Softcapping and service goals

2010-02-18 Thread David Andrews
vice class have multiple goals depending on whether softcapping is active? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bam

Re: SMS compression cost & size

2010-02-17 Thread David Andrews
ead many times and causes them to be compressed. Nota bene: you can't rewrite compressed records in place. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archiv

Re: CA Easytrieve replacement

2010-02-16 Thread David Andrews
y a technical forum. (There are many technically astute members, but the forum's focus is software asset management.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive a

Re: Old assembler modules.

2010-02-11 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 14:46 -0500, Richbourg, Claude wrote: > I was looking around and found an old library that contained these > modules; Those were all associated with Assembler H; perhaps that is an old library with the SLAC mods applied? I'd lose 'em. -- David Andrews

Re: Preview: z/OS V1.12 - September 2010

2010-02-11 Thread David Andrews
e on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem Whether a "Unix issue" or not, expanding time_t beyond the commonly implemented (and signed!) 32 bits breaks binary compatibility and file format. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc

Re: Preview: z/OS V1.12 - September 2010

2010-02-10 Thread David Andrews
S base product. Prior to that you could license ISPF by itself (if you needed it for -say- InfoMan) but I can't think of anybody who actually did that and didn't license PDF. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.

SMF recording datasets in usercatalog?

2010-02-01 Thread David Andrews
;LCLSYSID.MANx datasets in a usercat for years and years, never having a problem. I hate going against Greg's advice, but it *is* 12 year old advice after all. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For

Re: assembler to cobol conversion question

2010-01-29 Thread David Andrews
VALUE +0200. 05 U0300 COMPPIC S9(8) VALUE +0300. 05 CLEANUP-CODECOMPPIC S9(8) VALUE +1. CALL "CEE3ABD" USING U0100, CLEANUP-CODE -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com ---

Re: JCL replaced by Jol: - Was Why is JCL so bad

2010-01-05 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 01:09 -0500, Clement Clarke wrote: > And that IBM haven't supported I imagine that's unlikely as long as you require that Jol not be used for "war activities". -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc.

Re: IBM 9393 RVAs "Obsolete" for Sure

2009-12-30 Thread David Andrews
when public money is involved. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: Could DSNAME length restriction be bypassed if catalog allowed longer ALIAS names?

2009-12-15 Thread David Andrews
apshot copy of DATA.SET.NAME to e.g. HLQ.DATA.SET.NAME.Dddd.Tttt. That 44-byte DSN constraint can be irritating. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: CA mainframe install software

2009-12-08 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 14:59 -0500, Mark H. Young wrote: > Anyone remember the name of it? [...] only made jokes No doubt you'll stir up many people who remember CA-Aggravator (um, "Activator"). -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signof

Re: Display contents of an offload tape

2009-12-07 Thread David Andrews
See the NJE Formats and Protocols book: http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/publications/servlet/pbi.wss?CTY=US&FNC=SRX&PBL=SA22-7539-02 -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: FW: Need some FDR help please

2009-12-04 Thread David Andrews
> I have some very old FDRDSF tapes that I need to restore and look at > the contents [...] I don't know what datasets might be on these tapes. The old TAPEMAP program from the CBT used to be able to interpret FDR dumpfiles. You could at least use that to see what's on the t

Re: Monitor lpr printer on Windows from Mainframe

2009-11-24 Thread David Andrews
can't rely on the network folks to communicate what they are doing to > me so I really need this to be automated. What do you need automated? VPS provides an exit point (#8) that you can use to selectively retry failed connections. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, In

Re: SVC 26 (locate) with GDG datasets

2009-11-20 Thread David Andrews
I wonder if the OP has to use Locate? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-

Re: How do __you__ read non-DB non-XML files in Java?

