Re: Printing DASD type

2012-06-13 Thread Scott Barry
The IBM DFSORT website has a set of sample DCOLLECT data scripts (identified as ICESTGEX#8203; - Storage Administrator Examples#8203;) that can likely be useful for volume-capacity identification and post-processing. Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. http://sbbworks.com/ On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:44

Re: SMF volume

2012-06-13 Thread Scott Barry
MAN-type or LOGSTREAM-managed environments, with some enhanced feature/function when it comes to accurate post-processing. Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. http://sbbworks.com/ On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:00:51 +, Campbell Jay james.l.campb...@irs.gov wrote: Is anyone else is required to collect

Re: Access on ALESERV

2012-06-13 Thread Rob Scott
Have you read Using Access Registers in MVS Extended Addressability? Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth Avenue . Suite 100 . Waltham . MA 02451-1468 . USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: ALESEERV AL=PASN

2012-06-12 Thread Rob Scott
Can I strongly suggest that you review the MVS Extended Addressability manual : SA22-7614 It is a very well written guide on how to do exotic things in z/OS including synchronous cross-memory, AR-mode programming and managing dataspaces and hiperspaces. Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket

Re: SRB mode question

2012-06-10 Thread Rob Scott
All IBM services, whether branch entry, PC or SVC have their supported modes (TCB and/or SRB) and cross-memory environments documented in the manuals. I would strongly advise that you refer to the manuals than use any sort of generalizations. Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth

Re: ENF Listener usage

2012-06-08 Thread Rob Scott
The possibility of consuming extra CSA is much less desirable that a few extra instructions inside a neutered ENF listener routine. I would probably choose option (2) Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth Avenue . Suite 100 . Waltham . MA 02451-1468 . USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email

Re: SR

2012-06-08 Thread Rob Scott
. Eventually found Comms Server under our entitlement for z/OS base product - even though SR was listing things like Communications Server for VSE in the search results screen. Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth Avenue . Suite 100 . Waltham . MA 02451-1468 . USA Tel

Re: LE COBOL odd behavior

2012-06-07 Thread Scott Ford
Shmuel:   Actually we have three apps written in LE Cobol, same issue on 1.12 ...Le Cobol 4.2 , when I inserted a //SYSOUT   , everything is a-ok Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m

Re: Need a PC tape drive to read 3490, 3490E

2012-06-07 Thread Scott Ford
Shmuel:   I worked MVS at that time on a PC390 ...we had a 3800 and tape drives and a 3174 attached to it. Also BAR/RJE supported tape drives and of course various printers that were BUS/TAGGED into it Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com

Re: LE COBOL odd behavior

2012-06-07 Thread Scott Ford
and all of a sudden like magic i have all the Cobol Displays. Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: Frank Swarbrick frank.swarbr...@yahoo.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:17 PM Subject: Re: LE COBOL odd

Re: Need a PC tape drive to read 3490, 3490E

2012-06-07 Thread Scott Ford
Shmuel, We used these when I worked on europe, we were converting a lot of small Philip Morris offices to these.. http://www.barrcentral.com/help/beps/Overview_BARR_RJE.htm Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 7, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net

Re: LE COBOL odd behavior

2012-06-06 Thread Scott Ford
I should have added under z/os1.11 works fine Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 5, 2012, at 11:09 PM, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com wrote: All, We migrated to z/os 1.12 , LE COBOL. I have noticed on a COBOL program running as a STC, No yucks please, a Display or Write

Re: LE COBOL odd behavior

2012-06-06 Thread Scott Ford
John, No, we don't change LE options, I will look at them.. Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 6, 2012, at 9:16 AM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: Did somebody change the LE options? That's all that I can think of. No, I don't know what the option(s) might

Re: LE COBOL odd behavior

2012-06-06 Thread Scott Ford
John, I fixed it, but the fix was odd, I added a //sysout dd sysout=* It now works Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 6, 2012, at 9:16 AM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: Did somebody change the LE options? That's all that I can think of. No, I don't know what

