Re: Free 3270 emulator for Mac OS

What I ended up using was ZOC, since it supported the 64-bit version of the MacOS. It cost US$ 79.99. Details at https://www.emtec.com/zoc/index.html Regards, *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR* CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017 On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:03 AM Immo

Mainframers Working From Home By Trevor Eddolls

https://it.toolbox.com/blogs/trevoreddolls/mainframers-working-from-home-032220 or *https://tinyurl.com/r3m5mjs* <https://tinyurl.com/r3m5mjs> Regards, Mark Regan -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: OT: Mandatory Work From Home at my company

Do a search on amazon.com for "usb switch" and you find some. *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR* CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017 On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 2:44 PM Farley, Peter x23353 < peter.far...@broadridge.com> wrote: > IOGear GUS434 - 4x4 USB 3.0 Peripheral Sharing

OT: ‘Cloud-first’ game studio Mainframe raises $8.1M led by Andreessen Horowitz | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/19/cloud-first-game-studio-mainframe-raises-8-1m-led-by-andreessen-horowitz/ or *https://tinyurl.com/rus4q74 <https://tinyurl.com/rus4q74>* Regards, Mark Regan -- For IBM-MAIN sub

Re: SMF 119 records (TCPIP)

Someone at one time had put together a REXX program to process 119 records and produce reports. I used it at my last shop, however I do not remember who provided it. Regards, *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR* CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017 On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at

Fwd: Memory-Lane Monday: Documentation just takes up too much space | Computerworld

CICS and BTAM related: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3532474/memory-lane-monda y-documentation-just-takes-up-too-much-space.html or *https://tinyurl.com/qom2suq <https://tinyurl.com/qom2suq>* Regards, Mark

Re: ZD forum/community

They need to start moving that group over to groups.io. The NetView group has done so. Regards, *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR* CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017 On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 4:25 PM scott Ford wrote: > They are on yahoo group z1090 > > On Sun, Mar 15,

Fwd: DevOps Deeper Dive: Mainframe Fallout from BMC's Compuware Buy - DevOps.com

https://devops.com/devops-deeper-dive-mainframe-fallout-from-bmcs-compuware-buy or use *https://tinyurl.com/wvp3skj* <https://tinyurl.com/wvp3skj> Regards, Mark Regan -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

e the syntax is understood it’s not bad to use. > > Scott > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:32 PM Mark Regan wrote: > > > Correction, I got c3270, the curses-based version, to work, not x3270 > > itself. > > > > Regards, > > > > *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR* > >

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

Correction, I got c3270, the curses-based version, to work, not x3270 itself. Regards, *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR* CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017 On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 1:43 PM Mark Regan wrote: > Lee, > > Thanks for the pointer to Brew. I

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

ee. > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote: > > Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270 > > emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out > > but was wondering if there are any other products

Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270 emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out but was wondering if there are any other products out there. Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS. Not being a

Is there a COBOL mailing list?

I searched using the CATALIST, but I did not see one for COBOL listed. I also did a Google search too. Is there a place where mainframe COBOL programmers hang out at? I'm asking for my wife, who is the programmer in the family (along with our son and daughter). Thanks, *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR* CTO1

Fwd: A real light bulb moment [for 3420 tape drives] | Computerworld Shark Tank

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Throwback Thursday: Oh, sorry, did someone sell off half of YOUR capacity? | Computerworld

Watch for url wrapping https://www.computerworld.com/article/3444566/throwback-thursday-oh-sorry-did-someone-sell-off-half-of-your-capacity.html Regards, Mark Regan Sent from my Android phone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Hyphens of mass destruction: When a clumsy finger meant the end for hundreds of (mainframe) jobs . The Register

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Fwd: A real Mickey Mouse theory | Computerworld Shark Tank

Mainframe related: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3439076/a-real-mickey-mouse-theory.htm l or https://tinyurl.com/yyrpsepd Regards, Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1 USNR-Retired Nationwide Insurance, Retired

Fwd: Throwback Thursday: Ultimatum | Shark Tank

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Re: zOS 2.4 availablity ?

