Re: Enterprise COBOL 6.3 and IBM Programmer Tools

[Savor, Thomas (Alpharetta)]

If I read the Manual correctly, only Batch is 64-bit supported.  CICS is not 
64-bit supported.
I have many DB2 programs that run Batch and Online, so I guess they will have 
to be forced to run as 31-bit. 

Thanks,

Tom Savor
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  On Behalf Of 
Charles Mills
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 2:57 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Enterprise COBOL 6.3 and IBM Programmer Tools

  ⚠ EXTERNAL MESSAGE – Think Before You Click



A wild guess is that a debugger will need significant upgrades to support 
64-bit storage, a key feature of COBOL 6.3 as I understand things.

Charles


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Using a Variable in an IPCS LENGTH tatement

[CM Poncelet]

Perhaps something like this would allow a LENGTH GT 1000 - you could
give it a try:
 
ARG WHATEVER
ADDRESS IPCS
PSA_ADDRESS = ''
"EVALUATE" PSA_ADDRESS||. ,
  "POSITION("X2D(00)") LENGTH("WHATEVER") REXX(STORAGE(DATA_IN_PSA))"
SAY 'DATA STARTING AT PSA ADDRESS 0 WITH LENGTH 'WHATEVER' IS NOW = '
SAY X2D(DATA_IN_PSA) /* or X2C(DATA_IN_PSA) */
EXIT 0
 
Cheers, Chris Poncelet (retired sysprog)
 


On 30/12/2019 20:25, esst...@juno.com wrote:
> Hello,
> .
> After much testing and research I have the following RUNCHAIN command - 
> IP RUNC ADDRESS(50_40713830) LINK(3:7) LEN(X'30') CHAIN(1000) 
> NULL(X'14617ADC') +
> DISP VERIFY EXEC((LIST X+10? LENGTH(1000))
> .
> Im trying to avoid hard coding values where possible.
> .
> The RUNCHAIN command performs well in a batch IPCS job - 
> I am experiencing syntax errors when I try to assign 
> a Variable to the LENGTH(1000)). At the moment the DISP VERIFY statement 
> always lists 1000 bytes.
> Is there a technique I can use to assign a variable to the LENGTH ?
> DISP VERIFY EXEC((LIST X+10? LENGTH(x+10)) <- Fails on a syntax error...Paul 
> D'Angelo.
> .
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
> .
>

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Chaning time zone for Unix based tasks

[Gadi Ben-Avi]

This is the result:
# cat TZlog.txt
Script command is started on Wed Jan  1 05:50:11 2020. 
# date 
Wed Jan  1 05:50:29  2020  
# export -p | grep TZ  
export TZ="IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0" 
# echo "$0 $SHELL" 
/bin/sh /bin/sh
# exit 
Script command is complete on Wed Jan  1 05:51:14 2020.
#  

I am using z/OS v2.3

Gadi

-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  On Behalf Of 
Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 6:02 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Chaning time zone for Unix based tasks

On 2019-12-30, at 22:51:40, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote:
> 
> I changed TZ to the value you suggested, and when I issue the time command I 
> get UTC.
>  
"time"?  Try "date" instead.

Troubleshooting:

o Run the commands in the attached TAtry.txt file (This is not a shell script.)


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to 
lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN



Email secured by Check Point

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Migrating to new DS8884

[Brian Westerman]

Yes, save the old configuration to USB and import it into the new box.

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Chaning time zone for Unix based tasks

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 05:51:40 +, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote:

>I changed TZ to the value you suggested, and when I issue the time command I 
>get UTC.
>
So the TZ mailing list gently scolded me for rehashing old news and mentioned:
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1252
This proposal would address Austin Group issue 661 "grammar of TZ variable 
is insufficient for describing Israel Daylight-saving time", as 
TZ='IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0' represents current rules for Israel, with the 
'/26' exercising the proposed extension. It would also let POSIX TZ strings 
represent the current daylight-saving scheme for Godthab, via 
TZ='<-03>3<-02>,M3.5.0/-2,M10.5.0/-1' where the '/-2' and '/-1' exercise the 
proposed extension. 
...
The two minor extensions are specified in Internet RFC 8536 section 3.3.1 "TZ 
String Extensions" , [^] and the 
proposed action is to add these to POSIX.

And in RFC 8536:
...
  Example: <-03>3<-02>,M3.5.0/-2,M10.5.0/-1
 This represents a time zone that observes daylight saving time
 from 22:00 on the day before March's last Sunday until 23:00 on
 the day before October's last Sunday.  Standard time is 3 hours
 west of UT and is abbreviated "-03"; daylight saving time is 2
 hours west of UT and is abbreviated "-02".

So Israel needs only wait until POSIX assimilates RFC 8536 then z/OS
conforms to the updated POSIX.

RFE, anyone?


