Yep. (Late 70s) That's what we used when we modified JES2 and/or added our own commands to it. IEBUPDTE was a hoot.
In college in the 70s we used the punch-card punchouts as "briefcase filler" when playing jokes on each other in the computer lab. We spent way too much time in the lab (an IBM 1130), but we had a blast. Bill Hitefield > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Mike Schwab > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2023 11:05 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Kinda fun > > IEBUPDTE updates based on sequence number in column 73-80. > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 8:39 AM Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Ok, Shmuel, I'm curious. Dropped decks are the only reason I ever > > heard, back when I was a $HASP operator. What's the more important > reason? > > > > (Mostly when customers brought huge decks of cards, two or three or > > four boxes sometimes, each card was a single row of a database, so the > > order didn't necessarily matter. But with program code, sure.) > > > > --- > > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > > > /* You know you've had too much coffee when.... > > Juan Valdez names his donkey after you. > > You've worn out the handle on your favorite coffee mug. > > Your eyes stay open when you sneeze. */ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > > Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > > Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 07:26 > > > > People were using sequence numbers for editing before SPF. Dropped > > decks is but one of several reasons, and, IMHO, not the most important. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