See announcement letter 219-344 https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS219-344/index.html_locale=en>, of July 23, 2019: https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS219-344/index.html_locale=en Go to the "Ordering

Fwd: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

For those of you that have to work in that kind of environment or may soon someday. https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/its-official-open-plan-offices-are-now-dumbest-management-fad-of-all-time.html or *https://tinyurl.com/y36otmps <https://tinyurl.com/y36otmps>* Regards, Mark Regan,

Spiked punch (cards) | Computerworld Shark Tank

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Fwd: Help wanted | Computerworld Shark Tank

Not directly mainframe related, but I think you will get the picture. Help wanted Looking for someone under 30 with 20+ years of experience. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3409061/help-wanted.html Mark Regan, K8MTR CTO1 USNR-Retired Nationwide Ins. Retired

Fwd: Happy 50th Birthday CICS

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Fwd: Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers

While not mainframe related, many may relate to this kind of experience. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeings-737-max-software-outsourced-204657048.html Regards, Mark Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired Nationwide Ins, Retired

Fwd: Cyber-Heist That Impacted Millions Bankrupts Medical Debt Collector (Mainframe related)

>From the article: ... Fuchs said the company, which he founded in 1977, originally had its own IBM mainframe that served AMCA’s purposes “well for many years.” But changes in technology (most notably, the shift to cloud computing) made it clear, he said, that continued reliance on the office

Fwd: Just how secure are mainframes? | Trevor Eddolls

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Queue-less | Shark Tank Computerworld

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Fwd: IBM 'cloudifies' mainframe software pricing, adds hybrid, private cloud services | Network World

News article, see link below, in regards to IBM's software announcement of yesterday: IBM United States Software Announcement 219-014 or https://tinyurl.com/yykuaslr

Fwd: Take cover, it's a student programmer! | Computerworld Shark Tank

It's 1970 and pilot fish is a college junior taking courses in computer programming. And technology is progressing, as technology does. The school has just upgraded from an IBM 360/40 mainframe to a much more powerful IBM 360/65. It orders it with an entire megabyte of magnetic core memory, which

Fwd: Mainframe Report meets abrupt end | Computerworld Shark Tank

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Fwd: All is A4-OK | Computerworld

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Fwd: Incoming | Computerworld SHARK TANK

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Fwd: Grease is the word | Computerworld Shark Tank

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Fwd: Quantum computing will break your encryption in a few years | Network World

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3373550/quantum-computing-will-break-your-e ncryption-in-a-few-years.html or https://tinyurl.com/y4ddvsm2 Regards, Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017

Fwd: Network issues are causing more data-center outages | Network World

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3373646/network-problems-responsible-for-mo re-data-center-outages.html or http://tinyurl.com/y2j6bhdd Regards, Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017

Fwd: IBM servers crashed in Q4 - just sales, not the mother of all outages . The Register

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Multi-Site Parallel Sysplex

Cross posting to both IBM-MAIN and IBMTCP-L I'm helping a coworker (she supports IBM Comm Server) whose is seeking information about companies or information that could be shared to assist with solution building to provide a Multi-Site Parallel Sysplex implementation in our infrastructure,

Fwd: The Secret History of Women in Coding - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.ht ml My wife is a programmer, as is my son, now my daughter has decided to become one too. Me, I'm just a lowly systems programmer (TCP/IP & SNA, aka Communications Server). We are definitely a family of geeks.

Fwd: Zowe now at Version 1.0

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Wells Fargo? Well f*&%#d at the moment: Data center up in smoke, bank website, app down . The Register

Does Wells Fargo use mainframes? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/07/wells_fargo_outage/ Regards, Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Fwd: How Zowe Is Bringing the Mainframe into the Modern Age - The Linux Foundation

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Right now, wrong future | Computerworld Shark Tank

Mainframe related, but only at the end of the article: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3336060/it-careers/right-now-wrong-future. html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Fwd: Throwback Thursday: Logic, shmogic, we've got a process | Computerworld Shark Tank

Hopefully there is no URL wrap this time. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3336056/networking/throwback-thursday-logi c-shmogic-weve-got-a-process.html Regards, Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 Nationwide Ins. Retired, 1986-2017

IBM HR made me lie to US govt, says axed VP in age-discrim legal row: I was ordered to cover up layoffs of older workers • The Register

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Re: FW: Where's the fire? | Computerworld Shark Tank

: Where's the fire? | Computerworld Shark Tank On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 07:43:36 -0500, Mark Regan wrote: >https://www.computerworld.com/article/601/data-center/wheres-the-fire.ht >ml > Broken URL. Fix your mailer. Or throw it away and get one that works. Or post via the web interface