Re: Dumps to vendors with sensitive data

2012-06-06 Thread Scott Ford
Andy,   We work with the DOJ(FBI) and they remove IP addresses etc..since we are a IP server/client dealing with security subsystems. Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: Andy White awh...@metlife.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: LE COBOL odd behavior

2012-06-06 Thread Scott Ford
Thanks Clark, I had to look it up, didn't know it existed, much appreciated Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 6, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Clark Morris cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: On 6 Jun 2012 07:04:52 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: John, I fixed it, but the fix was odd

LE COBOL odd behavior

2012-06-05 Thread Scott Ford
in Maybe z/os , guessing ..? Scott ford www.identityforge.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Is there an Enterprise COBOL API to detect SOURCE-COMPUTER WITH DEBUGGING on or off at runtime?

2012-06-04 Thread Scott Ford
Peter, We pass a parm debug=y or debug=n , our code there is a 88 level... If debug-on ... ... End-if Plus I had to create a special sysout , allocated dynamically... Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 4, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 peter.far...@broadridge.com wrote

Re: Brain drain: Where Cobol systems go from here

2012-06-03 Thread Scott Ford
Kirk, Yes, I agree also and the ability to read a manualhave a ton of customers who don't even take the time to rtfm..l Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 1, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Kirk Talman rkueb...@tsys.com wrote: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 05/23/2012

Re: How to suppress Message in REXX App

2012-06-01 Thread Scott Ford
Lizette, Are you trapping the messages ? Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 1, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote: Cross Posting to IBM Main and TSO-REXX I have a Rexx process that issues the HLIST command. I have been successful in trapping

Re: How to suppress Message in REXX App

2012-06-01 Thread Scott Ford
Lizette, TPut will go to sysprint or systsprt Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 1, 2012, at 4:16 PM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote: Scott Yes the output is going to a outdsn HLIST DSN('dsnvar') MCDS ODS('tmpdsn') I have set TSO PROF NOINTERCOM NOPAUSE

Re: How to suppress Message in REXX App

2012-06-01 Thread Scott Ford
Yes, system Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 1, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Walt Farrell walt.farr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:37:51 -0400, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com wrote: TPut will go to sysprint or systsprt She's concerned about a TSO session, and there it will go

Re: Cell pool questions

2012-05-30 Thread Rob Scott
to contract the pools if required. Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth Avenue . Suite 100 . Waltham . MA 02451-1468 . USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN

RACF extract

2012-05-29 Thread Scott Ford
contains the result of the extract..but with SEGMENT=  what maps to the segment fields like in the RACF templates that the Extract refers me to.. Sorry all, first serious RACF program...but i need some assistance  Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com

Re: RACF extract

2012-05-29 Thread Scott Ford
Walt, Thank you very much on both accounts.. Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 29, 2012, at 3:02 PM, Walt Farrell walt.farr...@gmail.com wrote: First, I suggest that for RACF-related questions you use RACF-L rather than IBM-MAIN, as there will be more RACF-knowledgeable responders

Re: CSVDYNEX ?'s

2012-05-26 Thread Rob Scott
address space when it is invoked for an abend in the exit. I would probably choose the last option. Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth Avenue . Suite 100 . Waltham . MA 02451-1468 . USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message

Re: Snap dump question

2012-05-26 Thread Scott Ford
...thanks for the option... Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 25, 2012, at 8:47 PM, John Gilmore johnwgilmore0...@gmail.com wrote: Charles Mills writes begin extract DBB LECL will almost certainly not assemble (as John G. was pointing out, a bit obtusely). Should be LRECL /end extract

Re: Snap dump question

2012-05-26 Thread Scott Ford
Peter, I built the plist for a call to irrseq00 , I will post my code a bit later. Thanks for the reply Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 26, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Peter Relson rel...@us.ibm.com wrote: I am experiencing the dreaded S0C4-11 I didn't see an answer to the question of just

Snap dump question

2012-05-25 Thread Scott Ford
on my mistake, yes I am admiting I make mistakes   :(   Regards, Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

