Dear z/OS users,
We are reaching out to remind you that the z/OSMF 2024 user survey is currently
ongoing and will be ending by the end of May.
We kindly request that you take 5-10 minutes of your time to answer the survey
questions, if you have not done so already. Your feedback is valuable
Dear z/OS users,
Last year, you helped us better understand how you were using z/OSMF for your
work and how it could be enhanced in different ways. Since that survey, the
z/OSMF team has been working on areas for improvement based on your feedback.
To name a few, we removed CIM dependency
Hi Mark, It turned out something more basic. I had forgotten to add the line
in my TCPIP.PROFILE to allow z/OSMF to use port 443.
Thanks, Rex
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I have seen this before. You need to make sure that the Certificate you set up
for your production system can also be used on the other system. You can have
multiple SANs (IP addresses) defined in the Cert, so add any system that might
use the same Cert.
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] z/osmf missing directory
Hi again,
Got past my last problem and now while trying to apply UJ93002 to get the 3.1
workflow loaded into the filesystem, the apply failed because
/usr/lpp/bcp/upgrade doesn't exist
Hi again,
Got past my last problem and now while trying to apply UJ93002 to get the 3.1
workflow loaded into the filesystem, the apply failed because
/usr/lpp/bcp/upgrade doesn't exist. While I can manually go into the FS and
create the directory, I'm concerned that I missed some step that
o2=0x744C7246)
>
> I do a netstat on port 443 and get this:
>
> D TCPIP,TCPIP,NETSTAT,ALLCON,PORT=443
> EZZ2500I NETSTAT CS V2R4 TCPIP 496
> USER ID CONN LOCAL SOCKET FOREIGN SOCKET STATE
> 0 OF 0 RECORDS DISPLAYED
> END OF THE REPORT
>
> Over on the pro
Follow-up and resolution.
We found it. “stupid sysprog trick”. I was missing a line in my TCPIP PROFILE
member telling it to reserve port 443 for z/OSMF on our test LPAR. I looked at
that member in production, even running compares against the one being used for
test, about a half dozen
STATE
0 OF 0 RECORDS DISPLAYED
END OF THE REPORT
Over on the production LPAR I see that IZUSVR1 is bound to port 443.
Within the z/OSMF active config file I see this on the non
f_file_error
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 6:28 PM Pommier, Rex
> wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> We are attempting our first foray into getting z/OSMF up and running.
>> Scenario is we're backleveled maintenance-wise on our 2.4 system. We ran
>> the secur
Does this help?
https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/pr-end-of-file-error/#what-causes-the-pr_end_of_file_error
On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 6:28 PM Pommier, Rex
wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> We are attempting our first foray into getting z/OSMF up and running.
> Scenario is we're backleveled main
Hi List,
We are attempting our first foray into getting z/OSMF up and running. Scenario
is we're backleveled maintenance-wise on our 2.4 system. We ran the security
configuration setup etc and got z/OSMF up and running on the production LPAR we
are planning on running it from. However when
Try here.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=consider-zos-upgrade-workflows
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Hello,
I am wanting to download the z/osmf workflow for z/os 3.1. Can someone send me
the link where I can find this?
Thanks
Shelia Chalk
Mainframe System Programmer
sch...@ssfcu.org
==
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Nevermind found it
Shelia Chalk
Mainframe System Programmer
sch...@ssfcu.org
From: Chalk, Shelia
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 3:08 PM
To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
Subject: Z/OSMF email
Hello,
I am looking to setup the z/osmf outgoing email configuration. It has smtp
userid and smtp
Hello,
I am looking to setup the z/osmf outgoing email configuration. It has smtp
userid and smtp password. On the screen it says it is required, do I have to
put both in there or is there a way I can skip the userid and password?
Thanks
Shelia Chalk
Mainframe System Programmer
sch
. z/OSMF could not connect to
the DDS or Linux data gatherer at URL address. Reason: reason.