2009-11-17 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 08:56 -0500, Steve Comstock wrote: > I've gotten bored with Java, so I've stopped developing the > course. But, let nothing go to waste, so I've put the course > on our website Steve, that's a LOT of work. I had no idea. Holycow! -- David

Re: user-written MVS subsystems

2009-11-16 Thread David Andrews
s pouring over microfiche Yes. I think I remember Ron Higgins over at GUIDE shepherding an SSI cookbook. Marc Schare puzzled over the SSI too, and gave us TSSO. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For

Re: USB on HMC running OS/2 Warp

2009-11-12 Thread David Andrews
your own breath as you walk by the thing. Like the Motie Mediators, we juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity. I'm *happy* the Linux HMC is locked down. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com ---

Re: Secret Service plans IT reboot

2009-10-26 Thread David Andrews
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 09:53 -0400, Roach, Dennis (N-GHG) wrote: > 68 percent performance reliability rating I wonder what that *means*? Do they have 68% uptime? Is there a 68% chance of finding a spare TCM? 68% of their staff know how to IPL? What? -

Re: JVM based languages? (mildly OT)

2009-10-26 Thread David Andrews
get a JVM going with a Clojure SLIME REPL (an interactive Lisp shell that I can control from my desktop). That code generation and initial JIT stuff isn't cheap. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -

Re: JVM based languages? (mildly OT)

2009-10-25 Thread David Andrews
ile/bpxwdyn (str "free dd(" % ")")) '(sysut1 sysut2)) ... which isn't very good Clojure code, considering that mutable buffer. JVM startup time is a killer. Best use Clojure for long-running things. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com

Re: Looking for a job

2009-10-21 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 09:08 -0400, Norris Jackson wrote: > Plus the only thing I've heard of that comes from Iowa is corn, cows, > and Radar O'Riley. Well, there is James Tiberius Kirk. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archi

Re: big iron mainframe vs. x86 servers

2009-10-20 Thread David Andrews
> How many Mainframe engines = 1500 x86 boxes? How many moving vans = 1500 motorcycles? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Sea

Re: Experience with NPF

2009-10-09 Thread David Andrews
remember the details (it's been 12 years!) Perhaps IBM has fixed this, I don't know; we've long since moved on to VPS/TCPIP. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: COBOL is an obvious cash cow to be milked to death was Re: Does Ent. COBOL 4.1 generate 64-bit binary arithmetic instructions?

2009-10-09 Thread David Andrews
ered: admin types, testers, support staff. Tom Ross's attention at SHARE isn't free, and he likely has a bigger development crew than my imaginary "small team of superprogrammers". But holy cash cow, ten megabucks! -- David Andrews

Re: Justice Department probing allegations of abuse by IBM in mainframe computer market

2009-10-08 Thread David Andrews
e advantage. "Unfair" advantages are actionable. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with

Re: multiple jobs / same name

2009-10-02 Thread David Andrews
gt; with the same name would only run one at a time. That could easily describe my place. I did define a DUPL_JOB=NODELAY jobclass, which the programmers have learned to use over time. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -

Re: Java Batch und JCL (DSN Disposition)

2009-09-16 Thread David Andrews
iant, yes? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archive

Re: TCB Address

2009-09-15 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 14:55 -0400, Schwarz, Barry A wrote: > if your real intent is to obtain data from the TCB, such as the TIOT > address, consider looking at the EXTRACT macro/service. Why? PSA->TCB->TIOT is GUPI. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr

Re: T-Rex and Dino-Software

2009-09-14 Thread David Andrews
issatisfaction and was a bit surprised - seeing as the Dino people have always been helpful here and I'd never heard anyone disparage their product. Thanks to Gadi for clarifying his comment. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons

Re: WLM initiators and IEF196I messages

2009-09-14 Thread David Andrews
On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 06:48 -0400, Gil Peleg wrote: > We have some code in IEFACTRT that issues WTO messages with route code 11 Yes, we changed our ACTRT to issue messages with another route code so to avoid those superfluous (IMO) IEF196I messages. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons,

Re: Random Password Generator

2009-09-08 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 15:20 -0400, David Waldman wrote: > Here is one I use from time to time. And another one... /* */ /* Generate a random 8-character password. We select from a list */ /* of characters specifically chosen s

RIP "snubbing"

2009-08-28 Thread David Andrews
t then, and I hate it now. Can't we get past this, please? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.e