>-Original Message-
>From: Paul Gilmartin
>Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 9:28 AM
>...
>A better approach, extracting information from Linux, which does it right:
>
>503 $ tail -1  /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tel_Aviv
>IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0

-- gil

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Mark Regan]

After using the Brew tool to install the x3270 package, the x3270
executable itself does not show up. These are the only ones that show up in
the x3270 bin directory:

drwxr-xr-x  7 markregan  staff 224 Jun  3  2019 .
drwxr-xr-x  8 markregan  staff 256 Dec 31 12:51 ..
-r-xr-xr-x  1 markregan  staff  973120 Dec 31 12:51 c3270
-r-xr-xr-x  1 markregan  staff  600124 Jun  3  2019 pr3287
-r-xr-xr-x  1 markregan  staff  848036 Jun  3  2019 s3270
-r-xr-xr-x  1 markregan  staff  798332 Jun  3  2019 tcl3270
-r-xr-xr-x  1 markregan  staff   19280 Jun  3  2019 x3270if
MARKs-MBP:bin markregan$ pwd
/usr/local/Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin

Thanks,

*Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017


On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:36 PM scott Ford  wrote:

> Mark,
>
> We use x3270 all the time on macOS and Linux due to testing etc.
> Once the syntax is understood it’s not bad to use.
>
> Scott
>
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:32 PM Mark Regan  wrote:
>
> > Correction, I got c3270, the curses-based version, to work, not x3270
> > itself.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> > CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> > Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 1:43 PM Mark Regan  wrote:
> >
> > > Lee,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the pointer to Brew. I got Brew installed okay, and using
> it,
> > I
> > > got x3270 installed okay too.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> > > CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> > > Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:41 PM leeb <
> > > 02ae733369f7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Sorry, a little too quick with the send button.
> > >>
> > >> I should have added that once brew is installed,
> > >>
> > >> 'brew install x3270 c3270'
> > >>
> > >> should have the desired effect. However, I'm not running Catalina
> > >> so YMMV.
> > >>
> > >> Happy new year!
> > >>
> > >> Lee.
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote:
> > >> > Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit
> tn3270
> > >> > emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying
> it
> > >> out
> > >> > but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
> > >> >
> > >> > Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on
> > >> macOS.
> > >> > Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build
> it.
> > >> >
> > >> > Regards,
> > >> >
> > >> > *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> > >> > CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> > >> > Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> > >> >
> > >> >
> --
> > >> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> > >> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO
> > IBM-MAIN
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> > >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO
> IBM-MAIN
> > >>
> > >
> >
> > --
> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
> >
> --
> Scott Ford
> IDMWORKS
> z/OS Development
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: it was 20 years ago today ....

[Mike Schwab]

W.C. Fields?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C._Fields

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:01 PM Rupert Reynolds  wrote:
>
> Ah . . . sigh . . .
> A story I can tell now:
> One night around the new year, at the end of 1999. I was wondering around
> (client) with a bottle of nice sparkling wine, looking for somewhere to
> keep it cool.
>
> It was a special one-off night shift tacked onto the
> ml llend of a contract. I was to stay until various things had finished
> normally overnight, as expected.
>
> "You're drunk!" said the fella. I recognised him from a manager's meeting.
> I'd had a glass of wine, but I defo wasn't drunk!
>
> I couldn't resist it. I stole a line from an American comedian (I can't
> remember his name) and I said his line loud and proud "Why the Hell not?
> I've been drinking all day!"
>
> His face was a picture :-)
>
> And all he could do, being practical, was to sigh and say "Carry on . . ."
> :-)
>
> It was my last day as a contractor, as I was going to spend some years as a
> single parent of 4, so I never asked for a reference. Perhaps it would have
> read "Got the job done. Appears to drink like a fish." :-)
>
> Rupert
>
>
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2019, 18:26 Chris Hoelscher,  wrote:
>
> > Has it been 20 years since Y2K?? sometimes it seems like last year, other
> > times seems like another lifetime .
> >
> > Thank You,
> > Chris Hoelscher| Lead Database Administrator | IBM Global Technical
> > Services| T 502.476.2538  or 502.407.7266
> >
> >
> > --
> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
> >
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN



-- 
Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Hour 26? (was: Chaning time zone for Unix based tasks)

[Paul Gilmartin]

(cross-posting to tz and IBM-MAIN)
Hi, TZData,

On a Linux system, I see:
1043 $ uname -a
Linux Bunsen5-PG 4.9.0-11-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u2 (2019-11-11) 
i686 GNU/Linux
1044 $ cat /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tel_Aviv   | tail -1
IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0
1045 $ 

... This would seem to be Month 3, Week 4, Day 4, hour 26.
26?  Is that supposed to be 02:00 the next day?

