Folks,
Pardon me if this is redundant.. one aspect that I've never
been good at is 'presentation'.
A question then if I may ... how would you go about 'menu' development
in assembler ... yes .. ISPF is there but I'm not sure I want to use
(just) that and also want something that is a bit
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:17:35 -0500 Jim Thomas j...@thethomasresidence.us
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:Pardon me if this is redundant.. one aspect that I've never
:been good at is 'presentation'.
:A question then if I may ... how would you go about 'menu' development
:in assembler ... yes .. ISPF is there but
Minor,
Thank you.
May you answer another question:
Can multiple TS7740 share a physical ts3500 within a GRID? Is it documented?
regards
Victor
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Only because I'd like the user to logon directly from
VTAM and or TCP/IP, if they so desired.
Again, the biggest thing I'm trying to accomplish is,
learning how to develop front ends ... (aka .. menus).
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:Only because I'd like the user to logon directly from
:VTAM and or TCP/IP, if they so desired.
ISPF works in both.
:Again, the biggest thing I'm trying to accomplish is,
:learning how to develop front ends ...
For the last six or seven years, August / September
has been a very busy time for me. This is when the
IBM publications for the new release of z/OS become
available, and I download these pubs and read them,
looking for changes that impact your applications
programmers.
Then I update the courses
Hi to all,
I've several (SMS compaction and EXCP's) related questions.
The tests i made (using IEBGENER to copy datasets).
source dataset info :
Dsorg Recfm Lrecl Blksz Tracks %Used XT
MY.TESTING.SOURCE.DATASETPSF 4080 4080 11250 100 1
In 9460345185211900.wa.paulgboulderaim@bama.ua.edu, on
08/15/2011
at 08:59 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com said:
Would a front end to the UNIX command, perhaps in Rexx, be feasible?
Yes.
I fear not because the terminal I/O models of TSO and UNIX are so
incompatible.
Not a
Edward Jaffe wrote:
On 8/15/2011 9:00 AM, Greg Shirey wrote:
The farewell reception (aka SCIDS for the old timers) was really
poorly attended - that's something of a mystery to me.
I didn't go to that reception because there simply wasn't time to get to
dinner and back before it ended.
In 03d601cc5bf5$565a5ee0$030f1ca0$@us, on 08/16/2011
at 04:17 AM, Jim Thomas j...@thethomasresidence.us said:
A question then if I may ... how would you go about 'menu'
development in assembler
I'd use ISPF.
I could use the old fashioned 3270 streams (albeit long and
cumbersome)
Not that
John,
Not sure what happened. Kristin Harper and the zNextgen were involved
in the sing along but not sure what the deal was this time. From the
CICS Project I can say it was a lame 'Farewell SCIDS'.
Glenn
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In 0lgk47tfc3aao9vdirafk24vm1hs926...@4ax.com, on 08/16/2011
at 01:13 PM, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com said:
ISPF works in both.
No; ISPF works only under TSO. The closest ISPF has to TCP/IP and VTAM
user support is connecting to the WSA from an existing TSO session.
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Hi Enrique,
I suspect your IEBGENER is actually the Syncsort or Dfsort replacement for
IEBGENER.
When the sort product processes Basic Format data sets, it uses the EXCP
access method to read large block with each i/o performed (the EXCP count);
When the data set is Extended Format, the sort
- I have the zSeries API documentation and the BCPii specific zOS docs but
I am not able to find items related to returned values, for example
HWIQUERY of HWI_OPERSTAT. I can probe and knowing the state of what I'm
seeing can infer what I am getting but I'd like to find wherever these
flags
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:10:22 -0400 Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net wrote:
:In 0lgk47tfc3aao9vdirafk24vm1hs926...@4ax.com, on 08/16/2011
: at 01:13 PM, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com said:
:ISPF works in both.
:No; ISPF works only under TSO. The closest ISPF
This is consistent with reaching to volume count limit of 255 volume/dataset
(on tape).
On DASD, the limit id 59 volumes
Check the JCL manual or Using Datasets for more detail.
You have 2 options:
1) Move the file to higher density media. E.g. 3490 --- 3590
2) logically split the file into 2
On Aug 16, 2011, at 05:44, Steve Comstock wrote:
-
JCL cataloged and in-stream procedures may now
have data set as DD * or DD DATA included
INCLUDE members may also contain DD * or DD DATA data
Yaaay! It's about time. Can symbol substitution be far
behind? (I fear so).
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:38:17 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
at 08:59 AM, Paul Gilmartin said:
Would a front end to the UNIX command, perhaps in Rexx, be feasible?
Yes.
