Re: "invitation" to paracalls.com - legit or address scraping

[Elardus Engelbrecht]

Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:

>I received what purports to be an invitation to paracalls.com from
Md.Abdullah[1], addressed to an address that I use only on IBM-MAIN. Has 
anybody else gotten this, and is there any indication as to whether it is legit?

I don't remember receiving such mails from paracalls.com, but a lot from other.

"paracalls.com" (located in USA and Bangladesh) is probably a dubious social 
networking thing where you exchange questions and answers, but I don't like 
their privacy policy.

Extracts from their privacy policy:

"we gather information about all of our users collectively, such as what areas 
users visit most frequently and what services users access the most. We only 
use such data anonymously. This information helps us determine what is most 
beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall 
experience for you. "

"We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our 
behalf.  .  These other companies will have access to your personal 
information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may NOT share 
that information with any other third party. "

"Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver quicker service, consistent 
updated results, and a more personalized site experience."

So, IMHO, they're harvesters of information...

>Normally I assume that such "invitations" are bogus unless the person 
allegedly inviting me has contacted me first.

Of course it is bogus. Probably baiting you for identity theft...

Groete / Greetings
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Re: TN3270 printing - scalable?

[Andrew Armstrong]

I've used VPS/TCPIP for many years and it's pretty easy to implement. The
flexibility and support is excellent. 

Having said that, a solution I have implemented quite effectively at one
site is to simply publish reports to the mainframe web server (IBM HTTP
Server V7) and let the users download them using their web browser. The
responsibility for printing is neatly offloaded to the user and they can
decide whether a printout is really necessary. Mostly our users load the
report data into Excel and crunch it. That can save money by not using so
much paper.

If you worry about users tampering with figures then you could convert your
reports to PDF files using txt2pdf from http://homerow.net/rexx/txt2pdf
first then publish them. Publish means "copy to a USS directory that the web
server can serve out". Easy.

Cheers,
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Re: Significant Bits

[Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)]

In , on 05/31/2010
   at 11:09 PM, Paul Gilmartin  said:

>You forgot 6502, A4, and (perhaps) ARM.

No, I just saw no need either to go back that far or to mention the
apple ][ again. But if you know of a good way to forget the 6502, I'd
be interested.
 
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Re: PROG750

[Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)]

In
<518280092.3394421275417908852.javamail.r...@sz0042a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>,
on 06/01/2010
   at 06:45 PM, Linda Mooney  said:

>S3270r4q is a mod 4 session with 7 color support, at least that is
>what it is on my system.  There is an entry for s3270r2q, 2, 4 and 5
>in our mode table.  Using other emulators, I have seen the behavior
>you described - blank lines at the bottom and so forth.  On a real
>3279, logged on as a mod2 will also display the blank lines at the
>botom of the screen.  

The 3279 was available with two screen sizes; I hope that you're
talking about a model 3x and not a model 2x.
 
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Re: Significant Bits

[Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)]

In
<1464038870-1275413163-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-5445958...@bda026.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>,
on 06/01/2010
   at 05:26 PM, Ted MacNEIL  said:

>No, because the '1' and the '2' are in the same position, in decimal,
>assuming that is what your representation is in that base.

So you admit that what you wrote was nonsense.

>Regardless of the base, which cannot be binary, the above both have
>the same order of magnitude.

That was my point.

>And, I never said anything to the contrary.

Once again you're lying. You made the claim in
<713282747-1274797489-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-9532761...@bda026.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>:
"It also gives you the order of magnitude."

>Even if you respond to me directly, you are still blocked.

I'm honored, assuming that you're telling the truth this time.
 
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Re: Why the ISFROWS1 is diffenent between on batch with under ISPF/PDF

[Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)]

In <201005281350494768...@163.com>, on 05/28/2010
   at 01:50 PM, ibmnew  said:

>2.Running the REXX on batch 

You don't allocate the SDSF libraries. Why would you expect SDSF to
work without its libraries?

I don't know whether SDSF needs[1] ISPF libraries, but it certainly
needs its own.

[1] It used to be possible to run SDSF from the READY prompt,
with some differences in screen usage.
 
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Re: What are the current Honeywell offerings was Re: Significant Bits

[Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)]

In , on 05/26/2010
   at 11:33 PM, Clark Morris  said:

>What if any are the current Honeywell offerings?

Didn't Honeywell sell all of the GE line to B.U.L.L.?
 
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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[R.S.]

W dniu 2010-06-03 00:52, Kevin Keith pisze:

Hi,
I know this idea might sound crazy, but I was wondering about the prospects
of an IBM mainframe for personal use.  I'm aware of the hurdles considering
the Service Element (hard drives being detroyed, etc.) HMC, OSes, and other
problems.  My question is where would one go about looking for one of these?
  I could obviously buy one from a reseller for thousands of dollars, but I
can't really afford that.  I feel like there are many of these machines
being dumped and scrapped (especially since they are relatively recently no
longer supported) is there any way to get one just ONE of these before its
destroyed by a scrapper?


Obviously you can have MP3K and use it, BUT. The gotcha is software 
license. YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SOFTWARE! There are not z/OS licences 
"for home&fun use". It's a pity, but reality.

BTW: MP3K is relatively small, but not less affordable than big 9672.

BTW2: I know some guy in Poland who owns two z/800 boxes and has licence 
for z/OS.e. In Parallel Sysplex, with ISC cards, sysplex timer, external 
DASD, etc. Just for fun. 



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Re: Does CSVQUERY search in the primary address space?

[Peter Relson]

CSVQUERY searches primary. It does not search home (unless of course home 
= primary).. 

This is (cryptically) alluded to by the fact that you are allowed to hold 
the local lock of rhe current-primary address space when you invoke it.

Somewhat more directly, is the wording
"No locks may be held which would prevent CSVQUERY from obtaining the 
local lock of the current primary address space (needed 
both to obtain dynamic storage and to search the job pack area queue) 
and/or the CMS lock to search the link pack area queue."

Unfortunately both of these things are only in the macro prolog and did 
not directly make their way into the book. I will get this fixed.
Prior to z/OS 1.6, CSVQUERY did not support invocation in cross memory 
mode so at that time the question was somewhat moot, but no longer..

You might think of it as "can I query my own module" and the answer is 
"yes" because of searching primary.

Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design

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Re: "invitation" to paracalls.com - legit or address scraping

[Chase, John]

> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour
J.)
> 
> I received what purports to be an invitation to paracalls.com from
> Md.Abdullah[1], addressed to an address that I use only on IBM-MAIN.
> Has anybody else gotten this, and is there any indication as to
> whether it is legit?
> 
> Normally I assume that such "invitations" are bogus unless the person
> allegedly inviting me has contacted me first.
> 
> [1] I don't recognize the name and no e-mail address was given.

I don't recall the name or topic either.  Generally, if I don't
"immediately" recognize the source I simply add it to my "blocked
senders list" and delete the email without further ado.  I've no idea
how many billions of dollars I've forgone by not following up on
"notifications" that I've won some European lottery which I never
entered.  :-)  And of course some of the Nigerian scammers are downright
"entertaining".  :-)

-jc-

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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[David Crayford]

R.S. wrote:

W dniu 2010-06-03 00:52, Kevin Keith pisze:

Hi,
I know this idea might sound crazy, but I was wondering about the 
prospects
of an IBM mainframe for personal use.  I'm aware of the hurdles 
considering
the Service Element (hard drives being detroyed, etc.) HMC, OSes, and 
other
problems.  My question is where would one go about looking for one of 
these?
  I could obviously buy one from a reseller for thousands of dollars, 
but I

can't really afford that.  I feel like there are many of these machines
being dumped and scrapped (especially since they are relatively 
recently no
longer supported) is there any way to get one just ONE of these 
before its

destroyed by a scrapper?


Obviously you can have MP3K and use it, BUT. The gotcha is software 
license. YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SOFTWARE! There are not z/OS licences 
"for home&fun use". It's a pity, but reality.

BTW: MP3K is relatively small, but not less affordable than big 9672.



