Ah, thanks. That solves this mystery! But I'd ask: Why zeroes? That seems to be asking for problems like this. I'd have chosen DEADBEEF or FFFFFFFF or 12345678: more likely to be useful if something is misbehaving.
Not too late to change that, actually... -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 9:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What's at a comma? On 7/2/2024 3:20 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: > It would indeed. But I'm astonished that the IPL PSW is zeroes?! Perhaps some > IBMer can explain that. And maybe someone else on 2.5 can run the snippet? I covered this in a "Bit Bucket" at SHARE right after z/OS V2R5 first came out 4+ years ago. Since they are no longer used, all of the old ESA/390 8-byte PSWs in the PSA were set to zeros starting in z/OS V2R5. General cleanup... -- Phoenix Software International Edward E. Jaffe 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 https://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail message, including any attachments, appended messages and the information contained therein, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient or have otherwise received this email message in error, any use, dissemination, distribution, review, storage or copying of this e-mail message and the information contained therein is strictly prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this email message and do not otherwise utilize or retain this email message or any or all of the information contained therein. Although this email message and any attachments or appended messages are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by the sender for any loss or damage arising in any way from its opening or use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