Re: START command when the member is a JOB

2009-08-21 Thread David Andrews
. 'tis a puzzlement. Taking the easy way out, I've removed the requirement to START this thing as a job. (Peter and Matthew: I have not implemented IEFJOBS. I *can* start jobs, and from SYS1.PROCLIB, but only from the console, not via internal START with PTOKEN.) Thanks to all, -- David A

Re: START command when the member is a JOB

2009-08-21 Thread David Andrews
nt from your test and I'll try that. Our code pretty much matches, unfortunately! -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

START command when the member is a JOB

2009-08-20 Thread David Andrews
Services Guide (not saying it isn't there, just that I don't see it). Is this WAD? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruct

Re: Console Logon timeout?

2009-08-18 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 12:07 -0400, Clifford McNeill wrote: > I think the ability to refresh console definitions without an ipl > would be useful. Oh very yes, that's the first thing I thought of. But I'm not sure that's in the "area" that Peter was talking about.

Re: IBM z/OS Management Facility V1.11 -- A new face for z/OS

2009-08-18 Thread David Andrews
d just noticed the "zAAP on zIIP" support. Is there any reason to buy a zAAP now? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructi

Re: ziip api for vendors

2009-08-05 Thread David Andrews
umming those long microwords is an art form. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the messag

Re: z/OS support of HMC's 3270 emulation?

2009-07-30 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 15:02 -0400, Edward Jaffe wrote: > Where is that emulator? Console Actions -> Configure 3270 Emulator Sessions -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.u

Re: z/OS support of HMC's 3270 emulation?

2009-07-30 Thread David Andrews
said "HMC resident 3270 emulator" I thought you were referring to the x3270 buried in there, which of *course* talks to OSC devices. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: z/OS support of HMC's 3270 emulation?

2009-07-30 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 11:53 -0400, McKown, John wrote: > It would be really nice if z/OS would get around to supporting [the > HMC resident 3270 emulator] It does! Leastways on my 1.8, 2096 system. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@du

Re: Mainframe Utility for EBCDIC to ASCII conversion

2009-07-30 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 09:22 -0400, esst...@juno.com wrote: > Is anyone aware of an IBM utility that converst an EBCDIC file to ASCII ? Perhaps Unix iconv will work for you? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.

Re: Operator Validation before Executing Command

2009-07-28 Thread David Andrews
;s what you *do* when a WTOR comes up. It made a mess and I chewed her out for it, reducing her to tears. But I learned something from that as well, and improved training, and nobody on my staff made the same mistake again. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons,

Re: CA Mainframe 2.0

2009-07-27 Thread David Andrews
defined ... under FF 3.0.11. Is there a direct link? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with th

Re: JES and large volumes

2009-07-15 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 10:00 -0400, Hal Merritt wrote: > our JES does not support large volumes (Mod 27's). Don't know about -27s, but SPOOLDEF LARGEDS=ALLOWED works well on our 1.8 system on -9s. That's about 150,000 tracks. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. davi

Re: IBM error messages getting worse?

2009-07-09 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 17:33 -0400, John Mattson wrote: > Am I just getting more cranky as I age, or are IBM messages > getting ever more obtuse? I wouldn't say more obtuse. Remember this chestnut? IEB817I MEMBER NAME NOT FOUND IN NM DIRECTORY. STOWED WITH TTR. which meant: "I added a

Re: How to convince not to over initiate?

2009-07-01 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 15:55 -0400, Richard Peurifoy wrote: > You may also need to use JES inits if you need to control the > maximum number of jobs running in some class. $TJOBCLASS(c),XEQC=MAX=n works for WLM initiators. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@du

Re: OS/390

2009-07-01 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 10:14 -0400, Ed Finnell wrote: > You know, it would be fun to have a "who's who" website with photo's. > I'm sure none of us look like people imagine. The linux-390 folks have something like that: http://linuxvm.org/community/index.

Re: Get LOOKAT messages

2009-06-25 Thread David Andrews
es" section. (After the fact I notice that Kevin Kennedy uploaded plugins for z/OS 1.4 and 1.7, so this wasn't exactly an original idea.) Try it! -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- F

Re: SHARE Requirements and IBM

2009-06-24 Thread David Andrews
ring you up to speed, here's a status report I wrote to Committee regulars in early 1991: === To:Assembler H Observers From: David Andrews, ASMH Requirements Chairman

Re: Curiousity: Mono on z/OS?