Yes, what a shame. IF you could license z/OS just for fun (Hercules) 
then there are a lot better hardware platforms than a MP3K to run it on. 
A medium sized Intel server would nuke a MP3K.



BTW2: I know some guy in Poland who owns two z/800 boxes and has 
licence for z/OS.e. In Parallel Sysplex, with ISC cards, sysplex 
timer, external DASD, etc. Just for fun. 




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Re: "invitation" to paracalls.com - legit or address scraping

[Elardus Engelbrecht]

Chase, John wrote:
>I've no idea how many billions of dollars I've forgone by not following up on
"notifications" that I've won some European lottery which I never entered.  :-)

If I could get a cent for every mail I received that I won something, I would 
retire years ago... ;-D

> And of course some of the Nigerian scammers are 
downright "entertaining".  :-)

There are people out there trying to give those scammers their own medicine. 
Extremely ***Dangerous***, but fun, way to play, but look at 

http://www.scamorama.com/   to see how scam baiting is working...

;-D

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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Health Check Abending - ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE

[Dazzo, Matt]

A new health check is abending after activation with the reason code below. 
Unable to find the reason code using the cmd 'TSO errno 05030C08' or on the 
internet. The spawned AXR02 task stays active. This is on zos1.9.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks Matt

F HZSPROC,RUN,CHECK=(IBMUSS,ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE)

HZS0400I CHECK(IBMUSS,ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE): 926
RUN PROCESSING HAS BEEN COMPLETED
$HASP100 AXR02ON STCINRDR
$HASP373 AXR02STARTED
IEF403I AXR02 - STARTED - TIME=08.29.35
IEA630I  OPERATOR *AXT0220 NOW ACTIVE,   SYSTEM=SYS1, LU=AXREMCS
AXR0203I AXREXX INVOCATION OF BPXHFSCK FAILED. 931
RETCODE=000C RSNCODE=05030C08
REQTOKEN=4000C612C4A648E31302
DIAG1=0112 DIAG2=0110 DIAG3=0157 DIAG4=

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Re: "invitation" to paracalls.com - legit or address scraping

[Thomas H Puddicombe]

I got one and deleted same.  I didn't recognize the "invitor", couldn't 
figure out why someone would "invite me to join some network" instead of 
just initiating an email exchange.


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From:
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To:
IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Date:
06/02/2010 09:33 PM
Subject:
"invitation" to paracalls.com - legit or address scraping



I received what purports to be an invitation to paracalls.com from
Md.Abdullah[1], addressed to an address that I use only on IBM-MAIN.
Has anybody else gotten this, and is there any indication as to
whether it is legit?

Normally I assume that such "invitations" are bogus unless the person
allegedly inviting me has contacted me first.

[1] I don't recognize the name and no e-mail address was given.
 
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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[C. Ardillo]

Good Idea. Temporarily turned off both Vista and McAfee, but same 
occurs.  I've tried other files as well, they all appear to successfully 
transmit with byte counts but remain empty on MF.  Interesting.  I'm 
going to check some FTP logs from yesterday, I don't have ability to 
view real time.


Thanks

Kirk Wolf wrote:

Sounds a little like the Vista firewall might be stepping on the FTP data
connections.
Try disabling the firewall completely (temporarily!!) and see if the problem
goes away.

HTH,

Kirk Wolf
Dovetailed Technologies
http://dovetail.com

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:05 PM, C. Ardillo  wrote:

  

I hope some of the network guru's out there can point me in the right
direction.
I've been using command line FTP, doing PUT's and GET's to the MF for the
past couple of years.
I just migrated to a Vista PC. GET's work, PUT's appear to work - transfer
is successful, bytes are transmitted, the file is allocated but it is
empty.
Has anyone experienced this behavior?

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HELP!! IBM-MAIN messages looping

[Jon Veilleux]

I logged on and changed my setting to MAIL after returning from vacation. 
Now I get thousands of E-Mails from the listserv machine with this title:
Your current subscription options for the IBM-MAIN list
Any ideas how to turn this off?
TIA,
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Re: Health Check Abending - ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE

[Knutson, Sam]

You really should open a PMR with IBM.  Share afterwards if it is
interesting but I would encourage you to go straight to IBM for defect
support.

There was a recent APAR OA31298 that might be a match turned up with a
search on BPXHFSCK. 

APAR Identifier .. OA31298  Last Changed  10/03/01
  MSGHZS1002E ON CHECK ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE FOR ALLOCATION ERROR 

Best Regards, Sam Knutson

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Behalf Of Dazzo, Matt
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Subject: Health Check Abending - ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE

A new health check is abending after activation with the reason code
below. Unable to find the reason code using the cmd 'TSO errno 05030C08'
or on the internet. The spawned AXR02 task stays active. This is on
zos1.9.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks Matt

F HZSPROC,RUN,CHECK=(IBMUSS,ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE)

HZS0400I CHECK(IBMUSS,ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE): 926
RUN PROCESSING HAS BEEN COMPLETED
$HASP100 AXR02ON STCINRDR
$HASP373 AXR02STARTED
IEF403I AXR02 - STARTED - TIME=08.29.35
IEA630I  OPERATOR *AXT0220 NOW ACTIVE,   SYSTEM=SYS1, LU=AXREMCS
AXR0203I AXREXX INVOCATION OF BPXHFSCK FAILED. 931
RETCODE=000C RSNCODE=05030C08
REQTOKEN=4000C612C4A648E31302
DIAG1=0112 DIAG2=0110 DIAG3=0157 DIAG4=


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Re: Health Check Abending - ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE

[Dazzo, Matt]

Sam, I did see the apar and the required ptf is applied. But taking your advice 
and heading to IBM. Tks.

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You really should open a PMR with IBM.  Share afterwards if it is
interesting but I would encourage you to go straight to IBM for defect
support.

There was a recent APAR OA31298 that might be a match turned up with a
search on BPXHFSCK. 

APAR Identifier .. OA31298  Last Changed  10/03/01
  MSGHZS1002E ON CHECK ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE FOR ALLOCATION ERROR 

Best Regards, Sam Knutson

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A new health check is abending after activation with the reason code
below. Unable to find the reason code using the cmd 'TSO errno 05030C08'
or on the internet. The spawned AXR02 task stays active. This is on
zos1.9.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks Matt

F HZSPROC,RUN,CHECK=(IBMUSS,ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE)

HZS0400I CHECK(IBMUSS,ZOSMIGREC_ROOT_FS_SIZE): 926
RUN PROCESSING HAS BEEN COMPLETED
$HASP100 AXR02ON STCINRDR
$HASP373 AXR02STARTED
IEF403I AXR02 - STARTED - TIME=08.29.35
IEA630I  OPERATOR *AXT0220 NOW ACTIVE,   SYSTEM=SYS1, LU=AXREMCS
AXR0203I AXREXX INVOCATION OF BPXHFSCK FAILED. 931
RETCODE=000C RSNCODE=05030C08
REQTOKEN=4000C612C4A648E31302
DIAG1=0112 DIAG2=0110 DIAG3=0157 DIAG4=


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Re: Why the ISFROWS1 is diffenent between on batch with under ISPF/PDF

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 06:02:50 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
>
>>2.Running the REXX on batch
>
>You don't allocate the SDSF libraries. Why would you expect SDSF to
>work without its libraries?
>
>I don't know whether SDSF needs[1] ISPF libraries, but it certainly
>needs its own.
>
As I said earlier, I can use the Rexx API to SDSF from OMVS.
I allocate no libraries, and _BPX_SHAREAS=NO assures that they
wouldn't be propagated even if I did. A scan of the TIOT before
and after "ISFCALLS( 'ON' )" shows that ISFCALLS allocates no
additional libraries.

Perhaps everything needed is in our LINKLIST.

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Re: "invitation" to paracalls.com - legit or address scraping

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:57:07 -0400, Thomas H Puddicombe wrote:

>I got one and deleted same.  I didn't recognize the "invitor", couldn't
>figure out why someone would "invite me to join some network" instead of
>just initiating an email exchange.
>
You and I are simply not au courant.  For an example of the current mode,
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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[C. Ardillo]

Well as suspected, the log shows 0 bytes input even tho the client shows byte 
counts.  All of the other connection and allocation messages are in order with 
successful transmits.