Re: Snap dump question

2012-05-25 Thread Scott Ford
John:   That was correct in my code, thats what the manual gave..but I also found some of their parameter examples wrong Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: John Gilmore johnwgilmore0...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent

Re: Subpool 231 usage

2012-05-23 Thread Scott Ford
All:   Thank you so much for the help. We are digging through the problem. I hadnt seen this one before, so I was looking for pointers to point me the right direction to find the cause.   All your help was very much appreciated. Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com

Subpool 231 usage

2012-05-22 Thread Scott Ford
are seeing the abends on the RACF Stc log..   I cant paste the code here, its proprietary ...I apolognize in advance..but I have never seen this happen. This exit is a RACF exit,,IRREVX01 and they are also running a Endeavor ICHRCX01 exit..I was suspect of that exit... Scott J Ford Software Engineer

Re: Screen Scraping TN3270

2012-05-22 Thread Scott Ford
were going to replace it with our application... But unfortunately, the deal fell through.. Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: David Andrews d...@lists.duda.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:46 PM

Re: Early IPL problems

2012-05-21 Thread Scott Ford
John, Boy that's a blast from the past, I worked man moons ago a s/370-158..3215 m worked another place on 4381s using a 3287 as a CICS log Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 20, 2012, at 1:07 PM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: I agree totally. Personally, I really

Rexx - calling assembler question

2012-05-18 Thread Scott Ford
JOB00225  IEF404I REXXGRP - ENDED - TIME=09.17.27 09.17.27 JOB00225  $HASP395 REXXGRP  ENDED   I assumed I misunderstand how parameters are passed in Rexx to Assembler...I thought that   R1 pointed to the Adcon list...can someone be so kind as to point this old fellow .the right way Regards,   Scott

Re: Rexx - calling assembler question

2012-05-18 Thread Scott Ford
for example a Class and Profile to the Assembler routine doing the call to RACF Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: Tony Harminc t...@harminc.net To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:05 PM Subject: Re: Rexx

Re: Rexx - calling assembler question

2012-05-18 Thread Scott Ford
Tony,   Sort for the misname ...I am looking at the storage save area chain, John send me, ty, John.. And I will take a look at LINKPGM..   You guys are great as usual Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: Tony Harminc t

Re: Co-existance of z/OS and z/VM on same DASD farm

2012-05-17 Thread Scott Ford
Interesting worked vm since sp1 and VSE (1970s) never ever saw that problem... Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 17, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net wrote: In 1696751327392196.wa.ronmacraehotmail.co...@bama.ua.edu, on 05/16/2012 at 03:03 PM

Re: Retiring after 43+ years with IBM

2012-05-16 Thread Rob Scott
Frank You were one of the first IBMers I ever saw that went *way* beyond the call of duty to help others. You will be missed. Enjoy your retirement! Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web

Re: Any way to programmatically detect diagnostic trap IGVCPOOLFREEQ active

2012-05-16 Thread Rob Scott
See ' SYS1.MODGEN(IGVDGNB)' ECVT---ECVTDGNBDGNB Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth Avenue . Suite 100 . Waltham . MA 02451-1468 . USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Compiled SYSTEM Rexx exec

2012-05-16 Thread Scott Ford
Ray, Very true, also you may gain speed in computations but not I/O that was very clear in a Share presentation.. Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 16, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Ray Mullins m...@lerctr.org wrote: On 2012-05-15 12:35, Ed Mackmahon wrote: Hi List. We are zOS 1.12 shop. I

Re: Co-existance of z/OS and z/VM on same DASD farm

2012-05-16 Thread Scott Ford
and execution. I am of the mindset always, 'plan the work and work the plan'... Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 16, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Ron MacRae ronmac...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: Hi all, We are currently an exclusively z/OS site with multiple LPARs sharing a single IOCDS and DASD

Re: Comparison of compiler generated code AD 1980(ish) v 2010(ish)

2012-05-16 Thread Scott Ford
Guys, A little lost on the point of this thread , not trying be rude or flippant , just I see a lot about performance, is it valid with today's hardware and software, yes there is time sensitive events and software and hardware. Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 16, 2012, at 4:35 PM

