to determine that number. And while IHASCCB was updated
for DYNCP (to add SCCBHCPA - Highest possible CPU address), SCCBNCPS
does not get updated after IPL.
If you're
Silly me. I can't think of a reason why IBM would survey this except to remove
them (except for IKJEFLD which is no longer needed IMHO).
He said:
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Silly me. I can't think of a reason why IBM would survey this except to remove
them (except for IKJEFLD which is no longer needed IMHO).
(Sorry, hit the send key too fast).
He said:
(No worries, we don't plan to get rid of any!)
So, are you calling him a liar?
You are wayy off base, here!
Quoting:
But before everyone gets carried away with the idea that that's the one,
best option... I'm not so sure. Consider that Web Services are a
reasonably fast moving target and a family of specifications, and it's
probably not a good idea to go into the private business of having to
A long time ago there was a Computer Associates Theme song following the lyrics
of We are the World. Does anyone have a copy of this song, including the
lyrics?
Steve Carlson
z/OS Systems Services
National Semiconductor
Corporation
2900 Semiconductor Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95051
On Thu, 14 May 2009 10:44:38 -0500 Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com
wrote:
:On Thu, 14 May 2009 18:19:19 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
:bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote:
:Silly me. I can't think of a reason why IBM would survey this except to
remove
:them (except for IKJEFLD which is no longer
Is that the one with the chorus that goes:
We make the software that makes the world go round
We're the heart inside the system, the beat behind the sound
We know keeping up with the future means never letting down
We make the software that makes the world go round
I
Its confussing www.infoprint.com
Our bills now come from Infoprint now and amazingly if you hold it up
side by side with the IBM bill prior to 4/1, they are identical (even
the return address) except the letterhead
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I posted a question earlier about whether the file number for standalone
(SA) DSS was the SL file number or the number of tape marks. And as
responded, it is really the SL file number. Thanks for the replies.
Just in case anyone else gets 'stucks' with doing standalone restores, the
DSS folks
Yes, this is the song that was played when you were placed on hold.
Thanks
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Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:26 AM
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Is
Admittedly IBM-MAIN participation is not an unbiased sample. What it IS,
however, is a bunch of customers, consultants, vendors (including IBMers)
that I like to call plugged into the folklore. And as such a very
valuable constituency to consult with.
Now maybe I shouldn't say this (both as an
Binyamin Dissen wrote:
snip
Silly me. I can't think of a reason why IBM would survey this except to remove
them (except for IKJEFLD which is no longer needed IMHO).
snip
Good grief! To repeat, just in case others missed it, too: No worries,
we don't plan to get rid of any!
Frankly, I don't
On Thu, 14 May 2009 20:33:52 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote:
On Thu, 14 May 2009 10:44:38 -0500 Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com
wrote:
:On Thu, 14 May 2009 18:19:19 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
:bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote:
:Silly me. I can't think of a reason why
On Thu, 14 May 2009 14:19:20 -0500 Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com
wrote:
:On Thu, 14 May 2009 20:33:52 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
:bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote:
:On Thu, 14 May 2009 10:44:38 -0500 Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com
:wrote:
::On Thu, 14 May 2009 18:19:19 +0300, Binyamin
In a message dated 5/14/2009 11:10:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
ggard...@gmail.com writes:
not be a basis for decision making. I would hope other channels of
communications are being used to elicit this info.
Another disadvantage of getting rid of the SE's, a valuable feedback
On Thu, 14 May 2009 22:35:48 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote:
:IKJEFLD IKJEFLD1
:True. Thanks for the correction / clarification.ACF2 does use IKJEFLD.
Still? That is a bit of a maintenance nightmare. Wonder why they have not
switched to IKJEFLD1.
They support
From an Attachmate Extra session defined as a TN3270 printer, I am able
to connect to the luname XS128PTS. The session state of the session in
Extra displays
as 'Active and not bound'. When an acquire is attempted from CICS, the
below message is generated in the MSGUSR log. A network analyzer
I don't see any mention of 64-bit common storage in the Extended
Addressability Guide for z/OS 1.10 . It doesn't document what a 64-bit
address space looks. Am I missing a more current manual? Or is it
documented somewhere else? I did find in the Initialization and Tuning
Reference for
I'm trying to use the HSMLIST Rexx exec that Frank Clarke created but have
found a problem when selecting multiple Backup entries for Recovery. Here is
the logic:
TBDISPL tab PANEL(HLDETL)
DISPLAY Panel(X)
TBDISPL tab
The second TBDISPL is supposed to read the next entry in the table but does
I use IP 6500's and they support all the commands under JES2/IP. Just
watch the CKPTPAGE parameter, that affects the backspace command.
Doug
snip
Subject: PSF printer question
I have an old channel attached printer I want to replace with a PSF
printer defined with an IP Address.
Does anyone
Mark Zelden wrote:
I don't see any mention of 64-bit common storage in the Extended
Addressability Guide for z/OS 1.10 . It doesn't document what a 64-bit
address space looks. Am I missing a more current manual? Or is it
documented somewhere else? I did find in the Initialization and Tuning
Rogers
On the face of it, if you want the mode table entry name to be used for your
printer session to be DSC2K, you will need to specify the TELNETDEVICE
statement as
TELNETDEVICE ,DSC2K
If you check the manual, you will see you have specified your dsc2k in the
first position not the
We were early adopters of SMF logger in order to prepare for a winter SHARE
session after a 1.9 ESP. At that time we used it only in the sandbox
sysplex where SMF data was throwaway. It's now running also in the
development sysplex where SMF data is actually cherished and nurtured. With
only a
I have been a bit of experimenting with z/OS QSAM files from a Cobol program
and I find that the manuals don't exactly agree with my results. The manuals
seem to imply that if you use the BLOCK CONTAINS clause (whether 0 or
something else) then the file has a RECFM of either VB or FB. And if
---snip
Good grief! To repeat, just in case others missed it, too: No worries,
we don't plan to get rid of any!
Frankly, I don't know why we would ever want to remove them and cause
the churn that would entail.
On 14 May 2009 17:05:53 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
I have been a bit of experimenting with z/OS QSAM files from a Cobol program
and I find that the manuals don't exactly agree with my results. The manuals
seem to imply that if you use the BLOCK CONTAINS clause (whether 0 or
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