Empty file transmission
TRANS  MVS DSN=xx
TRANS  Stru=F Mode=S Type=A  Input=0 bytes
TRANS  Reply=250 Transfer completed successfully.

Don't know how much farther i'll get on this before end of week but will post a 
resolution, even if its drop back to XP.

C. Ardillo wrote:
Good Idea. Temporarily turned off both Vista and McAfee, but same 
occurs.  I've tried other files as well, they all appear to 
successfully transmit with byte counts but remain empty on MF.  
Interesting.  I'm going to check some FTP logs from yesterday, I don't 
have ability to view real time.


Thanks

Kirk Wolf wrote:
Sounds a little like the Vista firewall might be stepping on the FTP 
data

connections.
Try disabling the firewall completely (temporarily!!) and see if the 
problem

goes away.

HTH,

Kirk Wolf
Dovetailed Technologies
http://dovetail.com

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:05 PM, C. Ardillo  
wrote:


 

I hope some of the network guru's out there can point me in the right
direction.
I've been using command line FTP, doing PUT's and GET's to the MF 
for the

past couple of years.
I just migrated to a Vista PC. GET's work, PUT's appear to work - 
transfer

is successful, bytes are transmitted, the file is allocated but it is
empty.
Has anyone experienced this behavior?

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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[Ed Finnell]

 
In a message dated 6/3/2010 9:10:40 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
cardill...@comcast.net writes:

Don't know how much farther i'll get on this before end of week but  will 
post a resolution, even if its drop back to XP.


>>
How about switching to better FTP client?  _www.ipswitch.com_ 
(http://www.ipswitch.com)  or  something 




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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[Timothy Sipples]

My latest Mainframe Blog post discusses acquiring and configuring a
personal mainframe:

http://mainframe.typepad.com/blog/2010/05/my-personal-mainframe-2010-edition.html

I tend to think that a used z890 (2086-110) is currently the "ideal"
personal mainframe, possessing an excellent balance of capabilities,
acquisition price, software licensing options, and likely useful service
life from a technology relevance point of view. However, I think the z800
(2066-0E1) is still a viable second choice provided you can get a
substantially better price, and provided you understand the technology
currency issues (notably that DB2 9 is the last version that will run on
the z800/z900). Obviously if you can get a heck of a deal on a used z9 BC
or z10 BC you would jump on it.

Note that in the blog post I do *not* assume that you would qualify for
PartnerWorld software licensing if you own and operate a physical mainframe
in your home data center, but that is another possible option for software
licensing if you can meet the terms and conditions. I assumed full
commercial licensing because I assumed that you might be entering the time
sharing business in order to share the costs of your personal mainframe
equitably, co-op style. I did, however, assume that you (and any time
sharing users) could meet zNALC terms and conditions.

I very much appreciate the offer that an IBM-MAINer made to send me a
Multiprise 3000. It was (and is) extremely generous, thank you. Perhaps
that offer (or similar) would be open to you, Kevin. I considered it very
carefully and almost said yes. But in the end there was just too big a gap
between an MP3000 and today's (or even yesterday's) software licensing and
software capabilities. A second or first generation z/Architecture machine
just seems like a much better financial and technical proposition all
around at this point in time for a personal mainframe (assuming a physical
one). Yes, it is possible to run 31-bit Linux on an MP3000, but I couldn't
figure out any use cases where that capability would provide unique value
nowadays given Linux's technical ability to cross-compile.

And no, you're not crazy, Kevin. Or if you are, so am I. :-)

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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[C. Ardillo]

I hear ya, but only certain apps can be authenticated for access into 
the MF.  WS-FTP is one and is much easier to use. I may end up shelling 
out for licensed copy as a viable option.


Ed Finnell wrote:
 
In a message dated 6/3/2010 9:10:40 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
cardill...@comcast.net writes:


Don't know how much farther i'll get on this before end of week but  will 
post a resolution, even if its drop back to XP.



  
How about switching to better FTP client?  _www.ipswitch.com_ 
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Re: HELP!! IBM-MAIN messages looping

[zMan]

Is it still sending Out Of Office msgs in reply?

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Jon Veilleux  wrote:

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> Your current subscription options for the IBM-MAIN list
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Re: SMF99 record

[Mark Zelden]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:26:45 +0800, johnny ying  wrote:

>Hi,guys
>Thanks for your reply! and Don't argu about collecting SMF99 or not =^_^=.
>I post the thread because IBM support asked for a WLM dump for diagnostic
>purposes one time and another ,they also said they can get SMF99 from the
>DUMP,so I think maybe someone can tell me how to do that.
>I'll try "IP WLMDATA DETAIL" to see what I can get.
>
>
>Johhny Ying
>

No arguments, just discussion as this is a discussion list.   :-) 

If you could extract them, do you have something to format them
(MXG can if you have that).   And  would you know how to interpret them 
and explain the problem you are having based on the records?  Not many
people could.  As someone else suggested, since it looks like you can
re-create the problem (since you did so to get a dump), just turn them
on temporarily with a different SMFPRMxx and "T SMF=xx", then turn
them off again.

In response to what Gerhard wrote:

>They certainly aren't used frequently but can be very useful in helping
>determine why certain actions were or weren't taken by WLM.  As for keeping
>a trace on all the time, in truth, it's irrelevant since you aren't turning
that off.  >The only thing you're turning off is the actual collection of
the data.  It's easier >to have it, especially when trying to resolve a
particular WLM decision than it is >to try and recreate the problem.

True, I didn't use a perfect analogy.  But there is no free lunch here.  Just
because they are being generated all the time doesn't mean there aren't
additional resources used by collecting, processing and storing them. 
Dumping them, combing them, feeding them into MICS / MXG if you 
do that, all take real cycles.

So if you do find them useful and can actually interpret the records, then
by all means, collect / save them and analyze as required.  I just have
never needed them other than 1 time and the problem was re-creatable.
That may have also been prior to the records being stored by WLM to
be included in a dump too.   In this particular case (and all the ones I
have had (other than 1 time), a dump has been good enough. 

Different strokes for different folks.  

Cheers,

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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[Dave Salt]

If all else fails you could try using the ISPF Workstation Agent (WSA.EXE) to 
do file transfers. I use it all the time and I prefer it over FTP. If you need 
information on how to install or use it let me know.
 
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> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:10:21 -0400
> From: cardill...@comcast.net
> Subject: Re: ftp.exe and Vista
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> 
> Well as suspected, the log shows 0 bytes input even tho the client shows byte 
> counts.  All of the other connection and allocation messages are in order 
> with successful transmits.
> 
> Empty file transmission
> TRANS  MVS DSN=xx
> TRANS  Stru=F Mode=S Type=A  Input=0 bytes
> TRANS  Reply=250 Transfer completed successfully.
> 
> Don't know how much farther i'll get on this before end of week but will post 
> a resolution, even if its drop back to XP.
> 
> C. Ardillo wrote:
> > Good Idea. Temporarily turned off both Vista and McAfee, but same 
> > occurs.  I've tried other files as well, they all appear to 
> > successfully transmit with byte counts but remain empty on MF.  
> > Interesting.  I'm going to check some FTP logs from yesterday, I don't 
> > have ability to view real time.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kirk Wolf wrote:
> >> Sounds a little like the Vista firewall might be stepping on the FTP 
> >> data
> >> connections.
> >> Try disabling the firewall completely (temporarily!!) and see if the 
> >> problem
> >> goes away.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >>
> >> Kirk Wolf
> >> Dovetailed Technologies
> >> http://dovetail.com
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:05 PM, C. Ardillo  
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>  
> >>> I hope some of the network guru's out there can point me in the right
> >>> direction.
> >>> I've been using command line FTP, doing PUT's and GET's to the MF 
> >>> for the
> >>> past couple of years.
> >>> I just migrated to a Vista PC. GET's work, PUT's appear to work - 
> >>> transfer
> >>> is successful, bytes are transmitted, the file is allocated but it is
> >>> empty.
> >>> Has anyone experienced this behavior?
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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:31:02 -0400, C. Ardillo wrote:

>I hear ya, but only certain apps can be authenticated for access into
>the MF.  ...
>
??? !!! ???

