The last 2 weeks I spent at my last job, I spent a lot of time FTPing stuff
to my PC. I made 2 CDs worth, as it wouldn't quite fit on 1 CD. I kept all
my JCL libraries, all of the mainframe system documentation libraries I
could find, and all of our Parmlib, system Proclib, etc. There was no
company data. This was also done with the blessing of my manager.
I would have much prefered to write everything to a 3490 tape, but since I
had no idea whether the place I went to would have 3490 tape drives, I
figured the CD was a better choice. As it turns out, we do have a couple
3490 drives at my current employer. I'm sure it would have taken me a lot
less time setting up the JCL than the FTPs took. I think a 5 Cyl JCL file
with about 1,000 members took 10 or 15 minutes.
I downloaded one PDS to the mainframe at my current job, but I do look at
other stuff on the CDs every now and then. It can be very helpfull.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer
Lands End
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
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From: "Ted MacNEIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Those memory sticks hold a lot of information and they're very small.
Two days after I bought a 6GB USB drive for $117 CDN, I saw an 8GB one at
The Source by Circuit City (formerly Radio Shack), for $105.
Years ago, I saw somebody bring in their own 30GB hard drive, after
creating XMIT unloads, FTP'ing, and ZIP'ing, and used it to copy
everything in his 'My Documents' folder (15GB'ish) onto it.
Then he took the drive out to his car, came back, turned in his laptop,
badge, cell, & pager.
It was his last day.
He was downsized, as I would be a few years later.
Nobody stopped him!
And, it wasn't as subtle as a USB drive.
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