Yep. Flight / hotel number + seat / room number + date (/ time) + customer number as the key with billing details.
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 8:59 PM Bill Johnson <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Yup, hotel reservation isn’t much different than an airline reservation. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Friday, March 19, 2021, 9:25 PM, Attila Fogarasi <fogar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Why be surprised at hotels on the list (of zTPF users)? A hotel is just an > airplane without wings :) > zTPF is great for any high volume transaction where there are few > transaction types but many per second (IBM claims million tps) and at low > cost. The tradeoff is constrained application function, but not so bad now > with zTPF support all the open interfaces such as REST. Think of it as a > stripped down IMS or CICS, with much leaner application interface. > Currently only C/C++, Java and assembler are supported as a programming > language, and some things only in C/C++. zTPF has no LE malaise that z/OS > is saddled with :) > > On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 12:00 PM Bill Johnson < > 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > Been around for decades as the airline system but usable by any industry > > requiring massive throughput. > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Friday, March 19, 2021, 8:16 PM, Radoslaw Skorupka < > > r.skoru...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Old only? > > I have read about relatively new and small airlines, not mentioned below. > > And of course airline control program is not really applicable to banks > > and hotels. In fact I understand banks, but I'm really surprized at the > > hotels on the list. What transaction workload do the have??? > > > > > > -- > > Radoslaw Skorupka > > (looking for new job) > > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > > > W dniu 20.03.2021 o 01:11, Bill Johnson pisze: > > > The old yet still used airline control program. > > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > > > > On Friday, March 19, 2021, 8:03 PM, Radoslaw Skorupka < > > r.skoru...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I know the IBM-MAIN forum is mostly about z/OS, but I wanted to ask > > > about about z/TPF - it seems to be on topic. > > > > > > z/TPF > > > > > > TPF is the system I have never seen. > > > I'm pretty sure there is no TPF installation in Poland. > > > However I'm curious about the following: > > > 1. What is typical size of TPF system? I mean MIPS sizing. Is it huge or > > > rather small? > > > 2. Does TPF typically run in bare LPAR or it is usually run under z/VM, > > > like z/VSE is? > > > 3. What is the pricing of TPF? > > > 3.1 Is it just single price per system, I mean no paid optional features > > > like in z/OS? > > > 3.2 Is it expensive? I heard, it is much more expensive, when compared > > > to z/OS running on the same MIPS base. > > > 4. Any special settings in LPAR definitions? I remember about specia > > > LPAR mode - ESA/TPF or so. However I don't know any explanation of the > > > difference. > > > 5. Does it use regular CP's only? Or maybe there are some workloads > > > applicable to zIIP or even other processors? > > > 6. Does it use SAP processors more extensively than other OSes? I heard > > > about it. > > > 7. Does exist any z/TPF forum like IBM-MAIN? > > > 8. What are known customers? I'm not asking about company secrets, but I > > > know (knowledge publicly available) about Citi, Marriott, VISA, BofA, > > > American Airlines, BA, Sabre, Amadeus and some more. Any other known > > > notable customers? Banks? ATMs? Reservations? Hotels? Anything else? > > > > > > Any clue will be appreciated. I have to secret plan, I just want to > > > learn about it. Just curiosity. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN