You are cool, John. Finland is a small country, but a few of the customers that I know well enough in other places in Europe use them only for legacy purposes. Which was why I had to ask a few other questions when my Finnish customers said they didn't have any. At all. Nada. :-) But how do you....? Internet, they said. Internet.
When Sam mentioned actually creating code that assumed that tape drives still existed, I though, that's funny. But that is just me. I don't think badly of people who still have tape drives and have no internets. Like Mr. Gilmore said, ... the shepherd lists his sheep, and the tape robot lists his cartridges. Better for me. Last time, 4 or 5 years ago, that I had to take tapes to one of my customers I left them in my car overnight. In winter. In Finland. That didn't bode well. Whoops. :-) I'm so good as Mr. Gilmore, but I can try: Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua Lindy -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Strange thought - ADRDSSU output to a UNIX pipe. With compression, I could literally back up the company's entire mainframe environment (we're small) onto my home PC's eSATA drive. With room to spare. Yes, I realize that my home disk is not generally rated as reliable as the enterprise disk. But what about SSD instead of physical tape? Have I been into the "holiday cheer" too early this year? -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
