Re: Trouble getting new mainframe staff?
I'm semi-retired and would LOVE to find a part time gig... but that is where the problem lies - no one wants a part timer. On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 8:36 AM Bob Bridges wrote: > If what they want is inexpensive, and they figure hiring younger less > qualified workers is the way to get less expensive, then that's not age > discrimination, it's ... what would you call it? Salary discrimination, I > suppose. Nothing immoral there, though it may prove more expensive in the > long run. I say "may", because I've assiduously avoided management > positions and don't have a feel for how to make a profit. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new > discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but 'Hmm. That's funny...'. -Isaac Asimov */ > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of John McKown > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 14:06 > > Age discrimination is basically "we want young, inexpensive, workers > regardless of qualifications" (unsaid is because that increases the top > management's bonuses). I learned that long ago when I was told my the DP > manager we would not be upgrading CICS to the supported level because it > would increase the budget and decrease his bonus. It's all about the money > going to them. Well, I imagine there might be exceptions. > > --- On Sun, Mar 20, 2022, 11:35 Roger W Suhr wrote: > > I think people in the US would be available. It all depends what the > > company is willing to pay. > > Of course there may be some age discrimination going on as well. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: lost mainframe info - Resolved - Maintec Technologies
Thank you for your assistance in locating them Charles. On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 6:48 AM Charles Mills wrote: > Sonny and Maintec are GREAT to work with! > > Charles > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Sonny Gupta > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2021 2:11 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: lost mainframe info - Resolved - Maintec Technologies > > To All, I have contacted Stan privately and provided him with Logon > information. He was able to logon and hopefully he will take over the > client's (who passed away recently) Business & Clients. We are currently > running on z12 Mainframe & soon to migrate to z/OS 2.4. Do let us if anyone > has requirement for testing/development or LPAR/Dedicated environment for > production. > > We are working on a potential opportunity to bring in a Z15-T01 (A02 > Capacity Marker) Mainframe and are considering creating/posting a short > video from the time truck delivers the Mainframe, until we are able to > logon to TSO... > > Thanks > > Sonny Gupta > Maintec Technologies, Inc > Raleigh, NC > www.maintec.com > 919-424-6323 > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: lost mainframe info
That is wonderful and thank you for your help. Is it possible for you to send contact info to me ? Privately is fine... On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 7:06 AM Charles Mills wrote: > I know the service bureau in question. They recently moved. I have sent > your information to my contact there. > > Charles > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Stan Saraczewski > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2021 6:26 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: lost mainframe info > > Using a 3270 emulator get a never ending 'connecting'. That is my > description of 'unreachable'. > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 6:16 AM Binyamin Dissen < > bdis...@dissensoftware.com> > wrote: > > > Unreachable or the credentials do not work? > > > > On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:31:30 -0800 Stan Saraczewski > > wrote: > > > > :>The host where my client has rented time and stored software is now > > :>unreachable. Used to get a standard VTAM large logo proclaiming MTI-1 > > and a > > :>list of apps below, like CICS and TSO to select from. > > > > :>Can anyone provide contact info or at least the name of the company ? > > > > -- > > Binyamin Dissen > > http://www.dissensoftware.com > > > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > > > > > Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, > > you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. > > > > I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, > > especially those from irresponsible companies. > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: lost mainframe info
Ok thanks for all the questions and tips. If no one recognizes the logo I may just have to abandon the question. On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 6:40 AM Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2021, at 14:25, Stan Saraczewski wrote: > > Using a 3270 emulator get a never ending 'connecting'. That is my > > description of 'unreachable'. > > Do you know if your client was likely to have had some sort of > official arrangement with some site with a real machine etc, or > could this be as basic as someone running either Hercules (an > emulator) on a PC? Or the IBM equivalent of that? > > If it's a PC-based emulation of real kit, then - especially if it has > been run by someone other than a business, it might just not be > running at the moment. > > If they're not in your part of the world, then you might have to > try again in the middle of the night. > > > Your definition of "unreachable" is not altogether helpful. What > happens if you ping or tracert that ip address? > > > You also mentioned what the VTAM login screen looked like. > Do you have a screenshot? Apart from the "MTI-1" literal you > mentioned, do any of the listed services have any clues at all > in their names? > > -- > Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: lost mainframe info