Re: Comparison of compiler generated code AD 1980(ish) v 2010(ish)

2012-05-16 Thread Scott Ford
Oh, now i see what Bernd was talking about, sorry guys , old age Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 16, 2012, at 4:53 PM, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com wrote: Guys, A little lost on the point of this thread , not trying be rude or flippant , just I see a lot about performance

Re: Netview Question

2012-05-15 Thread Scott Ford
Cheryl, Anytime, glad I can help Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 15, 2012, at 7:28 AM, Meehan, Cheryl cmee...@cswg.com wrote: Hi, Scott- No changes in Sequence, no new products will continue to look for timing. Thanks! Cheryl -Original Message- From

Re: EXCP count like SDSF

2012-05-15 Thread Rob Scott
Look at ASCBIOSX and ASCBIOSC in the ASCB (IHAASCB) Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN

Re: Retiring after 43+ years with IBM

2012-05-15 Thread Scott Ford
Frank, Congrats on your retirement. Wishing you all the happiest and best wishes Best regards, Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 15, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Frank Yaeger yae...@us.ibm.com wrote: Just a note to let everyone know I'll be retiring at the end of this month (5/31/2012). I've

Re: Compiled SYSTEM Rexx exec

2012-05-15 Thread Scott Ford
Ed, What's the load library lrecl, blksize ? Just curious Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 15, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Ed Mackmahon dropip...@gmail.com wrote: yes -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Netview Question

2012-05-14 Thread Scott Ford
Cheryl, Did you review the SNA messages and codes, that's your fist step..sense 8002 is a resource not available, maybe a timing issue with the IPL ... Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 14, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Meehan, Cheryl cmee...@cswg.com wrote: Greetings- We upgraded our

Re: CSVEDIT using COBOL

2012-05-14 Thread Scott Ford
Mansi, Please try to explain what your trying to do..it is not clear from you post Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 14, 2012, at 12:15 AM, Mansi Kulkarni mansi.e...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Sir can u tell me program of IEBEDIT utility in JCL.. Plz give all details of steps please

Re: Netview Question

2012-05-14 Thread Scott Ford
Cheryl, Your IPL sequence on any of the LPARS havent changed ? New products ? Have seen sequence issues before , usually turned out to be timing... Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 14, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Meehan, Cheryl cmee...@cswg.com wrote: Scott- The reason the resource

Re: Confused on DFSORT SORTWK

2012-05-11 Thread Scott Barry
remember the 16 extent per volume limitation, so it's oh so important to code a sufficiently large enough secondary amount (and/or primary as well) so that a one-volume allocation can even exceed the 65K track limitation and still be within 16 extents. Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. On Tue, 1 May 2012

Re: Modern users of old tech

2012-05-11 Thread Scott Ford
Sure is, but think about a lot of banking, in fact almost all of, we have a ton of bank customers, Rely on IBM Mainframes..I am multi platform , I enjoy all of them Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 11, 2012, at 9:57 AM, John Gilmore johnwgilmore0...@gmail.com wrote: Masochism

Re: IEW4005I FETCH FOR MODULE Failed

2012-05-11 Thread Scott Ford
Lim, A couple of questions, who's module ? IBM ? Other ? Has this program ever worked before ? If so, what changed ? Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 11, 2012, at 11:31 PM, Lim Ming Liang limm...@unifi.my wrote: Hi, I had quite a few similar error messages on load modules fetching

Re: Comments on DFSMS verbose messages?