2009-06-12 Thread David Andrews
hn didn't bite when I suggested to him (offline) that he try running Clojure on the z/OS JVM. I laughed like a maniac when I got some Lisp code to read a z/OS file via your JZOS Toolkit. Sometimes that write-once-execute-anywhere stuff really works. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, I

Re: Duplicate temp file

2009-05-29 Thread David Andrews
On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 15:14 -0400, Howard Brazee wrote: > The temp file doesn't need a name? That's exactly correct! Example: //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //SENDER DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,1),DISP=(,PASS) //STEP2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //RECEIVER DD DSN=*.STEP1.SENDER,DISP=(OLD,DELETE) --

Re: Java V5 s0c4

2009-05-28 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 13:08 -0400, Mark Zelden wrote: > That's Zelden with an "e" ... :-) (everyone seems to spell it that way) Frank Yaeger takes a lot of abuse, too. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instr

Re: Duplicate temp file

2009-05-28 Thread David Andrews
mporary data set name is unique, do not code a temporary data set name. Allow the system to assign one." -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instru

Re: Article from SearchSecurity.com

2009-05-19 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 15:07 -0400, Eatherly, John D[EQ] wrote: > TYPE: White Paper Requires detailed registration to read it. Have to pass, thanks. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For

Re: Effective pipeline programming [was:RE: METAL C: CodeGen defeciency?]

2009-04-23 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 16:38 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: > 2009/4/23 David Andrews : > > On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 14:57 -0400, Bob Rutledge wrote: > >> It's not "[nonzero],0", it's "15,0". > > > > Hey, you're absolutely RIGHT. (I won

Re: Effective pipeline programming [was:RE: METAL C: CodeGen defeciency?]

2009-04-23 Thread David Andrews
the serialization discussion in chapter 5 of the PrincOps is pretty lucid. I'll get it eventually. In the meantime I'll go lay down by my dish. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IB

Re: METAL C: CodeGen defeciency?

2009-04-23 Thread David Andrews
um, requirements should be taken up with SHARE or your business partner, yadda yadda. I understand all that. But I'm grateful for Peter, Jim, John, Greg, Tom, Marna, Martin, Martha, Kelly -- the list goes on. Y'all put the face on IBM. -- David Andrews A. Duda and

Re: Effective pipeline programming [was:RE: METAL C: CodeGen defeciency?]

2009-04-23 Thread David Andrews
hy would IBM carry this side-effect forward for BCR [nonzero],0? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.ed

Re: What (More) Open Source Software for z/OS?

2009-04-21 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 12:34 -0400, Ted MacNEIL wrote: > Management doesn't really need the back story, just the results. Isn't that exactly what the airline magazines provide? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Lisp (was: insane thought - SMF reformatter?)

2009-04-20 Thread David Andrews
/ for a starting point. I've gotten it to run under z/OS with a little codepage patch, and when I get some spare time I'm going to see what use I can make out of Clojure and Kirk's JZOS toolkit. -- David Andrews A

Re: insane thought - SMF reformatter?

2009-04-20 Thread David Andrews
er languages which can handle XML (such as Perl and even COBOL). (... or Lisp!) From your outboard system it would be relatively easy to feed your RDBMS of choice. So yes, I think that would be worthwhile. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr

Re: Update to XMITIP Version 09.03 (final)

2009-03-24 Thread David Andrews
| and operation, use less resources than the existing | SMTP/NJE mail gateway server when sending mail from | z/OS, and support existing applications that write | mail messages via the JES spool interface. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.

Re: Is there a Web enabled TN3270 on z/10's running z/OS 1.9

2009-03-17 Thread David Andrews
aybe http://h3270.sourceforge.net might be worth looking at? It requires tomcat, which your friends at Dovetailed Technologies seem to think is do-able on z/OS. Let us know if you get this going. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david

Isn't today Mantissa day?

