Herman Hollerith invented it. That is why the initial CMS file system had 80-byte fixed length records :)
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Huegel, Thomas > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:47 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: A little oddity > > I was just trying to do some housekeeping and got a strange > display to a simple listfile command. > > It looks like the old Y2K bug is alive and well... > I did not know we had CMS file system in 1908... > > > > listfile * * b (d before 2000-11-18 full > > FILENAME FILETYPE FM FORMAT LRECL RECS BLOCKS > DATE TIME > DISKACNT PROFILE B1 V 72 10 1 > 11/10/2000 10:26:39 > FLIST $PROFILE B2 V 78 31 1 > 10/27/1908 13:13:14 > FULIST $PROFILE B2 V 78 16 1 > 10/27/1908 13:14:11 > FULRDR $PROFILE B2 F 80 14 1 > 10/27/1908 13:42:03 > GENNOREA EXEC B1 V 63 26 1 > 6/29/1993 13:55:53 > NOREAD ASM B1 V 71 210 3 > 6/29/1993 13:07:36 > PROFFLST MODXEDIT B2 F 1024 34 9 > 10/27/1908 11:30:47 > PROFRLST MODXEDIT B2 F 1024 18 5 > 10/27/1908 11:30:47 > SCAN EXEC B2 V 90 269 4 > 7/01/1988 11:24:07 > SCAN HELPCMS B2 V 79 147 3 > 8/21/1986 12:48:48 > XBROWSE HELPCMS B1 V 81 117 2 > 11/11/1908 17:07:01 > XBROWSE MODULE B1 V 65535 12 153 > 11/11/1908 17:07:01 > XXBR HELPCMS B1 V 81 117 2 > 11/11/1908 17:07:01 >
