I think we should stick with this list for as long as possible. 1) What is the absolute best way to clear a register? 2) Exactly how many cycles does it take to do an LA instruction? 3) Is EBCDIC really that bad?
4) Funky late-night experiences with data cells, optical readers and long-gone software 5) Why IBM's implementation of Posix time zones is flawed 6) Is JCL really that bad? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Brennan Sent: Friday, January 3, 2020 12:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: it was 20 years ago today .... We probably should change the subject. Some suggestions: . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Don Leahy Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2020 10:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: it was 20 years ago today I was working on contract with a major bank during the run up to Y2K. The bank was so confident that they had the issue licked that they laid off all of the contractors in November. I found another contract immediately, but my new shop also had things well in hand, so I ended up partying that night. Neither shop had any significant issues during the century change. On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 13:23 Gabe Goldberg <g...@gabegold.com> wrote: > Just came across: ‘Here We Go. The Chaos Is Starting’: An Oral > History of Y2K > > https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a30338692/y2k-pan > ic/ > > I still have about half the Y2K books I bought, figure they'll go with > the next Great Purge. Circa 1995 I thought of doing "The Y2K Handbook" > (like "The REXX Handbook" and two VM/ESA handbooks co-edited with Phil > Smith) but never got around to it. Likely for the best, considering > the tsunami of books published. > > -- > Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. g...@gabegold.com > 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/3401+Silver+Maple+Place,+Falls+Church,+VA+22042?entry=gmail&source=g> > (703) 204-0433 > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