2012-05-11 Thread Scott Ford
Ed, We do it with a debug=y or n, n= no messages unless a failure occurs, y= yes gives you verbose Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 12, 2012, at 12:18 AM, Ed Finnell efinnel...@aol.com wrote: . -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Modern users of old tech

2012-05-10 Thread Scott Ford
An 083 for the living room, great conversation piece Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 10, 2012, at 6:21 PM, William Donzelli wdonze...@gmail.com wrote: And the owner of the last blank punch card supplied died and the company closed up. So of course, I bought 100,000 cards, just

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

2012-05-09 Thread Scott Ford
Excellent explanation, John Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 9, 2012, at 8:05 AM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: Not all .NET runs on Mono. Mono is reverse engineered and so may not implement everything 100% like Microsoft does. Also, it tends to lag .NET

Re: IDC21809I FAILURE ATTEMPTING TO WRITE D-TYPE RECORD

2012-05-07 Thread Scott Ford
Support Center. Provide the SYSOUT output for the job. Source: DFSMSdfp Routing Code: 2,11 Descriptor Code: 6 Regards, Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: willie bunter williebun...@yahoo.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent

Re: Kerneels ( was RE: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .)

2012-05-07 Thread Scott Ford
Rex,   Amen brothers and sisters of the Mainframe Church .hes sounds like quack quack to me Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: Pommier, Rex R. rex.pomm...@cnasurety.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012

Re: Kerneels ( was RE: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .)

2012-05-07 Thread Scott Ford
Ty Ron, sorry dont get this guy Scott ford www.identityforge.com On May 7, 2012, at 10:16 PM, Ron Hawkins ronjhawk...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Yeah, he confirmed he is Anton in an off-list response to me. He signed off Kerneels/Anton/GrandMa/Helpdesk but he has also used Mohammed. Seems some

Re: Any simple tool to monitor the storage uasge ?

2012-05-04 Thread Rob Scott
without having to parse the screen line. Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: Any simple tool to monitor the storage uasge ?

2012-05-04 Thread Rob Scott
The VSMLIST service presents this information in a slightly more digestible form and it will also get the appropriate locks for the caller if you use LINKAGE=SYSTEM It is what MXI uses under the covers for reporting on private or common subpool usage. Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

2012-05-04 Thread Scott Ford
is... But congrats on the victory Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On May 4, 2012, at 3:46 PM, George Henke gahe...@gmail.com wrote: I do not suppose there is any way of sharing a zBx between 2 CECs. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Mark Post mp...@suse.com wrote: On 5/4/2012

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

2012-05-04 Thread Scott Ford
Aren't we here to help colleagues who need the help and assistance ? I understand there's a fine line between eloping and be used bad abused ..been there done that haver numerous tshirts Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On May 4, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Kerneels de Wet

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

2012-05-04 Thread Scott Ford
Yeah Dave, I also think a lot of managers , who lack technical expertise get sold ideas, like someone else said. Been there also...about 100 Advil headache ...I was told by a very wise Irish woman, my mom, don't use your head for a hat rack... Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer

Re: Programming languages can't have copyright protection, EU court rules

2012-05-03 Thread Scott Ford
Charles, Yeh I know, had uncles in construction business, had patents on tools...we all can't be Nathan Myhrvold and be worth $650 million..man be interesting Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On May 3, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote

Re: Programming languages can't have copyright protection, EU court rules

2012-05-03 Thread Scott Ford
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this about Google imbedding java in their operating system on phones ? Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On May 3, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote: I always bristle at the use of the word copyright as a verb

Re: Programming languages can't have copyright protection, EU court rules

2012-05-03 Thread Scott Ford
John, Thanks for the explanation, we deal our product also through Oracle, strictly between you and me, we are taking a serious screwing financially, plus the manuals done in India ...man Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On May 3, 2012, at 1:48 PM, McKown, John

Re: Programming languages can't have copyright protection, EU court rules

2012-05-03 Thread Scott Ford
Guys, I don't hate Oracle, far from it, most of our customers about 99% are great and helpful.. I don't understand some business nowadays Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On May 3, 2012, at 1:48 PM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: Basically

Re: zOS under zVM

2012-05-02 Thread Scott Ford
Mark, Are you going to a hosting DR recovery site , I.e.; Sungard .. If so, they also usually are pretty good to help out.. Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On May 2, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Mark Jacobs mark.jac...@custserv.com wrote: We don't, yet. It's only used for XCF

