Re: REXX/COBOL conversion question

Allen:  This is Warren Brown.  Do you remember working with me? Warren  On Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 10:58:29 AM EDT, Allan Staller <0387911dea17-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Classification: Confidential I have the following: COBOL: 05 FR-KWY PIC X(12). IF FR-KEY=

Re: not using SMPe

Thanks On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 09:15:59 PM EDT, Andrew Rowley wrote: On 16/03/2023 12:01 pm, Warren Brown wrote: >  Andrew, I have been out for a while.  Is there a replacement for SMPE ? > Warren There have always been ways to deliver software without using SMP

Re: not using SMPe

Andrew, I have been out for a while.  Is there a replacement for SMPE ? Warren On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 06:15:29 PM EDT, Andrew Rowley wrote: On 15/03/2023 8:33 am, Jay Maynard wrote: > That's because SMP/E and its power are only truly present in the z/OS and > predecessors

Re: How do I issue a command with a blank in it?

Hey mainframers is Rob Jackson still doing updates? On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 01:12:05 PM EDT, Charles Mills wrote: App received HOW NOW,    BROWN COW Quoting the command preserves the lower case, even with the embedded blanks. (No, I did not test every permutation.) /F

Re: Tabulating Machines (was "... z114")

COOL On Monday, May 30, 2022, 06:57:59 AM EDT, Seymour J Metz wrote: I would expect to see finite difference calculations in the 1960s on a 60x or 610 rather than a 407, although the Manhattan Project did do calculations on a room full of tabulators. Displaying operational registers

Re: Goodbye, Hello

I hope you enjoy retirement On Friday, November 12, 2021, 09:42:39 AM EST, Bob Bridges wrote: I did a few months for them, but I thought they were in Bloomington.  Wait, maybe that's State Farm?  I get them confused. I didn't care so much for the work I did for them, but the town

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

Noodle picker is the grand daddy of DASD it you at DASD address you'l see MBBCCHHRR THE  first characters NBB are good for noodle picker only. On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 06:02:31 PM EDT, Phil Smith III wrote: I of course understand Wikipedia's desire for citation, but in cases

Re: Serverpac installs January 2022 and beyond - Issues

Hey experts;  I am back with mainframes.  I have a new position to analyze to  assembly language program. Is their any programs to analyze ASM programs for re-write them to a more modern language. Perhaps their are tools to help me,  Thanks, Warren   reaOn Monday, November 1, 2021, 11:49:52

Re: Assembler Language Programming for IBM System z Servers

Hello, I've been away for a while.  What is the assembly language equivalent for a COBOL copybook? Thanks, Warren  On Monday, March 29, 2021, 11:08:43 AM EDT, Wendell Lovewell <01e9c0ee0673-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Hello all. Does anyone know if Dr Ehrman's excellent

Re: Colours on screen (mainframe history question)

I remember this activity . . .  On Thursday, February 25, 2021, 08:28:06 PM EST, g...@gabegold.com wrote: In 1971, Mitre (DC-area non-profit think tank for government -- had a 2250 connected to OS/360, which included native device support for it. When we installed VM circa 1972, I

Re: fluroscopes for shoe fitting was Re: IBM SR going away?

Yes, I remeberr those machines,  I thought they were X-rays. On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 09:44:16 AM EDT, Charles Mills wrote: Way OT but yes! As a little scientist I loved those machines. Loved seeing the bones in my feet when I wiggled my toes. My informal understanding at the

Re: (OT) Good bye everyone

Me too, Ed I have not been very active on IBM-MAIN but I am in my seventies and they made me a project manager.  I tried, but being a bureaucrat IS NOT ME!.  I resigned!! but I am working enough to get retirement (three weeks)   Warren Brown From: Edward Gould To: IBM-MAIN

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

gee, I,ve worked at both places. When IRS 6 years ago running C++ and COBOL on the mainframe. From: Clark Morris To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 9:05 PM Subject: Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers [Default] On 18 Apr

Re: The Beauty of the COBOL Programming Language - DevOps.com

Cool From: Gabe Goldberg To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:32 AM Subject: The Beauty of the COBOL Programming Language - DevOps.com https://devops.com/the-beauty-of-the-cobol-programming-language-v2/ -- Gabriel Goldberg,

Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage?

YES, I REMEMBER 1410 THROUGH 360 From: "Pommier, Rex" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 12:14 PM Subject: Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage? Actually if one believes everything in the article, it is like the 3380s.

Re: LRS VPS Printer Replacment

Hey Rob From: "Jackson, Rob" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 4:30 PM Subject: Re: LRS VPS Printer Replacment Not sure whom you were asking, but I can answer for our formerly-VPS, now-NPF shop.  We have 65 active physical

Re: Mainframe operating systems?

What about TPS for model 20 On Wed, 4/19/17, Lloyd wrote: Subject: Re: Mainframe operating systems? To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 10:09 PM VP/CSS And you missed one of the OS/360

Re: curious: why S/360 & decendants are "big endian".

I thought it was me . .joined IBM the same day as the 360 was announced On Thu, 3/9/17, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote: Subject: Re: curious: why S/360 & decendants are "big endian". To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: Thursday, March

Re: One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

Actually, there was a desktop computer called GENIAC which came out in 1955.  Quite crude but it worked fine.  I got an unmolested one off ebay about a year ago.  I first saw one when I was an IBM CE in the sixties. Heathkit had an analog computer in 1956.  Again I got one off ebay two years

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

AMAZING From: Ed Gould edgould1...@comcast.net To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 7:08 PM Subject: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdWQAKzESA

Re: hexadecimal?

In the 70s 'TCAM'  it used PCI to function the entire time TCAM was running.  There was only one channel program that handled all requests.  If TCAM ran out of work, the channel program would TIC to location 2 which cause a channel program check.  TCAM STAE routine would recover.

Re: hexadecimal?

So , hexadecimal is not the same EBCDIC ? From: David L. Craig dlc@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2013 1:44 PM Subject: Re: hexadecimal? On 13Dec08:0942-0800, Charles Mills wrote: It is a pet peeve of mine. People use

Re: Moving JES2 spool volumes

Did you get married?  If so, best wishes From: Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Tue, July 10, 2012 8:04:49 PM Subject: Re: Moving JES2 spool volumes We need to move an R13 JES2 MAS onto new spool volumes. R13