"Jim Mulder" wrote: ... many enlightening things ... Thanks for the the answer.
I had the benefits of suspend/resume (and especially the associated "tack-on" to a currently running channel program) drummed into me in the 3033 timeframe. As we were replacing 158's with the afore-mentioned 3033's in fact. So maybe I have a too-strong attachment to protecting ASM and its associated performance updates. I shall retreat back under my rock for a while and cogitate. Cheers ... Shane ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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