I fear not because the terminal I/O models of TSO and UNIX are so
incompatible.
Not a problem for programs that
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:50:38 -0400, Tom Ambros thomas_amb...@keybank.com
wrote:
- I have the zSeries API documentation and the BCPii specific zOS docs but
I am not able to find items related to returned values, for example
HWIQUERY of HWI_OPERSTAT. I can probe and knowing the state of what I'm
Jim
Pardon me if this is redundant.. one aspect that I've never been good at
is 'presentation'.
First preliminary point: in principle your question is posed with about as much
precision as is usual so there is no need to waste time and effort on apology.
In any case, the question would
Hi
Any RACF privilege necessary to use SAPI (Sysout Programming Interface) ?
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Only because I'd like the user to logon directly from VTAM and or TCP/IP, if
they so desired.
Well we know what you want to logon *from* - sort-of. What do you want to logon
*to*?
I could guess it's TSO since you haven't mentioned any other environment. If we
go along with that
Thanks. I knew they were there somewhere, I am embarrassed to admit I saw
those earlier but lost track of where they were found.
Thomas Ambros
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Has anyone run the assembler debugger using VTAM and if yes
Are there any special parms when running ASMIDFB and when running
ASMLANGX to create the extract file
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On 8/16/2011 5:03 AM, Schneck.Glenn wrote:
Not sure what happened. Kristin Harper and the zNextgen were involved
in the sing along but not sure what the deal was this time. From the
CICS Project I can say it was a lame 'Farewell SCIDS'.
Was there a sing-along in Anaheim?
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I believe so, but it was small and did not go real late either.
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On 8/16/2011 5:03
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:14:12 +0200, Miklos Szigetvari
miklos.szigetv...@isis-papyrus.com wrote:
Hi
Any RACF privilege necessary to use SAPI (Sysout Programming Interface) ?
From JES Application Programming:
quote
As part of the SAPI processing, JES makes authorization checks using the
All attracted to the Subject line
This was a question and single limited-scope response picked up in a Google
Groups digest but *not* found in the archives.
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Robert (and Taltyman)
Is there an easy way ...
This depends on your definition of easy!
... of matching the IP addresses returned
I was at SHARE in Anaheim (couldn't go to Orlando); skipped dinner to be sure
not to miss SCIDS . I don't remember any sing-along. What time did it start?
Maybe I left too early?
Linda
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From: Schneck.Glenn glenn.schn...@suntrust.com
To:
I have a Visara 22L driving a Visara UCT-L thin client with a standard PC
keyboard. The biggest problem I have with this setup is that it is so darned
stable that one forgets out to do things :)
I am looking for the key combinations, specifically how to get to the
connection menu screen. This
Does anyone have a good set of links for these manuals?
I keep stumbling across broken ones.
TIA,
Bob
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In addition to the System z API manual that Walt mentioned,
there are also a couple of members in SYS1.MACLIB(HWI*)
that I found useful.
/jack
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Hi All,
We are working on an upgrade of Hour Glass from V5.2 to V6.1 and are having
trouble with the access rules. We have Facility rules defined for the
following. These are as list for a RACF site from the security member that
came with the product. I do not have access to ACF2 for rule changes
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/system_automation/bkserv/
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Off the top of my head it sounds like the SAF call that Hour Glass is
making is including garbage in the field. Have you checked with the vendor?
Mark Jacobs
On 08/16/11 13:50, Paul Strauss wrote:
Hi All,
We are working on an upgrade of Hour Glass from V5.2 to V6.1 and are having
trouble
Wondering when the last card reader died. We had one at University of Waterloo
until 1984 or 1985; we had a full professor who insisted on using cards. We
finally told him he'd have to pay the maintenance-that convinced him (or, more
likely, his Dean) that it was time to use terminals.
What's
By dumping the SMF data for that time frame and looking at the Resource
report, that would verify what Mark has suggested.
On 8/16/2011 2:01 PM, Mark Jacobs wrote:
Off the top of my head it sounds like the SAF call that Hour Glass is
making is including garbage in the field. Have you checked
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:01:59 -0400 Mark Jacobs mark.jac...@custserv.com
wrote:
:Off the top of my head it sounds like the SAF call that Hour Glass is
:making is including garbage in the field. Have you checked with the vendor?
I agree. Looks like the resource name length is incorrect.