Explanation
The request failed because z/OSMF could not connect to the Resource
Measurement Facility (RMF) Distributed Data Server (DDS) or to the Linux
data
gatherer located at the specified URL
Hello,
I am new to z/osmf. I am getting this error
IZUR400E The request could not be completed. z/OSMF could not connect to the
DDS or Linux data gatherer at UR
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks
Shelia Chalk
Mainframe System Programmer
sch...@ssfcu.org
On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:47:21 -0700, Ed Jaffe
wrote:
>On 9/19/2023 6:39 AM, Matt Hogstrom wrote:
>> Zowe, last I saw, ships an SMP/E install as well as a “convenience” build
>> that is basically a pax file. Given that Zowe basically updates on a
>> frequent basis the update is basically
On 9/19/2023 6:39 AM, Matt Hogstrom wrote:
Zowe, last I saw, ships an SMP/E install as well as a “convenience” build that
is basically a pax file. Given that Zowe basically updates on a frequent basis
the update is basically replacing the core software so pax is far easier.
In my experience
I think that it comes down to provenance (is where it came from trusted) as
well as a need for support when something goes wrong. The community support is
best effort with no warranties. Other vendors like IBM, Rocket and Broadcom
are now pre-requing the Zowe and as such they provide support
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I believe you can still order CBIPO, but z/OSMF does (unfortunately) seem to be
the way IBM wants everyone to go. I personally disagree with z/OSMF for many
reasons (most of them due to overhead and capability restrictions), but mine
seems
I believe you can still order CBIPO, but z/OSMF does (unfortunately) seem to be
the way IBM wants everyone to go. I personally disagree with z/OSMF for many
reasons (most of them due to overhead and capability restrictions), but mine
seems to be a waste of breath. :)
Any way ZOWE is open
If you want to ship a product that uses Zowe vendors can prereq Zowe. I’d
contact Bruce Armstrong at IBM to talk about that. He is involved in the Zowe
community and can give some guidance. You can ask questions to the Zowe
Community here on their Slack
Would it be correct to say that every shop has z/OSMF installed because that
is the only method of
updating your system that IBM now supports? Ordering CBPDOs (or whatever
they were called) is
no longer an option? OTOH, Zowe is an open-source project that the average
shop will not be using? So
Longfellow
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Subject: Re: z/OSMF and the Old Timer
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Thanks Kurt.
It is comforting to know that I can still punch my way out of a paper bag.
I took the 'clear the catalog' approach for the Dlibs.It was not totally
clear sailing. Still haunted by data set decisions and location choices made
(literally) decades ago.
I am now at the Post
will not be happy)
>
> Any suggestions?
I can't think of anything else besides the options you mention. Sorry.
Kurt Quackenbush
IBM | z/OS SMP/E and z/OSMF Software Management | ku...@us.ibm.com
Chuck Norris never uses CHECK when he applies PTFs.
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Thanks Kurt.Using Indirect Cataloging did the job for my Target SYSRES
datasets. z/OSMF no longer complains.
However, this is the first creation of my Dlibs from the Portable Software
Instance. They are also intended to have the same names that have been around
for (almost) ever
Tom, to use your existing master catalog and use existing data set names, have
to tell z/OSMF you want indirectly catalog the new target data sets. In the
Deployment Configuration wizard, on the Volumes page, select your SYSRES volume
and click the Modify action. On the Modify Volume page
to the existing master catalog.
If you click on "Help" on that screen, and then "Catalogs" within the help,
there are some good pictures which show what will happen with your existing
mcat.
What is the "Existing master catalog" option there for? To know whether z/O
Yet another answer to my own post
I stripped out everything to do with the Software instances and deployments
related to my Zos25 install.
I defined an instance for my new deployment
This instance was modeled on my ZOS V2R4 install. The source for the instance
is the downloaded ShopZ ZFS.
As always Marna - THANK YOU very much. You are always a treasure trove of
information.
I am ready to hand the reigns of the temporary HLQ manipulations back to
z/OSMF, but am having some difficulties during Job Generation.
When I removed my 'unneeded' personal HLQ --- I got 800+ errors
Tom,
The job to remove the temporary catalog alias (aka SSA) and rename the data
sets to prepare for an IPL is done during the z/OSMF Deployment (not in the
Post Deploy Workflow), and is found in the Software Management provided job,
IZUD05RN - that's the name that my generated job
And the battle continues. Ignorance is taking the hits.
I am obviously ignorant to the design of the approved 'how to' way to do this.
I tried removing the CB. prefix on my dataset names. 800+ error messages
later, I found that the Lion cannot digest that. It regurgitates every name
that
ith the 'new' method of
Installing things. I went "old school" and modified my dataset names to
prepend a HLQ of CB (I still do not know where that came from - me or z/OSMF).
What I did not know is that my worthy opponent (which I will now call the
Lion) had secret strategi
It is created as part of the workflow jobs.
