I always thought of MCP as a restrictive front-end to RACF or a bad WLM policy. When it abended, you either got to the correct RACF rules or it reverted to the good WLM policy or possible pre goal mode days.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Maynard Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Systems Programming for 8 Year-olds On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 10:32:02AM -0500, Compton, John wrote: > I still think the way "MCP" was depicted in "Tron" is the best simile. > A big stern 'something' whirling round and round letting (or making) things > happen as it sees fit. Uhm, but why didn't the ENCOM mainframe enter a disabled wait state when Tron ABENDed it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