How can they enforce this?  Connect; User; Password; ...

And, especially, why:

>Ed Finnell wrote:
>>
>> How about switching to better FTP client?  _www.ipswitch.com_
>> (http://www.ipswitch.com)  or  something

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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[Tony Harminc]

On 3 June 2010 07:16, R.S.  wrote:

> BTW: MP3K is relatively small, but not less affordable than big 9672.

Not less?

For the home user it's not only a question of acquisition cost. The
MP3000 is a great little box, because it is entirely self-contained
(DASD, network, etc.) and because it runs on an ordinary household
power circuit. It uses about as much electricity as a largish PC
server, and of course puts out a matching and not huge amount of heat,
so it's entirely reasonable for home use.

On the other hand, having just helped put one into the back of an SUV
(on its way to Mike Ross's corestore.org), I can tell you that it's
not a light box, even with all the DASD, fans, side and end covers,
and several other things removed!

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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[Finley, Frank]

I have run into something similar before with the VISTA UAC.  Command prompts 
aren't started as an administrator, even if you are an administrator of the box 
when you start it.  It lets you create a file, but not populate it, etc.  I 
don't understand completely the reasoning behind it, but I've seen it.  

It would have been helpful if sudo or something similar were built in for this, 
but the only way I am familiar to get around this is through the gui, or 
starting a new command prompt from a runas statement and switching to that.

If you create a shortcut to cmd.exe and then right click it, choose run as 
administrator, and then try using ftp.exe.

Or you can go to the start menu, and put in cmd and then hit ctrl+shift+enter 
and that will do it to.  

I don't know if this is your particular situation, but worth a shot.

Frank Finley

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Subject: Re: ftp.exe and Vista

I hear ya, but only certain apps can be authenticated for access into 
the MF.  WS-FTP is one and is much easier to use. I may end up shelling 
out for licensed copy as a viable option.

Ed Finnell wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 6/3/2010 9:10:40 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> cardill...@comcast.net writes:
>
> Don't know how much farther i'll get on this before end of week but  will 
> post a resolution, even if its drop back to XP.
>
>
>   
> How about switching to better FTP client?  _www.ipswitch.com_ 
> (http://www.ipswitch.com)  or  something 
>
>
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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[Hal Merritt]

There are many, many clients out there. Many work with z/os, some don't. If you 
are in the position of supporting many different outside customers, you cringe 
at the thought of the calls demanding that your reboot z/os or fix z/os because 
their brand new software does not work right out of the box. 

It make some sense to have a list of products/versions known to work with z/os. 

For the case in point, one possible recourse is to simply delete that product 
from the 'approved' list. Enforcement is not that hard for company machines 
these days. 

 


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To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: ftp.exe and Vista

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:31:02 -0400, C. Ardillo wrote:

>I hear ya, but only certain apps can be authenticated for access into
>the MF.  ...
>
??? !!! ???

How can they enforce this?  Connect; User; Password; ...

And, especially, why:

>Ed Finnell wrote:
>>
>> How about switching to better FTP client?  _www.ipswitch.com_
>> (http://www.ipswitch.com)  or  something

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SCRT Copy List

[Kelman, Tom]

I was wondering if anyone has tried to save a list of name to copy when
the SCRT reports are sent to IBM.  There is a spot where you can enter
email addresses to receive a copy of the confirmation.  I have to enter
7 addresses every time.  Four of them are to managers in my company and
three more are to OEM companies that we have sub-capacity pricing
contracts with.  While it isn't a lot of addresses, it is a hassle to
have to enter them every time and make sure they are correct.  Does
anyone know of a way to save this list so it can just be recalled each
time the SCRT report is sent in.



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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[Tony Harminc]

On 2 June 2010 18:52, Kevin Keith  wrote:

> I know this idea might sound crazy, but I was wondering about the prospects
> of an IBM mainframe for personal use.  I'm aware of the hurdles considering
> the Service Element (hard drives being detroyed, etc.) HMC, OSes, and other
> problems.  My question is where would one go about looking for one of these?
>  I could obviously buy one from a reseller for thousands of dollars, but I
> can't really afford that.  I feel like there are many of these machines
> being dumped and scrapped (especially since they are relatively recently no
> longer supported) is there any way to get one just ONE of these before its
> destroyed by a scrapper?

It is a problem - some would call it market failure of a kind. There
are resellers who have, or claim to have, just about any IBM hardware
you'd like, and as you say, they ask a huge amount for it. I'm not
sure I understand their business model, but I'm sure in many cases
they don't actually have the hardware in question, and act more as
brokers. On the other side, these machines are going to the scrapper
all the time (I just saved one from that fate), where they have in
effect negative value, i.e. you have to pay someone to take it away,
and depending on where you are, pay various recycling charges because
there may be lead-acid and/or NiCad batteries, and other non RoHS
stuff inside.

I think you've done exactly the right thing - ask on this list, and
the several other mainframe related ones. Doubtless somewhere a reader
of these lists knows that the boss is deciding that it's cleanup time
for that dusty corner of the datacentre, and typically these things
happen suddenly. If you are prepared to pay for quick packaging and
shipping (evidently not as outrageous as I imagined), are prepared to
arrange drive wiping so they won't be physically destroyed, and remind
people occasionally that you're looking, I think your chances are
pretty good.

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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[Kevin Keith]

Thanks for the encouragement Tony.  Like I said, I know  of several z9s that
have been scrapped, that would've been perfect (they were ECs).  You'd think
in a huge city like Houston, with all the industry, oil companies, etc, it
would be easy to find such things, but I've not had any luck yet.  Right now
I'm hoping for a Multiprise 3000, and I hope to some day acquire a z9 EC (I
actually think this may not be THAT ridiculous).

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Tony Harminc  wrote:

> On 2 June 2010 18:52, Kevin Keith  wrote:
>
> > I know this idea might sound crazy, but I was wondering about the
> prospects
> > of an IBM mainframe for personal use.  I'm aware of the hurdles
> considering
> > the Service Element (hard drives being detroyed, etc.) HMC, OSes, and
> other
> > problems.  My question is where would one go about looking for one of
> these?
> >  I could obviously buy one from a reseller for thousands of dollars, but
> I
> > can't really afford that.  I feel like there are many of these machines
> > being dumped and scrapped (especially since they are relatively recently
> no
> > longer supported) is there any way to get one just ONE of these before
> its
> > destroyed by a scrapper?
>
> It is a problem - some would call it market failure of a kind. There
> are resellers who have, or claim to have, just about any IBM hardware
> you'd like, and as you say, they ask a huge amount for it. I'm not
> sure I understand their business model, but I'm sure in many cases
> they don't actually have the hardware in question, and act more as
> brokers. On the other side, these machines are going to the scrapper
> all the time (I just saved one from that fate), where they have in
> effect negative value, i.e. you have to pay someone to take it away,
> and depending on where you are, pay various recycling charges because
> there may be lead-acid and/or NiCad batteries, and other non RoHS
> stuff inside.
>
> I think you've done exactly the right thing - ask on this list, and
> the several other mainframe related ones. Doubtless somewhere a reader
> of these lists knows that the boss is deciding that it's cleanup time
> for that dusty corner of the datacentre, and typically these things
> happen suddenly. If you are prepared to pay for quick packaging and
> shipping (evidently not as outrageous as I imagined), are prepared to
> arrange drive wiping so they won't be physically destroyed, and remind
> people occasionally that you're looking, I think your chances are
> pretty good.
>
> Tony H.
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Re: No SDWA - TEA

[Mike]

ah - concise and correct - thanks for the info! Now i know there is a BEA,
and it can exist  in the RTM2WA - unfortunately for this situation the BEA
was basically the same as the R14 in the BASR 14,15 where the R15 was 0. But
i'll add this acronym to my resume.

