In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: > Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:58:51 -0300 > > >in those days there was no dynamic allocation (at least in MFT & > >PCP) not sure about MVT as I never was exposed to it. > > Maybe in OS/360 release 1; certainly not in any release I ever saw. By > release 14 it was doing an OPENJ just like anybody else. > <sigh of deep relief> But that leaves open the question of why it doesn't exploit the catalog when no VOL is supplied. Does it use DYNALLOC?
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