Re: Diagram of MVS Control Blocks

2021-04-24 Thread Tom Brennan
Thanks... I wouldn't have guessed that. On 4/23/2021 2:36 PM, Joe Monk wrote: That's the symbol for a removable disc pack. Joe On Fri, Apr 23, 2021, 16:29 Tom Brennan wrote: Oh... maybe a drum? At first I was thinking of that old IBM robot that grabbed spools of very wide tape and

Re: Diagram of MVS Control Blocks

2021-04-24 Thread Michael A. Shaw
On 4/23/2021 3:43 PM, PINION, RICHARD W. wrote: Many years ago, 1982, I took my first MVS class, MVS Structure and Logic. One of the first handouts our class was given was a spaghetti diagram of MVS control blocks. Unfortunately, I threw mine away in 2016, when I thought my system programming

Dr. Robert Rannie's diagram of NIP was Re: Diagram of MVS Control Blocks

2021-04-24 Thread Clark Morris
[Default] On 24 Apr 2021 13:21:37 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main techsupp...@quickref.com (Michael A. Shaw) wrote: >On 4/23/2021 3:43 PM, PINION, RICHARD W. wrote: >> Many years ago, 1982, I took my first MVS class, MVS Structure and Logic. >> One of >> the first handouts our class was given

Re: SMPe receive e37-04 on SMPPTS1

2021-04-24 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
W dniu 24.04.2021 o 23:46, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 21:25:49 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: Before APPLY - take care about SMPPTS1 DDDEFs in other zones. Is it useful, or even safe, to define SMPPTS* in other than GLOBAL zone? It is necessary. Does SMP/E warn or

Re: SMPe receive e37-04 on SMPPTS1

2021-04-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 21:25:49 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >Before APPLY - take care about SMPPTS1 DDDEFs in other zones. > Is it useful, or even safe, to define SMPPTS* in other than GLOBAL zone? Does SMP/E warn or prohibit inconsistent SMPPTS* definitions among zones? (I remember Ed Gould

Re: Format PDS unloaded on an CD

2021-04-24 Thread Peter Sylvester
Hi, finally I hacked a little python (need to learn rexx) to reconstruct the bdws/rdws of an ind$file corrupted iebcopy unloaded pds. this (is |was known to be)  possible since the content is self describing. best Peter

Re: Format PDS unloaded on an CD

2021-04-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 18:14:20 +0200, Peter Sylvester wrote: > >finally I hacked a little python (need to learn rexx) to reconstruct the >bdws/rdws of an ind$file >corrupted iebcopy unloaded pds. > >this (is |was known to be)  possible since the content is self describing. > I'm curious. How did

Re: SMPe receive e37-04 on SMPPTS1

2021-04-24 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
Before APPLY - take care about SMPPTS1 DDDEFs in other zones. -- Radoslaw Skorupka (looking for new job) Lodz, Poland W dniu 23.04.2021 o 19:59, Bill Giannelli pisze: Thank you for the replies! Yes, SMPe "recovered" from the E37-04. It spilled over to SMPPTS1 then in turn spilled over to

Re: Format PDS unloaded on an CD

2021-04-24 Thread Peter Sylvester
I had 3 tries: the ibm doc + iEYIBAL , well, got it almost right I spend too much time correcting th 12 byte logic etc., got lost. this morning, I just read the hercules dasdload.c  for the VS format, and bingo. needed some oisters fand foie gras for breakfast. :-) the first two records have