Re: Programming languages can't have copyright protection, EU court rules

2012-05-02 Thread Scott Ford
All, So how do you protect code, whatever language you have written in , in business ? Without copyright, doesn't it imply , people can take you source and change it and resell it ...if the gave your source , right ? Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On May 2, 2012

Re: Programming languages can't have copyright protection, EU court rules

2012-05-02 Thread Scott Ford
Charles, Functionality of the language ? Not being dense, but you functionally what the programming language does in the app or functionally what it does, I.e.; read files ,write files, etc.. Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On May 3, 2012, at 12:15 AM, Charles

Re: Strip column 1 from reports

2012-05-01 Thread Scott Ford
Elardus, It's probably all ready been mentioned, a small rexx clist can do this also... Maybe 10 lines or so...also depends on what else you doing with the data, any formatting, etc... Hth Regards, Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 30, 2012, at 12:59 PM

Re: Strip column 1 from reports

2012-04-30 Thread Scott Ford
Elardus, Wow, 3800 printers, I remember they forms and then you could over or insert you text data , e to into the form for printing..worked the awhile ago..10+ yrs my friend Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 30, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht

Re: SV: SV: Mainframe Skills Scarce? (z/OS Mainframe CA Product training ...)

2012-04-27 Thread Scott Ford
Yep, I agree , trying to explain to manglers , aka managers , what a sysprog does and has to know...my old age is showing, 62 in August , some ppl just don't get what we do.. Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 27, 2012, at 5:14 AM, Thomas Berg thomas.b

Re: Check out Photos: April 27, 2011 Superoutbreak - weather.com

2012-04-27 Thread Scott Ford
Hope your all right , man Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 27, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Ed Finnell efinnel...@aol.com wrote: _Photos: April 27, 2011 Superoutbreak - weather.com_ (http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/alabama-tornado-042711_2011

Re: Check out Photos: April 27, 2011 Superoutbreak - weather.com

2012-04-27 Thread Scott Ford
Ed, I grew up in Indiana seen a few tornados...they are definitely scary Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 27, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Ed Finnell efinnel...@aol.com wrote: This was last year. I just got sore from moving boxes and people around, one lady moved

Re: Have you ever done this using FTP?

2012-04-26 Thread Scott Ford
Lot of ways to crack this one, FTP like everyone stated. Jes2 to jes2 using TCPIP, using NJE, TSO Xmit works great Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 26, 2012, at 7:44 PM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: The SENDSITE command will help

z/OS Mainframe CA Product training workshops coming up!

2012-04-26 Thread Scott McFall
would like more information on any of these dates, please contact our Mainframe Marketing Specialist, Harriette Matthews at hmatth...@protechtraining.com Yours in learning, Scott Scott Redmond McFall http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottrmcfall http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottrmcfall

Re: Progress Toward z/OS Personal Use License

2012-04-25 Thread Scott Ford
Ed, We run z/Pdt also, but on a bigger system, Opensuse and 16 m , Amd box, but we are pure development. Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 25, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote: On 4/25/2012 7:24 AM, Joel C. Ewing wrote

Re: Progress Toward z/OS Personal Use License

2012-04-25 Thread Scott Ford
Yep dongles are not fool proof, then can break...it's hardware..I don't get the reason for dongles.. Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 25, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Mike Schwab mike.a.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Joel C. Ewing jcew

Re: Tcpip sockets and dns

2012-04-22 Thread Scott Ford
Found our issue, Ty Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com wrote: All, I have a question, we have a COBOL Tcpip client, server hybrid. We drive with the destination ip address or dns host name and port

Re: A z/OS Redbook Corrected - just about!