2009-03-06 Thread David Andrews
Who's still hasn't left Austin who can say what z/VOS is? The Mantissa website only says "Yep, we announced it in Austin". -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: z/10 HMC/SE LAN

2009-03-05 Thread David Andrews
chine was to just tap into that LAN. I'd prefer we kept > out of that LAN and use the second NIC on the HMC. Yes, you have it exactly right. Keep the k1dd13z out of the private LAN between the HMC and SEs, and use the customer LAN to get at the HMC. -- David Andrews A. Duda and S

Re: Assembler Question

2009-02-11 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 14:50 -0500, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: > I remember it as CYPROS Was it KRONOS? Think PLATO used to run on that, too. (But we digress!) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.

Re: Assembler Question

2009-02-11 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 10:05 -0500, (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) wrote: > CDC made mainframe-compatible disk drives, though, I think, but not > central processors. Oh m'gosh, yes. Look up Seymour Cray! -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr.

Re: JCL job execution order

2009-02-10 Thread David Andrews
ks to 1. If you have multiple converters, then jobs can enter the job queue in something other than submission sequence. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Macro-generated BAL/R's [was:Assembler Question]

2009-02-10 Thread David Andrews
came available in z/OS 1.10. You ought to download it (as I just did) -- it contains some good stuff. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructio

Re: GMT time

2009-02-09 Thread David Andrews
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 10:05 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > CVTLSO That Peter Relson reference was useful, thanks for the pointer. Who (what) sets CVTLSO? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com --

Re: GMT time

2009-02-08 Thread David Andrews
On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 21:34 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:21:12 -0500, David Andrews wrote: > > > >TOD clocks drift. Those of us without sysplex timers *have* to rely > >upon SET CLOCK, which in turn sets CVTLDTO to an offset that doesn'

Re: GMT time

2009-02-08 Thread David Andrews
On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 12:02 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:31:46 -0500, David Andrews wrote: > > I wish the Unix time routines were able to accept something > > like TZ=CVTLDTO. > > > No! What you propose would cause times displayed for file &

Re: GMT time

2009-02-08 Thread David Andrews
ich aren't all that dynamic). I wish the Unix time routines were able to accept something like TZ=CVTLDTO. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: GMT time

2009-02-08 Thread David Andrews
econds apart (no timer, no STP). -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: New product for SMF reporting on a PC

2009-02-05 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 15:37 +1100, Andrew Rowley wrote: > EasySMF runs on Windows But, sadly, not on WINE (1.1.10) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arch

Re: insanity? process SMF with Java on non-z?

2009-02-04 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 12:51 -0600, Scott Barry wrote: > consider the SAS-alternative WPS [...] Visit the website below > and you can request a WPC trial Unfortunately, pricing for z/OS appears to be $CALL. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@du

Re: HMC screen refresh rate

2009-01-27 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 12:25 -0500, Thompson, Steve wrote: > It is a head-scratcher to me that such would be seen on an LCD monitor. Many LCDs are backlit with fluorescents. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.

Re: SV: MVS 4 minute 'outage' (final update)

2009-01-23 Thread David Andrews
uld over-initiate discretionary in the presence of CPU saturation. (Maybe it can, but I haven't figured out how to do it without moving the work to a low-velocity goal. I like MTTW too.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.and

Re: GDG Question

2009-01-20 Thread David Andrews
ckup application I use Dddd.Thhmmsst -- good enough for today, but not necessarily for tomorrow. Also when you append 18 characters of date/time information to a dataset name you run afoul of our 44-character limitations. It's a small embarrassment when I explain it to the k1dd13z. -- Dav

Re: GDG Question

2009-01-20 Thread David Andrews
ged -- it's been awhile since I last looked. I think of the implementation as a dancing bear; nobody cares how well the bear dances, it's simply wondrous that it dances at all. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com --

Re: GDG Question

2009-01-20 Thread David Andrews
master-in, transaction-file-in, new-master-out stuff. Lots of new generations that are subsequently aggregated. It's the technology that Would Not Die. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-

Re: GDG Question

2009-01-19 Thread David Andrews
en a +1 and see what you get. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: AIX gets 64 bit COBOL but still none for Z/os ...