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Bob Rutledge wrote:

> Mike wrote:
>
>> I'm shooting a wild branch S0C1 dump - result of a SLIP SET,C=0C1
>>
>> no SDWA   - so no SDWABEA
>>
>
> ip summ reg for;f rtm2wa;f bea
>
> Bob
>
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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[Thompson, Steve]

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Behalf Of Tony Harminc
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On 3 June 2010 07:16, R.S.  wrote:

> BTW: MP3K is relatively small, but not less affordable than big 9672.

Not less?

For the home user it's not only a question of acquisition cost. The
MP3000 is a great little box, because it is entirely self-contained
(DASD, network, etc.) and because it runs on an ordinary household
power circuit. It uses about as much electricity as a largish PC
server, and of course puts out a matching and not huge amount of heat,
so it's entirely reasonable for home use.

On the other hand, having just helped put one into the back of an SUV
(on its way to Mike Ross's corestore.org), I can tell you that it's
not a light box, even with all the DASD, fans, side and end covers,
and several other things removed!


How well you make my point about needing a drop, plug, LOAD and IPL type
of entry box. In my opinion this is the way to have an entry level
[starter?] system. 

You want to replace my Intel type servers with a mainframe? I have 1
file server, 2 DB Servers, and a print server. I don't have a SAN. And I
have 25 users.

So, I need, per IBM today, a z/9 (or 10), raised flooring, special power
circuits, and a RAID box. The entry to a mainframe is quite expensive.

Today, my hardware costs are less than $10K, everything runs on 120VAC
single phase, and I don't have to put in a Liebart or some such. 

So to convert to a mainframe it is not cost effective until I hit that
"magical" 30 Server number. But by then, when you factor the software
migration costs, it is still not cost effective to go to a z box.

I really wish that IBM would re-think this area.

Regards,
Steve Thompson

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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[David Andrews]

On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 11:44 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote:
> Doubtless somewhere a reader of these lists knows that the boss is
> deciding that it's cleanup time for that dusty corner of the
> datacentre

Well, you make me go and look.  There across the parking lot, in an
attic over a farm equipment shop and accessible by forklift, still sits
a bus-and-tag 3088 CTC - plastic wrapped against the elements.

Some people don't throw ANYTHING away.

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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[Anne & Lynn Wheeler]

d...@lists.duda.com (David Andrews) writes:
> Well, you make me go and look.  There across the parking lot, in an
> attic over a farm equipment shop and accessible by forklift, still sits
> a bus-and-tag 3088 CTC - plastic wrapped against the elements.

one of the battles my wife lost when she served her stint responsible
for loosely-coupled architecture in POK ... was added more features to
3088 (code-name trouter) than simply acting like multi-arm ctc. one of
the reasons a little later she started pushing hyperchannel ... put was
opposed by people that had pushed vanilla 3088 and were worried that if
there was a lot of hyperchannel out there ... it would interfere with
eventually being able to ship escon.

she had done peer-coupled shared data architecture
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#sharedata

which saw little uptake (except for ims hot-standby) until sysplex.
other battles that contributed to her not staying long in the position
was SNA camp trying to force all loosely-coupled operations thru VTAM.

prior to taking the position in POK ... she had been in the JES group
working on merged JES2/JES3 (figuring out what were the missing things
in one ... that the customers of the other couldn't live w/o) ...  JES
Ultimate System.

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Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Lizette Koehler]

I am not looking for a Software Hex Calculator.  I would like a "hold in
your hand" hex calculator.

 

My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.

 

Does anyone have any favorites?  My Casio was very inexpensive and very
capable.


I have seen the TI programmable but I think they are more cost and power
than I need.  I would like something with dual power source, solar and
battery

 

Thanks

 

 

Lizette


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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[McKown, John]

> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:43 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator
> 
> I am not looking for a Software Hex Calculator.  I would like 
> a "hold in
> your hand" hex calculator.
> 
> My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.
> 
> Does anyone have any favorites?  My Casio was very 
> inexpensive and very
> capable.
> 
> I have seen the TI programmable but I think they are more 
> cost and power
> than I need.  I would like something with dual power source, solar and
> battery
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Lizette

I like my TI-36X Solar. Hum, I wonder if some "smart phone" (Droid?) has this 
as an application?

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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Hal Merritt]

Haven't found one to replace my old Casio. I loved that little gadget; it had 
every function known to man and a few known only to women :-)


These days I just use the Windows calculator for hex. 
 


-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of 
Lizette Koehler
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:43 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

I am not looking for a Software Hex Calculator.  I would like a "hold in
your hand" hex calculator.

 

My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.

 

Does anyone have any favorites?  My Casio was very inexpensive and very
capable.


I have seen the TI programmable but I think they are more cost and power
than I need.  I would like something with dual power source, solar and
battery

 

Thanks

 

 

Lizette


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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Bonno, Tuco]

I've been using a Texas Instrument TI-60 for many years, very happily.  but it 
is not solar powered.




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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of 
Lizette Koehler
Sent: Thursday, 03 June, 2010 12:43 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

I am not looking for a Software Hex Calculator.  I would like a "hold in
your hand" hex calculator.

 

My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.

 

Does anyone have any favorites?  My Casio was very inexpensive and very
capable.


I have seen the TI programmable but I think they are more cost and power
than I need.  I would like something with dual power source, solar and
battery

 

Thanks

 

 

Lizette


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Re: PROG750

[Linda Mooney]

Hi Shmuel, 



Yes.  All of the 3279 we ever had, a the few we still have, were/are 3279-s3g 
models. 



Linda 
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Subject: Re: PROG750 

In 
<518280092.3394421275417908852.javamail.r...@sz0042a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>,
 
on 06/01/2010 
   at 06:45 PM, Linda Mooney  said: 

>S3270r4q is a mod 4 session with 7 color support, at least that is 
>what it is on my system.  There is an entry for s3270r2q, 2, 4 and 5 
>in our mode table.  Using other emulators, I have seen the behavior 
>you described - blank lines at the bottom and so forth.  On a real 
>3279, logged on as a mod2 will also display the blank lines at the 
>botom of the screen.   

The 3279 was available with two screen sizes; I hope that you're 
talking about a model 3x and not a model 2x. 
  
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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Finley, Frank]

There is a Scientific Calculator for free in the Android Market place, and it 
does Hex calculations easily (The buttons change when you switch modes).  No 
idea about iPhones though.

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> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:43 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator
> 
> I am not looking for a Software Hex Calculator.  I would like 
> a "hold in
> your hand" hex calculator.
> 
> My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.
> 
> Does anyone have any favorites?  My Casio was very 
> inexpensive and very
> capable.
> 
> I have seen the TI programmable but I think they are more 
> cost and power
> than I need.  I would like something with dual power source, solar and
> battery
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Lizette

I like my TI-36X Solar. Hum, I wonder if some "smart phone" (Droid?) has this 
as an application?

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Re: TN3270 printing - scalable?

[Linda Mooney]

Hi Andrew, 



I totally agree that cutting down on printed reports is a good thing.  Our 
customers make that choice when they run the reports.  They can chose print 
only, or they can send to an online viewer for later viewing and/or print.  It 
has cut down on paper and printer costs a lot.  



Linda 
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Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2010 1:01:33 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: TN3270 printing - scalable? 

I've used VPS/TCPIP for many years and it's pretty easy to implement. The 
flexibility and support is excellent. 

Having said that, a solution I have implemented quite effectively at one 
site is to simply publish reports to the mainframe web server (IBM HTTP 
Server V7) and let the users download them using their web browser. The 
responsibility for printing is neatly offloaded to the user and they can 
decide whether a printout is really necessary. Mostly our users load the 
report data into Excel and crunch it. That can save money by not using so 
much paper. 

If you worry about users tampering with figures then you could convert your 
reports to PDF files using txt2pdf from http://homerow.net/rexx/txt2pdf 
first then publish them. Publish means "copy to a USS directory that the web 
server can serve out". Easy. 

Cheers, 
Andrew. 

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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Mark Pace]

I use the same TI-36X.  Solar, no batteries.

It works pretty well but has way more crap than I ever use.