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I am very familiar with that Job --- I have run it under
I am very familiar with that Job --- I have run it under ServerPac for a dozen
times over the past 20-30 years.
What I cannot find now is how to get z/OSMF to generate that JOB for the
current software order.
I have not been able to find it in the z/OSMF GUI interface
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I have had a few minor battles with z/OSMF over the years, so my view may be a
bit biased.
My new z/OS 2.5 install and upgrade is in progress. I have been going t
I have had a few minor battles with z/OSMF over the years, so my view may be a
bit biased.
My new z/OS 2.5 install and upgrade is in progress. I have been going through
all of the apps and workflows. All of my local usermods from V2R4 and before
are applied.
I am a ServerPac veteran and am
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> ... I am trying to download a software instance and z/OSMF has generated the
> JCL.
> The JCL generated has some values that are not correct - some path's that
> were generated either
> have my ID inserted with the ID being uppercase - our path names are
> lowerc
≫ some path's that were generated either have my ID inserted with the ID being
uppercase - our path names are lowercase.
Did you check this?
Enter values in uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case. The system converts input
to uppercase, unless the values are enclosed in single quotation marks,
We are z/OS V2.4. I am trying to download a software instance and z/OSMF has
generated the JCL. The JCL generated has some values that are not correct -
some path's that were generated either have my ID inserted with the ID being
uppercase - our path names are lowercase. Also one path
Subject: Re: Keyboards [WAS: z/OSMF]
I'm with you on that; I no longer lust after the 12-over/12-under function-key
layout. (The rest of the board looks like what I'm used to now anyway.) When
I talk about the advantages of the 3270 keyboard, I'm really talking about the
tactile feedback
I can't resist: <https://www.pinterest.com/pin/514747432403434674/>?
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LOL,
LOL, isn't there an xkcd about that? I do some remapping too. My numeric
keypad, especially, takes on a few of the PF keys, erase-EOF, HOME and a few
others.
Right, this one I think: https://xkcd.com/1806/. It stuck in my head because
whenever a desktop support jock has to connect to my PC
I'm with you on that; I no longer lust after the 12-over/12-under function-key
layout. (The rest of the board looks like what I'm used to now anyway.) When
I talk about the advantages of the 3270 keyboard, I'm really talking about the
tactile feedback, by which my fingers instantly knew when
I remap , etc.
Makes other people have problems when they try to use my
keyboard. :)
Steve Thompson
On 8/7/2023 2:40 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
I think I went down the same mental path as you. Nevertheless, these do
claim to be clicky-keyboards similar to 3270s, and if done well, $149 is
I think I went down the same mental path as you. Nevertheless, these do
claim to be clicky-keyboards similar to 3270s, and if done well, $149 is
reasonable. It would be really cool to have original cast iron 3278
keyboards rewired for PCs, but there would be a lot of hurdles to producing
them,
Wait, I just googled "3270 keyboards USB" and found this:
https://www.twindata.com/3270keyboard.htm
But it says "3270-style keyboard", which I'll bet refers to the layout, not the
hardware.
Hm, or not. "By providing the same layout and heavy duty quality of original
IBM terminals, users will
I think they said the price for one (indicating quantity
discounts available) was US$149.
Steve Thompson
On 8/7/2023 1:16 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
I shudder to think of the cost, but yes, I'm interested at least enough to
enquire...?
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I shudder to think of the cost, but yes, I'm interested at least enough to
enquire...?
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/* Well brought-up people have always regarded the tumbril and the scaffold as
places for one's best clothes and best manners. -C S Lewis, "De
possible). I use the same glasses for reading books and for dealing with terminals -- I am lucky that they are fairly "weak" glasses. The
discussion about z/OSMF? One of these months I will need to spend some time with it. These days I m
The slash was an or symbol. Codeset anybody?
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 8:35 AM Phil Smith III wrote:
> Wayne Bickerdike wrote:
> *Was it Sterling Software/Platinum?*
>
> Heh. Different metals, different companies-but both wound up as part of CA
> eventually.
>
>
>
>
>
Wayne Bickerdike wrote:
*Was it Sterling Software/Platinum?*
Heh. Different metals, different companies-but both wound up as part of CA
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Platinum is right. We used to carry Platinum Software DB2 utility msgs in
the MVS/QuickRef DB.
