Re: Reliable source for slang term "noodle picker"?

Ob3850 At least the 2321 didn't drop cells on the floor. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Charles Mills [charl...@mcn.org] Sent: Saturday, October 30,

Re: Reliable source for slang term "noodle picker"?

I never met anybody who talked about the 2321 and didn't use the terms. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Bill Ogden Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2021 11:41 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Reliable source for slang term

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Hi I added two load modules successfully using CSVDYLPA and later got a BLDL FAILED for that module DCB NOT OPEN when trying to link to that module I thought once added to LPA its in the system search path Thanks _

Re: IBM ZDNT Learner's Edition - beware

I agree. On Saturday, October 30, 2021, Laurence Chiu wrote: > I knew that but I'm not that desperate to get into a hobby environment by > spending that kind of money. $120 is a no-brainer > > On Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 9:58 PM Sebastian Welton > wrote: > > > On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:15:06 +1300,

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Hello Barbara, Those files are not stored in EBCDIC. I used ISPF 3.17 to View the files using the UTF-8 option. Then you can see the XML source. On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:05:07 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: >Now Marna tells us the ptfs where it can be found. That little tidbit of >information

Re: Reliable source for slang term "noodle picker"?

Are we doing war stories? We had one for the client database at Blue Cross in Oakland. ISAM index on 2314; data on 2321. I noticed that the DOS/360 access method was not capable of driving it at its hardware-spec speed. I re-wrote the access method and succeeded at driving it at its rated speed.

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM ZDNT Learner's Edition - beware

It may not be everything I want, but IMHO it's a major improvement. It's much more affordable for HS and college students than ZD From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Pommier, Rex Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 8:38 PM To:

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Hello Cross posted Is there still uses IBM configuration assistant to deploy TTLS policy while I understand zOSMF has the capability to do the same. For educational purposes I am looking for IBM configuration assistant tool wizard. Can someone please point me in the right direction? Jake

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM ZDNT Learner's Edition - beware

I knew that but I'm not that desperate to get into a hobby environment by spending that kind of money. $120 is a no-brainer On Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 9:58 PM Sebastian Welton wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:15:06 +1300, Laurence Chiu > wrote: > > > > > >I get a response and since I am not in the

Re: Reliable source for slang term "noodle picker"?

I get a bunch of hits on discussions, which wiki wouldn't consider reliable. Could you provide URLs for the SHARE and academic references? Thanks. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Charles Mills Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 6:21 PM To:

Re: Load Module Search Libs

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.0?topic=mq-update-zos-link-list-lpa SETPROG LPA,ADD,MODNAME=(xxx),DSNAME=hlq.lpalib On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 3:56 AM Joseph Reichman wrote: > > Hi > > > > I added two load modules successfully using CSVDYLPA and later got a BLDL > FAILED for that module DCB

Re: Reliable source for slang term "noodle picker"?

For those like me who do not know what a noodle picker was.. wikipedia has the following (and a photo) The *IBM 2321 Data Cell* announced in April 1964 (withdrawn January 1975) is a discontinued direct access storage device

Re: Reliable source for slang term "noodle picker"?

> I doubt there is an "official"source for this term, but it was a commonly > used slang term at the time. > > (This comment is from an old old timer who actually programmed and used a > noodle picker a long time ago. One thing we learned early: if possible, > keep datasets open and avoid the need

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM ZDNT Learner's Edition - beware

Moshix is not issuing more ID for his Amazon / Hercules / VM/370 / MVS 3.8 instance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuXi1DLq1Sw On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 9:58 AM Sebastian Welton wrote: > > On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:15:06 +1300, Laurence Chiu wrote: > > > > > >I get a response and since I am not in

Re: Reliable source for slang term "noodle picker"?

>From:Seymour J Metz >Subject: Reliable source for slang term "noodle picker"? >One of the wiki editors has removed mention of the term "noodle picker" from [[IBM 2321 Data Cell]] with the explanation >"Really remove unreferenced OR". Does anybody have a reliaible source for this usage

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM ZDNT Learner's Edition - beware

On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:15:06 +1300, Laurence Chiu wrote: > >I get a response and since I am not in the US I have to wait until the end >of the year; It would be cool to spin up an Ubuntu VM in the cloud >somewhere and load ZD and then play around from anywhere :-) > There is nothing stopping