On Fri, 24 May 2019 19:18:57 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Possible, but there are some discrepancies. > > 1. Why would he write a program instead of using an IBM utility? > I did that once on a 1401 where there was no IBM utility. It was to print a CDC tape with idiosyncratic blocking. I shared it with Ops, who immediately cherished it because it printed a page count at end-of-job, needed for supplies chargeback.
The only alternative format CDC supported was one block per line. > 2. Have you ever seen an EAM shop that didn't have an 80-80 board already > wired? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