FW: Where's the fire? | Computerworld Shark Tank

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Fwd: What's ahead for 2019 by Trevor Eddolls

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Fwd: Mainframe brains-slurper sues IBM for 'age discrim', calls Ginny and biz 'morally bankrupt' . The Register

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Fwd: How Ancient Religious Texts Went Digital (with IBM's help)

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Fwd: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

For those of you who find yourselves in this type of working environment. https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/its-official-open-plan-offices-are-now-dumbest-management-fad-of-all-time.html Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991

How about a little Christmas fudge? | Computerworld Shark tank

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Re: CA VIew Reports

At my old job, I used XMITIP, which is freeware, to do that via a SARBATCH job. That is I had it email me the extracted report as a PDF document. Lionel Dyck has two tools on his website < http://www.lbdsoftware.com/index.htm> that can be used in combination. One is an ISPF interface to CA-VIEW

Fwd: So you think anyone will want this 'timesharing' stuff? | SHARK TANK

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Fwd: IBM selling Lotus Notes/Domino business to HCL for $1.8B

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Fwd: 3 aging IT specialties that just won't retire

That system runs what? IT leaders face a quandary as Boomers vanish, but the need for COBOL, mainframe, and legacy storage skills does not https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2018/11/3-aging-it-specialties-just-won-t-retire Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991

Fwd: That bus rolls both ways | Shark Tank

While not mainframe related, maybe some of you have had a similar experience, resulting in the same outcome. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3322906/it-careers/that-bus-rolls-both-ways.html Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991

So much for THAT excuse | Computerworld SHARK TANK

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Fwd: Oh, THAT SMP! | Shark Tank

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Shark Tank - Little IT Shop of Horrors II: Another fine mess

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Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

"Official: IBM to gobble Red Hat for $34bn – yes, the enterprise Linux biz - Mainframe giant to try on open-source outfit": https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/28/ibm_redhat_acquisition/ Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991 On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 7:54 PM Mark Re

Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

"Forget Watson, the Red Hat acquisition may be the thing that saves IBM" https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/28/forget-watson-the-red-hat-acquisition-may-be-the-thing-that-saves-ibm/ Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991 On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 4:14 PM Steve Thompson wrote: > I

Fwd: What! Mainframers hate mainframes??

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​Fwd: IBM mainframe containers grow more secure | ZDNet

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Fwd: The only way is up, baby: IBM UK sales down, profit down, headcount down • The Register

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Fwd: What's Big and Blue – and makes its veteran staff sue? Yep, it's IBM • The Register

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Fwd: Why banks didn’t ‘rip and replace’ their mainframes | Network World

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Fwd: More about Zowe | By Trevor Eddolls

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Fwd: Z is for Zowe

Forwarding Trevor Eddolls article on the subject. https://it.toolbox.com/blogs/trevoreddolls/z-is-for-zowe-090218 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the

Re: Address for ISPF-L

You can find information using the Catalist, http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 7:53 AM John McKown wrote: > isp...@listserv.nd.edu is the address I use to send emails. But I don't > remember how to subscribe / unsubscribe. > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 6:19 AM Stan

Re: Encryption keys and EM waves

I wonder if tempest shielding < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename)> will now become a necessity? On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 2:23 PM Tomasz Rola wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:25:53AM -0500, Joel C. Ewing wrote: > > On 08/22/2018 05:09 PM, Rob Schramm wrote: > > > While the keys

Just FYI: Distributed teams are rewriting the rules of office(less) politics | TechCrunch

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FYI: IEEE Survey Ranks Programming Languages

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Re: RACF Special User Revoked System

For future reference, there is a RACF related mailing list, RACF-L. List name: RACF-L Host name: LISTSERV.UGA.EDU (UGA) Subscribers: 1,794 Features: - Virus protection (F-Secure Anti-Virus 10.20)

Fwd: Weirdest. Acquisition. Ever. Broadcom buys CA Technologies • The Register

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Throwback Thursday: Hey mister, got the time? | Computerworld

"This law-enforcement agency stores its mainframe data with time stamps on every record. That can be important, especially in court cases, says a database admin pilot fish there." ...continued at:

Re: Seeking a tool to do a network security scan of z/OS

If your site already uses Qualys, then it can be used to scan z/OS too. On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 3:53 PM Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) < lionel.d...@va.gov> wrote: > Is there a tool available that can do a network security scan of a z/OS > system to identify network vulnerabilities? > > thanks > >