2012-04-21 Thread Scott Ford
Ron, There are all the Navy ships to USS ..United States Ship Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 21, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Ron Hawkins ronjhawk...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Well, shouldn't that be USST? But yes cobber, it could be a contraction of Unix System Services

Re: USS File Integrity

2012-04-20 Thread Scott Ford
I know CA-MIM , if memory serves me correctly works across Plexes and Lpars. I am not sure if it works across Unix file systems in a similar manner Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 20, 2012, at 9:43 AM, David Crayford dcrayf...@gmail.com wrote: Synchronizing

Tcpip sockets and dns

2012-04-20 Thread Scott Ford
logic wrong, that all you have to do is re drive gethostbyname and then ezacic08 ? This is written in CICS sockets. Any help is much appreciated. Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Execute certian steps based on input parm

2012-04-18 Thread Scott Ford
) THEN   ..so on so forth. Depends on what you are doing ... Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: Bill Ashton bill00ash...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 9:51 AM Subject: Re: Execute certian

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-17 Thread Scott Ford
not the way you want too Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 17, 2012, at 9:12 AM, Jeff Holst jeff.ho...@fiserv.com wrote: Without the GO TO, Grace Hopper might have been forever stuck in Japan. Many years ago, I was at an ACM meeting where Grace Hopper

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-17 Thread Scott Ford
Lloyd, My father was a Unisys CE at the Fort for many years... Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 17, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Lloyd Fuller leful...@sbcglobal.net wrote: In 1969, and until sometime in the 1970s or later, the Army programming school was at Fort

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-17 Thread Scott Ford
Yes sir, for many years, large systems CE ... Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 17, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Lloyd Fuller leful...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Probably at the Army Finance Center there. I think that they used Unisys. Lloyd - Original Message

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

2012-04-14 Thread Scott Ford
pointers. Regards Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:11 PM, Walt Farrell walt.farr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:05:57 -0400, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com wrote: Reading through this thread, quickly, it very obvious that certain

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

2012-04-14 Thread Scott Ford
, Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 14, 2012, at 11:37 AM, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: Good idea, wrong address. Walt is retired. However the idea is really good. There many cases where IBM should prepare some sample exits (*). Even (as usually

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

2012-04-13 Thread Scott Ford
Hey Bob, What us users of z/Pdt ? Sent from my iPad Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 12, 2012, at 12:41 PM, Bob Shannon bshan...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: What about folks not running Z9 for z/os 2.1 ? 2.1 requires an architectural level set. If you

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

2012-04-13 Thread Scott Ford
Bob, Will do and thank you Sent from my iPad Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 13, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Bob Shannon bshan...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: What us users of z/Pdt ? Well, everything I know came from the SOD. I have no inside information. Having said

Re: z/OS every two years (Official announcment)

2012-04-13 Thread Scott Ford
John, I can tell you where the kool-aid was made too... Sent from my iPad Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 12, 2012, at 1:23 PM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: IBM has drunk the Kool-Aid. It is Windows only. Curiously, it is mainly Java

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

2012-04-13 Thread Scott Ford
if IBM supports ICHPWX01 in C ... Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 13, 2012, at 2:53 PM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: Sounds like what is done by the GNU compiler people. From what I've read, all the GNU compilers utilize the same back end

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

2012-04-13 Thread Scott Ford
So very true, but since I can remember companies just wouldn't buy neat software/ hardware, they had to cost justify, especially when money was tight, like nowadays. I understand that, but there are better approaches and mouse traps to aid in productivity.. Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

2012-04-13 Thread Scott Ford
I learned PL/1 on OS/VS2/HASP ( duck ) I really liked it but didn't catch, then worked a VM VSE shop running Plancode in a ICCF, horrible slow on a 4381... OpenCobol haven't seen or worked with, love Open Object Rexx Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr

__console2()

2012-04-13 Thread Scott Ford
     * Company:  Identityforge,LLC   * Date: 04-12-2012  * Author:   Scott Ford

Re: __console2()

2012-04-13 Thread Scott Ford
Thanks Kirk much appreciated, I will give a try a little later Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: Kirk Wolf k...@dovetail.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 5:50 PM Subject: Re: __console2() Scott

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

2012-04-12 Thread Scott Ford
Bob, What about folks not running Z9 for z/os 2.1 ? Sent from my iPad Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Apr 12, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Bob Shannon bshan...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: and seems to me the code is not very modern First, there are structures in the BCP

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