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On Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 4:29 PM Wayne Bickerdike wrote:
> *Can anyone remember the major DB2 player was?*
>
>
> *On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 8:26 AM Edward Gould
>
*Can anyone remember the major DB2 player was?*
*On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 8:26 AM Edward Gould
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<04bcc43af339-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>> wrote:*
*Was it Sterling Software/Platinum?*
On Wed, 5 Jul 2023, at 18:25, Seymour J Metz wrote:
> Yes, but is every Scots dialect intelligible to every native Scots
> speaker,
I doubt it; the dialects spoken by people in Shetland and Orkney
(the latter right now considering a return to Norwegian rule!)
are substantially different from
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On Wed, 5 Jul 2023, at 14:27, Seymour J Metz wrote:
> Aggie deri
and that the joke will
> be lost on 49/50ths of the US.
> > >
> > > Robert Crawford
> > > Abstract Evolutions LLC
> > > (210) 913-3822
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On
> Behal
On Wed, 5 Jul 2023, at 14:27, Seymour J Metz wrote:
> Aggie derives from "agricultural school"; I assure you that the English
> of, e.g.,Australia, New Zealand, UK, is just as opaque to us.
>
> Does Scotland have English terms that are understood in some regions
> but not all?
Well, we have
> > lost on 49/50ths of the US.
> >
> > Robert Crawford
> > Abstract Evolutions LLC
> > (210) 913-3822
> >
> > -Original Message-
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> > Pew, Curtis G
> > Sent: Monday, July 3,
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Hi Robert,
Is the source code available?
If yes, how does one get it?
Thanks and regards,
David
On 2023-07-05 09:17, Crawford
On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 08:52:41 -0500, Matthew Stitt
wrote:
>My son got me a keyboard very much like the classic IBM Type "M" for Christmas
>a few years ago. It is USB attached and has the name "UNICOMP" on it.
I bought two Unicomp buckling-spring keyboards. The first one, purchased in
2013
S.
Robert Crawford
Abstract Evolutions LLC
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On Jul 3, 2023, at 1:26 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote:
I wa
t; > numeric keypad (which I do not use) and has good "movement" of the
>> > keys that provides a positive feedback for an old guy like me. (The
>> > "real" 3270 terminals had great keyboards!) I can deal with the red
>> > "mouse control" o
There are a number of hits that seem relevant when I do a search for "android
version of dosbox", and once you have dosbox installed you should have access
to a bunch of old DOS-based text games, including versions of Colossal Cave, I
believe. I have not tried this personally, but I use dosbox
du/~smetz3
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On Wed, 5 Jul 2023, at 14:17, Crawfor
On Wed, 5 Jul 2023, at 14:17, Crawford Robert C (Contractor) wrote:
> In the early 80's we had an adventure game written in PL/1. It was
> largely table driven so I added a room full of Texas Aggies. To
> retrieve the "treasure," an Aggie Joke book, you had to find a bar of
> soap and throw
YES!!
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Abstract Evolutions LLC
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PLUGH
ay, July 3, 2023 1:43 PM
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On Jul 3, 2023, at 1:26 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote:
I was thinking of the old text Adventure written in FORTRAN.
You’re talking about the same game. The full name was “Colossal Cave
Adventure”, but the program
I care enough to google it only if someone else cares enough to request that
I send them a copy.
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/* Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you
come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people
Bob Bridges wrote:
>I have a copy on my phone, but I haven't tried to run it recently. If it
>works, I wonder whether there's a way to send a copy, if anyone wants it?
You can create a .apk from the app and send that. I have an old Euchre game
that's been discontinued and have moved it to
0 terminals had great keyboards!) I can deal with the red
> > "mouse control" on IBM-designed laptop keyboards when needed, but I
> > prefer a "real" mouse (with the center "dial" function, if
> > possible). I use the same glasses for reading books and fo
I have a copy on my phone, but I haven't tried to run it recently. If it
works, I wonder whether there's a way to send a copy, if anyone wants it?
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/* even though our political rhetoric is more conservative today, power
keeps
guy
> > like me. (The "real" 3270 terminals had great keyboards!) I can deal with
> > the red "mouse control" on IBM-designed laptop keyboards when needed, but I
> > prefer a "real" mouse (with the center "dial" function, if possible). I use
-designed
> laptop keyboards when needed, but I prefer a "real" mouse (with the center
> "dial" function, if possible). I use the same glasses for reading books and
> for dealing with terminals -- I am lucky that they are fairly "weak" glasses.