2009-01-09 Thread David Andrews
On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 14:11 -0600, John McKown wrote: > OK - how much money, in the form of licensing cost, are you willing to pay > to get 64 bit addressing in COBOL? What I already pay today, for a current COBOL compiler backed by developers and support staff. -- David Andrews A. Du

Re: MVS 4 minute 'outage'

2009-01-09 Thread David Andrews
IIP Did CA ever disclose performance experience for IDMS R17 on zIIP? (They refused me as recently as August, and so we missed the lease cycle. No zIIP for us.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com

Re: Activate lpar automatically?

2008-12-15 Thread David Andrews
enter: V GRS(TEST),Q V GRS(TEST),P To detach it from the ring in a controlled fashion. You don't want ring disruption. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. david.andr...@duda.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Define Master Catalog

2008-12-10 Thread David Andrews
O(3) - ) - DATA ( - CISZ(4096) - BUFND(4) - ) - INDEX( - BUFNI(4) - ) - CAT(name/PWUPDATE) I'd add an explicit index CISZ of 4096, since Eileen McClintock says that small index CIs (generated by default) can result in dead data CIs. -

Re: Got burned by the FORCE COMMAND ?

2008-12-05 Thread David Andrews
On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 10:57 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > SVC 12 loop used to be the easiest way to crash a system SQA exhaustion? "GO ATTACH EP=GO" worked pretty well too, back in the day. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: "The Register" article on HP replacing z

2008-11-20 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 11:05 -0400, Clark Morris wrote: > SYNCSORT for HP-UX made the mainframe version look brain dead. How so? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sign

Re: "The Register" article on HP replacing z

2008-11-13 Thread David Andrews
t IBM doesn't *want* more z/OS licenses. I don't understand that, but neither do I have access to the Big Picture. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive a

Re: Crazy(?) thought - run z/Linux binaries on z/OS UNIX.

2008-11-11 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:47 -0600, Rich Smrcina wrote: > Why re-invent the wheel on z/OS? Because that's where the data is. (Or "are", for John Gilmore.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CR+ / T-Rex

2008-11-10 Thread David Andrews
On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 01:20 -0600, Magen Margalit wrote: > CR+ (MainStar) and (T-Rex) Dino software. Ron Ferguson and Larry Crilley are both great friends of ibm-main, so I'm glad I don't have to choose on THAT basis! -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EM

Re: good practise to run linux on mainframe

2008-11-07 Thread David Andrews
On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 19:17 +0800, Tommy Tsui wrote: > Is there any shop running zlinux/zVM on mainframe z9/z10. There are many. http://linuxvm.org/ is a good place to start to look for information. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: OT: Surgery Delay

2008-11-03 Thread David Andrews
On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 08:04 -0500, A L Hughes wrote: > But Ed is an old friend of this group Hear! Mr. Moeyersons, I'll be more blunt than Mr. Hughes. You are out of line. We are PEOPLE here first, and computing professionals second. Never forget that. -- David Andrews A. Duda and S

Re: ShopzSeries SMP/e 3.5 order

2008-10-27 Thread David Andrews
SENT AND WARRANT THAT [I] HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO BIND THAT PERSON, COMPANY, OR LEGAL ENTITY TO THESE TERMS" meaning that since I'm not an officer of the corporation, I cannot download the SCRT tool. Hrm. -- David Andrews A. Duda

Audible alarms on SMCS consoles?

2008-10-16 Thread David Andrews
for the boneyard and the operators relying on SMCS consoles need the beeps to keep them awake. So: do TN3270 SMCS consoles support audible alarm? If so then where should I look to enable it? Is this a forgotten VTAM features or modetab thing that languishes in obscurity? -- David Andrews A. D

Re: Finding the correct IEASYSxx member

2008-10-15 Thread David Andrews
S LIST = 00 IODF DEVICE 0253 IPL DEVICE 0250 VOLUME Z18RS1 -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arc

Re: zIIP eligible products?

2008-10-01 Thread David Andrews
ance experiences whatsoever, so I can't advise you to buy a zIIP based on that.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTEC

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