Fwd: Finished, redefined | Computerworld Shark Tank

Flashback to the 1980s, when computer-aided software engineering methodologies are all the rage for major mainframe software projects, according to a pilot fish in the know. continued at ... https://www.computerworld.com/article/3284106/application-development/finished-redefined.html

Fwd: IBM shuffles mainframe docs leaving customers crying 'sabotage' • The Register

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Fwd: The 'Baby' that ushered in modern computer age - BBC News

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Fwd: Visa fingers 'very rare' data centre switch glitch for payment meltdown • The Register

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Fwd: Security and Performance Help Mainframes Stand the Test of Time - The Linux Foundation

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FYI: IBM Systems Magazine - The Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project Outlines Mainframe Usage in New Report

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America’s new supercomputer beats China’s fastest machine to take title of world’s most powerful - MIT Technology Review

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Re: OT: Rap music (was Re: opinion: multi-platform program design)

I've determined that rap music is very boring, to me anyway. On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 3:15 PM Peter Hunkeler wrote: > It's amost Friday, right. At least here in Zurich > >Rap music is performed by those that can not sing so others can not > think. > > > rap music? Isn't this a contradiction in

How mainframes put muscle behind autonomous data maintenance software | Network World

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Re: z/OS and black cats

When I use the link, I get back: Sorry, this content isn't available right now The link you followed may have expired, or the page may only be visible to an audience you're not in. On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 12:21 PM Nightwatch RenBand wrote: > My FB just popped up a pic from the "For the love of

This 1966 Article About 'Computer Danger' Predicted a Bleak Future of Bank Crimes and Info Leaks

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History of the Information System Technology (IT) Rating – Station HYPO

Sharing since IBM is mentioned several times in this article. I was a CTO in the Navy from 1969 to 1991 (part of that was in the reserves from 1979 to 1991). https://stationhypo.com/2018/06/04/history-of-the-information-system-technology-it-rating/ -- Regards, Mark T. Regan

Throwback Thursday: It seemed like the thing to do at the time | Computerworld

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Fwd: BMC binned by Bain and buds, bought by investment company • The Register

BMC binned by Bain and buds, bought by an investment company New owner signals M possibilities – could a CA acqui-merge be back on the table? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/31/bmc_sold_to_kkr/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Fwd: NAB mainframe turns its TOESUP* after power outage, offline 7 hours • The Register

National Australia Bank https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/27/nab_mainframe_outage/ Not a mainframe problem, but one with the data center's electrical power infrastructure. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Fwd: Doing more with less, By Trevor Eddolls

Doing more with less By Trevor Eddolls Sunday, April 08, 2018 There’s been a mantra in management circles that mainframes don’t need that many staff. The heady days of the 1980s seem like a different world when a dozen operators would come to work for each shift and there were rooms full of

Fwd: Co-op says IT upgrade project going swell since axing IBM • The Register

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Re: Waiting for IBM to step away from Laura Ingraham sponsorship

IMHO, this mailing list should be kept free of all political and religious discussion. Its intended purposes is to further technical and operational discussions about IBM mainframe hardware and the software that runs on it. If you start injecting political and religions viewpoints on the list,

Fwd: The evolution of IT infrastructure – from mainframe to server-less | ITProPortal

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It's a miracle! | Computerworld Shark Tank

Somewhat mainframe related. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3264354/it-industry/its-a-miracle.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message:

Fwd: IBM Pushed Out Older Workers In Favor of 'Thrifty, Authentic' Millennials: Report

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Fwd: US mulls drafting gray-haired hackers during times of crisis • The Register

While not mainframe related, it does mention "gray-haired" people, which many of us are now. :-) https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/21/uncle_sam_mulls_drafting_grayhaired_hackers_during_times_of_crisis/ -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Session Manager

Another option would be to use a tn3270 emulator that keeps all the sessions within one window, but have individual session tabs at the bottom of said window. The one I'm familiar with that can do that is Passport, from Rocket Software. On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 12:57 PM Seymour J Metz

Re: Session Manager

Several selling points for using a session manager are: 1) you only have to make one tn3270 connection, as long as you have SNA connectivity with all the LPARS you want to have SNA sessions with; 2) if you lose that tn3270 connection, when you log back into it, your active 3270 sessions are still

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