> The
IBM-designed laptop keyboards
when needed, but I prefer a "real" mouse (with the center "dial" function,
if possible).
I use the same glasses for reading books and for dealing with terminals -- I
am lucky that they are fairly "weak" glasses.
The discussion about z/OSMF? O
With the ubiquity of Amazon devices it's likely the OP has one of these
(Echo, Dot etc.) Just say Alexa Play Colossal Cave and it will play the
game for you.
XYZZY :-)
On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 6:19 AM Mike Schwab wrote:
> Install Linux on Android, 3270 emulator, Turkey 4-, then the games?
>
> On
Install Linux on Android, 3270 emulator, Turkey 4-, then the games?
On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 12:09 PM Phil Smith III wrote:
>
> Y'all might think about changing subject lines occasionally. ;)
>
>
>
> Alas, the Colossal Cave seems to not be compatible with current Android
> versions. I take that
Y'all might think about changing subject lines occasionally. ;)
Alas, the Colossal Cave seems to not be compatible with current Android
versions. I take that to mean the developer has lost interest. Too bad; seemed
like a nice blast from the past time-waster!
LOL haven't heard that since I was a kid watching a b/w TV.
On 7/4/2023 1:06 AM, rpinion865 wrote:
What about Pimento University, good old PU.
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On Jul 4, 2023, 7:32 AM, Tom Brennan wrote:
LOL On 7/3/2023 8:30 PM, Eric Erickson
What about Pimento University, good old PU.
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On Jul 4, 2023, 7:32 AM, Tom Brennan wrote:
> LOL On 7/3/2023 8:30 PM, Eric Erickson wrote: > PLUGH! > >
> -- > For
>
LOL
On 7/3/2023 8:30 PM, Eric Erickson wrote:
PLUGH!
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On 7/3/2023 8:15 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
Yes, about that year for me too, and at a university. Not A State U in
Greensboro, NC, by any chance?
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/* What fills the eye fills the heart. -Celtic proverb
We begin by coveting what we see every day. -Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of
Same here, ADVEN on a DEC 10 running TOPS-10, around 1979. One college
instructor told us to play it and said, "Let them play games, and that
will get them interested."
On 7/3/2023 12:05 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
Ah, yes, I remember now, we invoked it using ADVEN on the PDP-10, which used
ason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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I once spent a pleasurable few days hacking (or rather trying to hack)
Colossa
I once spent a pleasurable few days hacking (or rather trying to hack)
Colossal Cave's "magic mode". The DEC-10 machine at the college I worked at
back then had very little security; I could a program and then
examine the machine code at leisure. I got quite a few steps into the
rather lengthy
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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Ah, yes, I remember now, we in
Ah, yes, I remember now, we invoked it using ADVEN on the PDP-10, which used
36-bit words and 7-bit ASCII (hence 5 chars per word). I, too, mapped out the
whole thing back in the late '70s, and I too have forgotten most of it since
then.
I well remember struggling to figure out the puzzle of
On Jul 3, 2023, at 1:26 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote:
I was thinking of the old text Adventure written in FORTRAN.
You’re talking about the same game. The full name was “Colossal Cave
Adventure”, but the program file name was usually as many characters of
“ADVENTURE” as the system supported.
I was thinking of the old text Adventure written in FORTRAN.
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Bob
Bridges
Sent: Monday, July 3, 2023 2:23 PM
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Subject: Re: z/OSMF
LOL! Did you know Colossal Cave is now
LOL! Did you know Colossal Cave is now available on Android? I got myself a
copy, intending to map it all out, but so far I'm still exploring the forest on
the surface. Haven't played it in decades. Maybe I should introduce it to my
grandchildren.
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Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com,
ObNotAdventure You are in a maze of twisty keyboards, all different.
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of
Mike Schwab
Sent: Monday, July 3, 2023 1:58 PM
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10-11 in laptops generally have 90
converged key layout, a
> mini trackball and the keys at the front of the keyboard?
>
>
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> Bob Bridges
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AT or converged key layout, a
mini trackball and the keys at the front of the keyboard?
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Bob
Bridges
Sent: Monday, July 3, 2023 10:58 AM
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Subject: Re: z/OSMF
Apparently I used to have
I used laptops for years because of travel, but I never used their screens
or keyboards at home. I plug a real screen and a real keyboard into the
laptop, oh yes and a real trackball too. Laptops are marvelous inventions,
but there's no need to put up with their limitations.
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Bob Bridges,
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