Yes hence the request for contact info. On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 6:56 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > I assume that you mean a TN3270 client. Is it possible that they've moved > their TN3270 server? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Stan Saraczewski [stansaraczew...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2021 9:25 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: lost mainframe info > > Using a 3270 emulator get a never ending 'connecting'. That is my > description of 'unreachable'. > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 6:16 AM Binyamin Dissen < > bdis...@dissensoftware.com> > wrote: > > > Unreachable or the credentials do not work? > > > > On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:31:30 -0800 Stan Saraczewski > > wrote: > > > > :>The host where my client has rented time and stored software is now > > :>unreachable. Used to get a standard VTAM large logo proclaiming MTI-1 > > and a > > :>list of apps below, like CICS and TSO to select from. > > > > :>Can anyone provide contact info or at least the name of the company ? > > > > -- > > Binyamin Dissen > > > http://secure-web.cisco.com/1ksEO0q_87DZp9s5P9n4ICIpPleW0aOAiTX9Y6rsOdz184wGt2ELMEC5jFpsfsnmpoFVr1iO7-oAuqw5hLULLg9Mhlkfuvh0xwO_XSIUnswEp0K_Yy_Zj9L_SOZ91uTmE5lkRdwuyQ465NkwWVxUXvF56MVlXg3lwJskiQLIRmOzooP9BUqbYjcsEpyfbyA3T1gZfXEZbLrMU-PMrthiub4q-gC_o-BWMqKofRQShos5ZGzVmWZICyNh2VJc7SeS8jzjX2vqSe_kyn3FFcKoRZHSGBHzmKKo9YjOgrzczslXMig-rebUlSonxa78k-D709vH_nGpNraqwLhQISBS-VGOVeIaf_tm09OWo7Iv5rHCnRXSA9U5up-9Fl18c-N7SdueuMxzM0yp_5eIiGZtMaX0DXTeopdpynqZPUCYL4wWQCWCVF1cZcl-_7C2Skvyc/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dissensoftware.com > > > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > > > > > Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, > > you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. > > > > I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, > > especially those from irresponsible companies. > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: lost mainframe info
Using a 3270 emulator get a never ending 'connecting'. That is my description of 'unreachable'. On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 6:16 AM Binyamin Dissen wrote: > Unreachable or the credentials do not work? > > On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:31:30 -0800 Stan Saraczewski > wrote: > > :>The host where my client has rented time and stored software is now > :>unreachable. Used to get a standard VTAM large logo proclaiming MTI-1 > and a > :>list of apps below, like CICS and TSO to select from. > > :>Can anyone provide contact info or at least the name of the company ? > > -- > Binyamin Dissen > http://www.dissensoftware.com > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > > Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, > you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. > > I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, > especially those from irresponsible companies. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: lost mainframe info
Searching for the info is in progress now. On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 6:21 AM Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2021, at 13:44, Stan Saraczewski wrote: > > The owner recently is deceased and his wife does not know. Yes an IP addr > > but that is pretty useless using WHOIS. > > At least you should know the country involved, though. > > How about however payment was made? Surely there's an account number > or (if by eg PayPal) an email address? > > Were there no support emails? > > -- > Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: lost mainframe info
Yes, AT+T. Not sure if they would share customer info. On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 5:43 AM Itschak Mugzach < 0305158ad67d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Do you have an ip address? Who own it? > > בתאריך יום ו׳, 12 במרץ 2021, 15:32, מאת Stan Saraczewski < > stansaraczew...@gmail.com>: > > > The host where my client has rented time and stored software is now > > unreachable. Used to get a standard VTAM large logo proclaiming MTI-1 > and a > > list of apps below, like CICS and TSO to select from. > > > > Can anyone provide contact info or at least the name of the company ? > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: lost mainframe info