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:48 PM, McKown, John  wrote:

> > -Original Message-
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler
> > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:43 AM
> > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> > Subject: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator
> >
> > I am not looking for a Software Hex Calculator.  I would like
> > a "hold in
> > your hand" hex calculator.
> >
> > My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.
> >
> > Does anyone have any favorites?  My Casio was very
> > inexpensive and very
> > capable.
> >
> > I have seen the TI programmable but I think they are more
> > cost and power
> > than I need.  I would like something with dual power source, solar and
> > battery
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Lizette
>
> I like my TI-36X Solar. Hum, I wonder if some "smart phone" (Droid?) has
> this as an application?
>
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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Ron Wells]

yep--casio fx-115s--solar--had it for years--and so far---knock on lots of 
wood---still works..



From:   Hal Merritt 
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Date:   06/03/2010 11:49 AM
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Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List 



Haven't found one to replace my old Casio. I loved that little gadget; it 
had every function known to man and a few known only to women :-)


These days I just use the Windows calculator for hex. 
 


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Behalf Of Lizette Koehler
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:43 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

I am not looking for a Software Hex Calculator.  I would like a "hold in
your hand" hex calculator.

 

My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.

 

Does anyone have any favorites?  My Casio was very inexpensive and very
capable.


I have seen the TI programmable but I think they are more cost and power
than I need.  I would like something with dual power source, solar and
battery

 

Thanks

 

 

Lizette


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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Thompson, Steve]

-Original Message-
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Behalf Of Lizette Koehler
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:43 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

I am not looking for a Software Hex Calculator.  I would like a "hold in
your hand" hex calculator.

 

My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.

 

Does anyone have any favorites?  My Casio was very inexpensive and very
capable.



When mine died I went to a Sharp Scientific calculator that had
HEX/BIN/OCT/DEC capabilities. When it died I replaced it with a SHARP
FL-506V. It has a battery and solar cell with multi-line playback.

I think it cost me a grand total of US$28.

Regards,
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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Mark Jacobs]

On 06/03/10 12:48, McKown, John wrote:



I like my TI-36X Solar. Hum, I wonder if some "smart phone" (Droid?) has this 
as an application?

   


I have an application on my Droid called RealCalc Scientific Calculator 
that has the ability to do hexadecimal calculations. This is a free 
application from the Android Market .



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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[William Donzelli]

> Well I hate to look like a solicitor, but, if there is anyone out there,
> particularly in the Houston area, with a multiprise (actually, any mainframe
> for that matter, I mean it depends, but if you have ANYTHING talk to me)
> that is just going to waste that'll be trashed anyway, it would be going to
> a good home.

I have been asking for older equipment for the collection for several
years, and I do not think anyone really takes offense. There have been
some extremely generous people on this list - and I would once again
like to give a public THANK YOU to them. Saving an old machine, a pile
of docs, or some reels of tape can go a long way, and in just about
every way is better than the stuff going to the scrapper.

Someday IBM may have some sort of non-commercial license for their
mainframe software - perhaps something like Syntegra/Control Data or
HP/Digital has. Save the software first, then worry about the legal
issues. Once the software is gone, it is GONE.

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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Bob Shannon]

> My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.

Why not buy the same calculator on Ebay?

Bob Shannon
Rocket Software

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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Lloyd Fuller]

I also have a Casio fx-115, but mine is an "m" and not a "s".  Works great.

Lloyd



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yep--casio fx-115s--solar--had it for years--and so far---knock on lots of 
wood---still works..



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Haven't found one to replace my old Casio. I loved that little gadget; it 
had every function known to man and a few known only to women :-)


These days I just use the Windows calculator for hex. 



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I am not looking for a Software Hex Calculator.  I would like a "hold in
your hand" hex calculator.



My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.



Does anyone have any favorites?  My Casio was very inexpensive and very
capable.


I have seen the TI programmable but I think they are more cost and power
than I need.  I would like something with dual power source, solar and
battery



Thanks





Lizette


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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Patrick Lyon]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:48:55 -0500, McKown, John 
 wrote:

>
>I like my TI-36X Solar. Hum, I wonder if some "smart phone" (Droid?) has this 
as an application?
>
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Add another Ti to the list - the Ti-34 Solar.  Been by my side since I bought 
it 
in 1988 when going to tech school.

Still going strong!

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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Eric Bielefeld]

Does anyone know if anyone even makes hex calculators anymore?  I have a Casio 
fx-451M that I use occasionally.  Like others have said, it has way more 
functions than I'll ever use.  Mine is kind of odd in that it folds in the 
middle to fit in a pocket.  The left side has the display, and buttons for the 
normal calculator mode.  The right side has the hex stuff for A-F, and a whole 
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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[Natarajan Mohan]

It could be as simple as Data connection not being established. You could try 
"quote PASV" in which case the data connection would be setup from client side.

Also you can check the settings via "quote stat" command. If it is passive try 
Active mode or vice versa.

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WANTED: Multiprise 3000/Any z/Architecture, FLEX-CUB

[Kevin Keith]

I've decided to make a seperate post, after some encouragement I've decided
to make an official "wanted" post for, well, what I want ;).  The title says
all, I'm looking for a Multiprise 3000 and/or any z/Architecture systems
(preferably a z890 I think) or related paraphernalia.  I am also looking for
(for the potential zSeries machine) one of those nifty FLEX-CUB devices.
While I may be able to house one refrigerator-sized computer, I certainly
can't and don't want to hold maintain something the size of three or four
(the DASD) so it looks like something like this is the only option I have.
 If you, or someone you know can help me out in this regard, please respond
here.  However, if you would like to discuss the
feasibility/constraints/challenges (insanity?) of home mainframe use, or
have tips/suggestions (which I would gladly welcome and appreciate) then
please respond to my earlier post entitled "Multiprise 3k for personal use?"
just so we can keep everything tidy.

Once again, thanks all of your help and time
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HDS MDL

[Darth Keller]

We've got a new HDS MDL (Mainframe Data Library - their version of a 
tapeless virtual tape library).  It's defined to SMS as a Manual Tape 
Library (MTL).  Whenever I issue a SETSMS SCDS command and OAM restarts, 
OAM is taking the MTL (and it's drives) offline.  Our older IBM VTS's, 
defined as SMS libraries, are not affected.

We don't have a lot of experience with MTL's.  Anyone have an explanation 
for this behavior?  Is it inherent to MTL's?  Our sysprog most familiar 
with this is not in today.

Thanks for any help.
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Re: HDS MDL

[Patrick Lyon]

Darth - If you have access to ISMF, go into 10. Library Management, 3. Tape 
Library, and do a 2. Display on the library.  

Page down 1 page and see the "Initial Online Status" for that system.

Not sure that is it, just a wild guess.

>From the help panel:

The INITIAL ONLINE STATUS fields show the connections between a tape   
library and the systems and system groups defined in an SCDS.  
   
Possible values:   
   
YESThe library is connected to this system or system group and 
   is initially online when the SCDS is activated. 
   
NO The library is connected to this system or system group and 
   is initially offline when the SCDS is activated.
   
blank  The library is not connected to this system or system group.


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Re: HDS MDL

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> We've got a new HDS MDL (Mainframe Data Library - their version of a 
> tapeless virtual tape library).  It's defined to SMS as a Manual Tape 
> Library (MTL).  Whenever I issue a SETSMS SCDS command and 
> OAM restarts, 
> OAM is taking the MTL (and it's drives) offline.  Our older 
> IBM VTS's, 
> defined as SMS libraries, are not affected.
> 
> We don't have a lot of experience with MTL's.  Anyone have an 
> explanation 
> for this behavior?  Is it inherent to MTL's?  Our sysprog 
> most familiar 
> with this is not in today.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> ddk

How are the addresses genned in your HCD? The HCD must have two things for an 
MTL. One is that the addresses must have the MTL "checkbox" selected. The other 
is that the MTL devices each need the same valid serial number. Now, the system 
does not actually verify the serial number, but it must be in the HCD and be 
"proper". This "serial number" is also what is in your SMS configuration.

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Re: HDS MDL

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>>The INITIAL ONLINE STATUS fields show the connections between a tape 
>>library and the systems and system groups defined in an SCDS. 
 