:On
At a previous site, I think we pushed the card punches out the door in about
1986. By the time we got rid of them (both an 029 and an 026) the only thing
they were used for was replication of boot cards. We were running an NCR
Century 200 that did a boot from cards to give it enough
W dniu 2011-08-16 20:08, Phil Smith pisze:
Wondering when the last card reader died. We had one at University of Waterloo
until 1984 or 1985; we had a full professor who insisted on using cards. We
finally told him he'd have to pay the maintenance-that convinced him (or, more
likely, his
Wondering when the last card reader died. We had one at University of
Waterloo until 1984 or 1985; we had a full professor who insisted on using
cards. We finally told him he'd have to pay the maintenance-that convinced
him (or, more likely, his Dean) that it was time to use terminals.
I would offer a third option: check to see that you are using the maximum
permissible block size. If not, then do so.
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My CE still uses cards to write notes on, if you want to be literal about what
a 'card reader' is.
For your enjoyment today:
http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php
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My CE still uses cards to write notes on, if you want to be literal
about what a 'card reader' is.
Isn't it a little time
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:22:30 +0200, R.S. wrote:
For example, last year I heard tah last Odra (polish mainframe under
license from ICL) was switched off. This year I hear that another Odra
was switched off. BTW: I'm not 100% sure, but it it very likely that at
least one of the shops used (real)
On 8/16/2011 12:35 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
Will a z/OS guest under VM still accept jobs from a CP-attached virtual
reader?
Absolutely!
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I was still using them in the late 80's early 90's, forget the exact
year we finally got off them.
I want to be buried with a /*EOF card ...
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Wondering when the last card reader died. We had one at University of
Waterloo until 1984 or 1985; we had a full
I believe when I was at PH Mining, our card reader/punch was finally
disconnected when we moved the datacenter in 1994. I don't think it was used
much the last few years.
I can remember during probably the late 80's, having a problem with the card
punch. After about 3 or 4 days with the
About the same time as you. It was reader,punch, interpreter. At the time it
was used to interpret time cards for union workers.
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Phil Smith wrote:
Wondering when the last card reader died. We had one at University of Waterloo
until 1984 or 1985; we had a full professor who insisted on using cards. We
finally told him he'd have to pay the maintenance-that convinced him (or, more
likely, his Dean) that it was time to
William Donzelli wrote:
Wondering when the last card reader died. We had one at University of Waterloo
until 1984 or 1985; we had a full professor who insisted on using cards. We
finally told him he'd have to pay the maintenance-that convinced him (or, more
likely, his Dean) that it was time
snip
I was still using them in the late 80's early 90's, forget the exact
year we finally got off them.
I want to be buried with a /*EOF card ...
-unsnip
Related: when did IBM create the last IBM cards?
I believe that the plant in Greencastle, Ind was
supposed to be the creator of all (USA?) card blanks.
Barry Merrill
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Related: when did IBM create the last IBM cards?
I believe that the plant in Greencastle, Ind was
supposed to be the creator of all (USA?) card blanks.
IBM still gets cards, but for use by executives. They are made in a
little print shop in Armonk. Available in about 12 colors.
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Cross-posted to Linux-390, IBMVM, and IBM-Main
The Call for Papers for SHARE 118 in Atlanta is now active. I encourage
everyone who might have an idea for a session that would be of interest to the
SHARE attendees to point their browser to
https://share.confex.com/share/118/cfp.cgi and let us
Hi Will,
Sure would like to have some! :)
Linda
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Related: when did IBM create the last IBM cards?
I
Hi Mary Anne,
Thanks for the link. Way cool.
Our 3525 readers lasted until the early (maybe mid) 1990's when the last one
was removed. We used 'em to count the vote years before pregnant and hanging
chads , to handle a couple of older inventory systems, for JCL decks, and
remember the
Just for fun, I still have an 029 control card drum. It still has a card on it
for punching assembler. A little piece of history. Does any computer museum
need one?
Christopher Y. Blaicher
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Austin Development Lab
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mobile: 512.627.3803
fax:
Just for fun, I still have an 029 control card drum. It still has a card on
it for punching assembler. A little piece of history. Does any computer
museum need one?
Likely not, but I can ask.
I actually have a box full of them. If anyone here wants one, let me know.
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Binyamin / Shmuel,
Thank you for your replies ... my apologies for not clearly stating
'native vtam'
That said, am looking into an HTTP server but have also remembered
that I have (somewhere) a 3270 macro that I'd re-written and
enhanced in a previous lifetime.
Kind Regards
Jim Thomas
Chris,
Thanks for your reply and for the link to the archives.
Kind Regards
Jim Thomas
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In 5317808242335171.wa.paulgboulderaim@bama.ua.edu, on
08/16/2011
at 08:50 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com said:
I'm skeptical, if both STDIN and STDOUT are the TSO terminal.
That's external to the command, and transparent.
Can someone show me how to do something as simple as use
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