The owner recently is deceased and his wife does not know. Yes an IP addr but that is pretty useless using WHOIS. On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 5:42 AM Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2021, at 13:31, Stan Saraczewski wrote: > > The host where my client has rented time and stored software is now > > unreachable. Used to get a standard VTAM large logo proclaiming MTI-1 > and a > > list of apps below, like CICS and TSO to select from. > > > > Can anyone provide contact info or at least the name of the company ? > > If your client /rented/ facilities surely they had a contract of some > sort, and > thus must know the company name etc? > > How did they logon? Was there an ip address involved? > > -- > Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
lost mainframe info
The host where my client has rented time and stored software is now unreachable. Used to get a standard VTAM large logo proclaiming MTI-1 and a list of apps below, like CICS and TSO to select from. Can anyone provide contact info or at least the name of the company ? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Recruiters are looking for mainframers
We are in a new world of recruiters now - most of them are technically clueless and act as gatekeepers. I for one only have a textbook knowledge of db/2 and opportunities are far and few between that do not require it. On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 8:35 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > The one's I've seen mostly require CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ or WAS experience. > I'd certainly be interested in a development position in HLASM, PL/I, REXX > or a language to be learned on the job. How many of the reqs are real and > how many are just stockpiling resumes? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of Bob Bridges > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 10:49 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Recruiters are looking for mainframers > > Not too long ago on the RACF-L listserv someone mentioned a dearth of > mainframe jobs, and I opened my mouth and put my foot in it: I said I get > emails from recruiters pretty frequently and I could pass along some of > them if anyone was interested. I immediately became the possessor of a > short distribution list of folks from RACF-L who were interested in seeing > any interesting-looking reqs I got. > > Just about that time the COVID problem became real (I guess it was longer > ago than I realized), so nowadays instead of half a dozen in a week I get > only two or three tops. I'm still passing them along...but it occurs to > me maybe the handful of people on my list aren't the only ones out there > interested in finding mainframe work. > > The reqs I get are usually (but not always) for contract work, almost > always (with only a few exceptions) for the mainframe, about half for > security and half for development of some kind. I'm not getting anything > for this, nor asking anything; all I do is create a new email, attach a few > emails to it and send it to the list. So if anyone here is looking around, > let me know and I'll add you to my list. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* from "A Pilgrim's Way" by Rudyard Kipling: > Deliver me from every pride - the Middle, High and Low > That bars me from a brother's side, whatever pride he show */ > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Covid-19 COBOL Needs
Same form letter I got. Oh well... On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 4:25 AM Matt Hogstrom wrote: > Received this response from New Jersey (I sent in a volunteer request a > few days after the initial call for coders) > > Hello, > > Thank you, again, for expressing your interest in assisting the State of > New Jersey's response to the unprecedented challenges raised by COVID-19. > Thousands of people and organizations have reached out, and we're truly > humbled by our communities' response to these trying times. > At this time, the State of New Jersey has sufficient technical staff to > support critical services. However, we are grateful for your interest and > your spirit of public service. As we battle this pandemic, we are > constantly evaluating our needs and the best ways to continue serving New > Jerseyans. Should further technological assistance be required, we will be > in touch. > > In the interim, if you are interested in volunteering, we encourage you to > explore the following two options: > 1) There are an array of non-profit service providers assisting New > Jerseyans in need - sign up to volunteer in your community by visiting our > new volunteer portal. > 2) U.S. Digital Response is offering pro bono support to state and local > governments across the country - learn more about signing up to help other > communities here. > > Thank you, again, for your offer to assist the State of New Jersey. > > Sincerely, > The State of New Jersey’s COVID-19 Response Team > > > > Matt Hogstrom > m...@hogstrom.org > PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 > > “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite > enough time.” > - Leonard Bernstein > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
regarding the 'shortage of mainframe talent'
Question - how does a semi retired person secure part time projects ? There is a difficulty getting past the 40 hour a week retirement... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
COBOL help for NJ
I'd like to present myself to the NJ Labor Dept to assist with their COBOL tasks... does anyone know of a direct e-mail where I won't have to go thru their regular channels for jobs ? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
