O wow, I had to go look 'cuz I didn't think they (or I) were that old! The first 3390 shipped in 1989. I can say I have never used them. The company I was at during this time went from 3380s to a 9340 and then adding a RAMAC2. It was really nice replacing 13 3380/3880 cabinets with 2 racks. 😊
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David Spiegel Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2025 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: File transfer question 20?! ... How about 40? On 2025-01-16 15:29, Tom Brennan wrote: > Ha - I knew someone would correct my 20 year old JCL copy/paste :) > > On 1/16/2025 10:46 AM, David Spiegel wrote: >> Hi Tom, >> Why use 3380 half track blocking when you can use 3390 half track >> blocking (i.e. 27920)? >> >> ITschak: 3120 is ancient history (based upon 23xx DASD) >> >> Regards, >> David >> >> On 2025-01-16 13:15, Tom Brennan wrote: >>> DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=23440,LEECH=80) >>> >>> On 1/16/2025 9:07 AM, Phil Smith III wrote: >>>> "leech"? >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On >>>> Behalf Of ITschak Mugzach >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2025 11:39 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: File transfer question >>>> >>>> We send our fixes and other materials in xmi format. The client >>>> should upload it as Binary,fb,80, 3120. No crlf. The blocking is >>>> decided by the leech and block size. >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> --- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO >>>> IBM-MAIN >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO >>> IBM-MAIN >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO >> IBM-MAIN >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