>>Possible values: 
>>   YESThe library is connected to this system or system group and 
>>   is initially online when the SCDS is activated. 
>>   NO The library is connected to this system or system group and 
>>   is initially offline when the SCDS is activated. 
>>blank  The library is not connected to this system or system group.

Thanks Patrick - that was it.  I'd forgotten to change the values once 
we'd gotten the library installed, online, & tested.
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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:26:14 -0700, Natarajan Mohan wrote:

>It could be as simple as Data connection not being established. You could try 
>"quote PASV" in which case the data connection would be setup from client side.
>
>Also you can check the settings via "quote stat" command. If it is passive try 
>Active mode or vice versa.
>
sftp is not only more secure, but more firewall-friendly (no
reverse connection).  But logic is no cause to expect it to
be on the OP's whitelist.

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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[Rick Fochtman]

For the home user it's not only a question of acquisition cost. The 
MP3000 is a great little box, because it is entirely self-contained 
(DASD, network, etc.) and because it runs on an ordinary household power 
circuit. It uses about as much electricity as a largish PC server, and 
of course puts out a matching and not huge amount of heat, so it's 
entirely reasonable for home use.


On the other hand, having just helped put one into the back of an SUV 
(on its way to Mike Ross's corestore.org), I can tell you that it's not 
a light box, even with all the DASD, fans, side and end covers, and 
several other things removed!




How well you make my point about needing a drop, plug, LOAD and IPL type 
of entry box. In my opinion this is the way to have an entry level 
[starter?] system.


You want to replace my Intel type servers with a mainframe? I have 1 
file server, 2 DB Servers, and a print server. I don't have a SAN. And I 
have 25 users.


So, I need, per IBM today, a z/9 (or 10), raised flooring, special power 
circuits, and a RAID box. The entry to a mainframe is quite expensive.


Today, my hardware costs are less than $10K, everything runs on 120VAC 
single phase, and I don't have to put in a Liebart or some such.


So to convert to a mainframe it is not cost effective until I hit that 
"magical" 30 Server number. But by then, when you factor the software 
migration costs, it is still not cost effective to go to a z box.


I really wish that IBM would re-think this area.
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"only kid on the block". :-)


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Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

[Rick Fochtman]

---


Doubtless somewhere a reader of these lists knows that the boss is
deciding that it's cleanup time for that dusty corner of the
datacentre
   



Well, you make me go and look.  There across the parking lot, in an
attic over a farm equipment shop and accessible by forklift, still sits
a bus-and-tag 3088 CTC - plastic wrapped against the elements.

Some people don't throw ANYTHING away.
 


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switches. :-) Anyone need a boat anchor that intermittently floats?


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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Rick Fochtman]

-


I've been using a Texas Instrument TI-60 for many years, very happily.  but it 
is not solar powered.




/s/ tuco bonno; 
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University of SouthEast Asia;
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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[C. Ardillo]

Good idea, I tried that already was certainly something to look at - 
still same problem.


Natarajan Mohan wrote:

It could be as simple as Data connection not being established. You could try "quote 
PASV" in which case the data connection would be setup from client side.

Also you can check the settings via "quote stat" command. If it is passive try 
Active mode or vice versa.

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Re: ftp.exe and Vista

[C. Ardillo]

This is something i'll look into.  The only impediment to attempting is 
that the authentication system that allows MF access may not allow me to 
alter the way programs are started up.  But I will look into.


Thanks.

Finley, Frank wrote:
I have run into something similar before with the VISTA UAC.  Command prompts aren't started as an administrator, even if you are an administrator of the box when you start it.  It lets you create a file, but not populate it, etc.  I don't understand completely the reasoning behind it, but I've seen it.  


It would have been helpful if sudo or something similar were built in for this, 
but the only way I am familiar to get around this is through the gui, or 
starting a new command prompt from a runas statement and switching to that.

If you create a shortcut to cmd.exe and then right click it, choose run as 
administrator, and then try using ftp.exe.

Or you can go to the start menu, and put in cmd and then hit ctrl+shift+enter and that will do it to.  


I don't know if this is your particular situation, but worth a shot.

Frank Finley

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I hear ya, but only certain apps can be authenticated for access into 
the MF.  WS-FTP is one and is much easier to use. I may end up shelling 
out for licensed copy as a viable option.


Ed Finnell wrote:
  
 
In a message dated 6/3/2010 9:10:40 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
cardill...@comcast.net writes:


Don't know how much farther i'll get on this before end of week but  will 
post a resolution, even if its drop back to XP.



  
How about switching to better FTP client?  _www.ipswitch.com_ 
(http://www.ipswitch.com)  or  something 





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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calculator

[August Carideo]

This was a discussion on hex calc
http://www.embeddedrelated.com/usenet/embedded/show/83918-2.php



   
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but it is not solar powered.
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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Chuck Arney]

I use the free Missing Calc app on my iPhone.

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Does anyone know if anyone even makes hex calculators anymore?  I have a
Casio fx-451M that I use occasionally.  Like others have said, it has
way more functions than I'll ever use.  Mine is kind of odd in that it
folds in the middle to fit in a pocket.  The left side has the display,
and buttons for the normal calculator mode.  The right side has the hex
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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Matthew Stitt]

Huh,  you are all getting soft.

I still do hex in my head..

Add/Subtract, not too difficult, Multiplication/Division, takes a little time.



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>
>Does anyone know if anyone even makes hex calculators anymore?  I have a
>Casio fx-451M that I use occasionally.  Like others have said, it has
>way more functions than I'll ever use.  Mine is kind of odd in that it
>folds in the middle to fit in a pocket.  The left side has the display,
>and buttons for the normal calculator mode.  The right side has the hex
>stuff for A-F, and a whole bunch of scientific things, all with flat
>buttons.

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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Rick Fochtman]

Huh,  you are all getting soft.

I still do hex in my head..

Add/Subtract, not too difficult, Multiplication/Division, takes a little time.


 


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ROTFLMAO

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Re: Enterprise Extender, z/OS 1.11

[Chris Mason]

To all who have been following this thread

Here is a post I made on the IBMTCP-L list which covers the problem identified 
in this thread but introduces another one stimulated, as it were, by the 
original thread which emphasises that the platform of the partner Enterprise 
Extender node is important even if the fact that SNASw was mentioned may 
or may not be relevant.



To all with an interest in Enterprise Extender

This is a "spin-off" from a sometimes acrimonious exchange of posts regarding 
Enterprise Extender (EE) in the IBM-MAIN list where it was initially suggested 
that EE might have been withdrawn from z/OS V1R11 - and it went downhill 
from there.

However, it did highlight something I thought - fatally - could not happen 
because SNA has plenty of ways of dealing with possible mismatches in 
implementation capabilities. The fatally flawed assumption was that the VTAM 
developers would always take care to implement ways to avoid mismatches - 
wrong!!! Thus it turned out that it really is these days - shock, horror, reach 
for the smelling salts - although decidedly not in times gone by - reasonable 
to ask advice on whether two nodes implementing common SNA functions - 
such as EE - are actually compatible. Where is the "Network and e-business 
Products Reference" redbook - not published since 2001 - when you really 
need it?[1]

It turns out that our erudite developers introduced some information flow 
which leads directly to session setup failure with 0897000A if both sides are 
not "reading from the same hymn sheet". In other words they have ignored 
the opportunity to prepare the ground for an enhancement by having both 
sides agree with, say, a previously reserved bit in a control vector, a "bog 
standard" technique well understood and used by their erstwhile colleagues.

Insult was then added to the developers' injury by the authors responsible for 

a) a Technote

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21367595

- in the tradition we unfortunately are obliged to anticipate from time to time
[2] - at least, perhaps at most, when z/OS Communications Server is 
involved - and 

b) in the text in the z/OS Migration manual for V1R11, GA22-7499-15, section 
entitled "SNA Services: Ensure compatible levels of VTAM for HPR sessions":

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-
bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/e0z2m171/7.1.15

Apparently, after the initial mistake of not ensuring agreement, you were 
obliged to ensure that all partner nodes could play the new game - as 
documented in the same section of the z/OS Migration manual for V1R10, 
GA22-7499-14:

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-
bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/E0Z2M161/7.1.15

and this advice extended only to other z/OS Communications Server SNA 
component implementations so it would appear completely to ignore the 
impact on other IBM Communications Server products or the Microsoft and 
Cisco products.

Then after perhaps after they had been close to the coffee machine as it was 
actually roasting the coffee beans it dawned on the developers that they 
could simply switch off the new function and return EE to the halcyon - and 
*compatible* - world it inhabited before they started fiddling with it. Thus a 
new start option has been introduced which does just that - except that, 
after applying the maintenance, assuming you may have "incompatible" EE 
partners, you are obliged to insert a new start option into your ATCSTRxx 
member which says explicitly you cannot tolerate the new function. The smell 
of coffee was just not strong enough for complete sense to prevail!

Following this APAR, the authors just didn't seem to understand what the 
developers had done because they produced - twice, the Technote and the 
V1R11 Migration manual section - text comparable to those joke tests where 
you have to complete 10 questions where 9 are particularly difficult - if not 
impossible - and then the tenth says that you must ignore all nine above and 
do something completely different!

The APAR relating to V1R10 is OA28332 "NF - ADD HPRSESLM=DISABLED TO 
COEXIST WITH VERY OLD RELEASES OF VTAM":

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1OA28332 (2009-03-18)

and that relating to V1R11 is OA28727 "NF - ADD HPRSESLM=DISABLED TO 
COEXIST WITH VERY OLD RELEASES OF VTAM":

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1OA28727 (2009-04-21)

What precisely the problem is that OA28332 and OA28727 solve is not at all 
clear.

If I can summon up the energy in the face of such a tightly held kimono, I may 
get around to summarizing what can be deduced from manuals and APAR 
documentation in a separate post in an appeal to VTAM developers to come 
clean - for once - and not treat their users as complete simpletons!

If you want to be safe,

a) ensure that and V1R10 or V1R11 z/OS Communications Server SNA 
component has the fix corresponding to the APARs above installed

***and***

b) specify HPRSESLM=DISABLE in the start options.

Once you have verified t

Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Ted MacNEIL]

I just purchased a HEX calculator, with other functions for two dollars, CDN, 
at a 'dollar' store.
It's even solar.

-
Too busy driving to stop for gas!

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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Rick Fochtman]

If you can find anything in the Sharp EL-506 family of calculators, 
you've got hex, octal, binary and decimal arithmentic at your disposal.


Jump out to EBAY and use a search argument of Sharp-EL506. I just bought 
two and the site says there are more.


Rick

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Re: Recommendations for a good old fashion HEX calcuator

[Graeme Gibson]

In the ASE labs for many years we've used a particular line of basic 
56 function scientific calculators identified "under the badge" as 
the model SC107A.  These were originally purchased in the late 1990's 
for the princely sum of $4.95 from the "office products" section of a 
major supermarket chain!  (we've had an unofficial contest running 
since then to find an even cheaper hex-capable calculator.. yes, I 
know, but it's a case of so much time, so little to do.. :-)).


Last year, wanting to buy some more of these durable and functional 
little things, and not having seen them on sale for years, we used 
the Internet to locate the manufacturer of the SC107A.  The Truly 
Electronics Mfg. Ltd, ( www.truly.net ) very 
kindly quoted us a price, FOB Hong Kong, USD1.85 each, minimum order 
of 1000 pieces.  We actually thought about going ahead..!  The 
"Christmas morning" atmosphere of opening up a parcel of 1000 
calculators (actually 10 packs of 100 units each) would be 
intoxicating!  Of course with (sea) freight and insurance the unit 
price would rise to about $2.50.  And then, while we were still 
prevaricating we found the SC107A again!  This time re-badged as 
"Office One 720", in the local K-Mart store for $9.95 ea.  In snazzy 
dark grey with high-visibility white markings on keys and a hinged 
hard cover to protect its tender bits, it instantly drove a stake 
through the heart of the idea to purchase 1000 of the beloved items!


So, I'd expect that you can find this hardy little workhorse, under 
whatever badging, somewhere in chain stores that carry office 
products just about everywhere in the world.  And if you can find one 
for a lower price than AUD9.95 (about USD8.40 today) then you will be 
winning in the "cheapest Truly" contest!


Cheers to all,
Graeme

At 02:43 AM 4/06/2010, you wrote:

I am not looking for a Software Hex Calculator.  I would like a "hold in
your hand" hex calculator.



My old Casio no longer displays and I will need to replace it.



Does anyone have any favorites?  My Casio was very inexpensive and very
capable.


I have seen the TI programmable but I think they are more cost and power
than I need.  I would like something with dual power source, solar and
battery



Thanks





Lizette


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Re: TN3270 printing - scalable?

[Andrew McLaren]

A *big* thanks to:
Andrew Armstrong
Eileen Barkow
Itschak Mugzach
Linda Mooney
Matan Cohen

... for your great replies - useful info, very helpful! Thanks also to 
the anonymous benefactor who hooked me up with a rep from LRS, which 
will be an extremely useful contact. Personally I would like to adopt 
the VPS-based solution ... now just a matter of convincing the boss :-)


Regards to all,

Andrew McLaren
Sydney Australia


On 3/06/2010 04:41, Linda Mooney wrote:

Hi Andrew,

We also use VPS, VPS/TCPIP, DRS, DRS/TCPIP.  We run about 500-600 active 
printers and we also use VPS/TCPIP and DRS/TCPIP to, among other things, 
receive data from other platforms, write it to JES2 for printing, or write it 
to z/OS datasets for for further processing on z.

Having installed/configured the LRS products in my shop since 1998, I agree 
with Eileen, especially as regards  LRS support. They have always been 
wonderful, whenever we needed to call.

We have already completed our SNA to IP conversion.  We do not use Enterprise 
Extender for customer print applications at all.  We use VPS/TCPIP.  We 
completed our conversion in about 6 months.  Most of our customers moved from 
old Telex SNA only printers, so that time included they time they needed to 
replace their printers too.  If our customers had already had IP printers, The 
cut over  mo ved faster .  One of the things we found during our conversion was 
that many of the reports going to the SNA printers were written using SCS 
support on the old printers.  We addressed that by adding PCL (or Postscript 
can be used) page presentation control in VPS.  That happens on the fly, and is 
done using VPS.   That allowed the SCS reports to print properly on the IP 
printers.  Applications was happy not to have to re-work the out put for the 
printer change.

We did find some things we needed to watch for.  I'll be happy to share those 
if you would like.

HTH,

Linda Mooney

- Original Message -
From: "Andrew McLaren"
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 1:21:31 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: TN3270 printing - scalable?

Hi all,

I have a situation where we'd like to replace SNA connections to remote
printers with "pure" TCP/IP.

The print devices are ordinary LAN printers like HP LaserJet, etc.
Currently these are connected by DLSw-attached Microsoft HIS servers.
Replacing DLSw with Enterprise Extender is not an option, for
complicated business reasons :(

One possibility is to use TN3270 printing, using the IBM TN3270 server
on the host. However:

- the only TN3270 Print emulators I can find are "workstation" style
products, like Attachmate Extra or IBM PCOMM.

- some print jobs may require formatting via PDT files.

So my questions are:

- are there any TN print servers/emulators which are scalable to
"server" workloads, ie, printing thousands of pages a day and many
concurrent print jobs from the host? Not just puny workstaion style
printing.

- are any TN3270 print emulators able to format complex jobs using PDT
files, or similar?

This site uses VPS printing from LRS. VPS/TCPIP is an option, but that
is a large project which may take years to deploy (this is for a large
bank). I need a tactical solution for the next 6-24 months, at least.

Very grateful for any comments, suggestions, ideas or info!

Regards to all IBM-MAIN folks,

Andrew McLaren
Sydney, Australia

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Hex calculator

[Leland C. Sheppard]

Hi Lizette,

I use a Casio FX-115MS.  I don't even know if it is still available and 
it is not particularly intuitive but it works.


I've had it for many years and have never had to replace the battery - 
it does have a small solar panel on it.


Hope that helps.

--
Leland Sheppard
Placerville, California, USA



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