But POSIX says:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap08.html#tag_08
... The hour shall be between zero and 24, and the minutes (and seconds)
-if present-between zero and 59. The result of using values outside 
of this range is unspecified.

z/OS (which supports only POSIX format) seems to ignore that TZ
(as allowed by "unspecified") and use UTC0:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.bpxa500/bpxa50065.htm
(It doesn't specify.)

Ouch!
-- gil

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: it was 20 years ago today ....

[Rupert Reynolds]

Ah . . . sigh . . .
A story I can tell now:
One night around the new year, at the end of 1999. I was wondering around
(client) with a bottle of nice sparkling wine, looking for somewhere to
keep it cool.

It was a special one-off night shift tacked onto the
ml llend of a contract. I was to stay until various things had finished
normally overnight, as expected.

"You're drunk!" said the fella. I recognised him from a manager's meeting.
I'd had a glass of wine, but I defo wasn't drunk!

I couldn't resist it. I stole a line from an American comedian (I can't
remember his name) and I said his line loud and proud "Why the Hell not?
I've been drinking all day!"

His face was a picture :-)

And all he could do, being practical, was to sigh and say "Carry on . . ."
:-)

It was my last day as a contractor, as I was going to spend some years as a
single parent of 4, so I never asked for a reference. Perhaps it would have
read "Got the job done. Appears to drink like a fish." :-)

Rupert


On Tue, 31 Dec 2019, 18:26 Chris Hoelscher,  wrote:

> Has it been 20 years since Y2K?? sometimes it seems like last year, other
> times seems like another lifetime .
>
> Thank You,
> Chris Hoelscher| Lead Database Administrator | IBM Global Technical
> Services| T 502.476.2538  or 502.407.7266
>
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Happy Holidays

[Richards, Robert B.]

Ditto!

And may all remain in good health!

Bob

-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  On Behalf Of 
scott Ford
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 2:34 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Happy Holidays

All,

To all my friends and colleagues i would like to wish you and yours  a Happy 
Holiday and Happy prosperous New Year ..

Scott Ford
Z/OS Lead
IDMWORKS

--
Scott Ford
IDMWORKS
z/OS Development

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to 
lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[scott Ford]

Mark,

We use x3270 all the time on macOS and Linux due to testing etc.
Once the syntax is understood it’s not bad to use.

Scott

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:32 PM Mark Regan  wrote:

> Correction, I got c3270, the curses-based version, to work, not x3270
> itself.
>
> Regards,
>
> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 1:43 PM Mark Regan  wrote:
>
> > Lee,
> >
> > Thanks for the pointer to Brew. I got Brew installed okay, and using it,
> I
> > got x3270 installed okay too.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> > CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> > Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:41 PM leeb <
> > 02ae733369f7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry, a little too quick with the send button.
> >>
> >> I should have added that once brew is installed,
> >>
> >> 'brew install x3270 c3270'
> >>
> >> should have the desired effect. However, I'm not running Catalina
> >> so YMMV.
> >>
> >> Happy new year!
> >>
> >> Lee.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote:
> >> > Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
> >> > emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it
> >> out
> >> > but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
> >> >
> >> > Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on
> >> macOS.
> >> > Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> >
> >> > *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> >> > CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> >> > Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> >> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO
> IBM-MAIN
> >>
> >> --
> >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
> >>
> >
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>
-- 
Scott Ford
IDMWORKS
z/OS Development

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Happy Holidays

[scott Ford]

All,

To all my friends and colleagues i would like to wish you and yours  a
Happy Holiday and Happy prosperous New Year ..

Scott Ford
Z/OS Lead
IDMWORKS

-- 
Scott Ford
IDMWORKS
z/OS Development

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Mark Regan]

Correction, I got c3270, the curses-based version, to work, not x3270
itself.

Regards,

*Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017


On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 1:43 PM Mark Regan  wrote:

> Lee,
>
> Thanks for the pointer to Brew. I got Brew installed okay, and using it, I
> got x3270 installed okay too.
>
> Thanks,
>
> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:41 PM leeb <
> 02ae733369f7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, a little too quick with the send button.
>>
>> I should have added that once brew is installed,
>>
>> 'brew install x3270 c3270'
>>
>> should have the desired effect. However, I'm not running Catalina
>> so YMMV.
>>
>> Happy new year!
>>
>> Lee.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote:
>> > Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
>> > emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it
>> out
>> > but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
>> >
>> > Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on
>> macOS.
>> > Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
>> > CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
>> > Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
>> >
>> > --
>> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
>> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>>
>> --
>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>>
>

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Strange Migration behaviour DFHSM

[Lizette Koehler]

I would look for messages like

ARC0310A  Can Volume be mounted -  You could have an issue if the response is N 

ARC0560E MIGRATION LIMITED: NO TAPE MIGRATION VOLUME


I find these two are the major contributors to migration issues.

Note:  If you have a PARMLIB member called AUTOR00  - or similar It could be 
responding before your automation does.


Lizette


> > -Original Message-
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  On
> > Behalf Of Jake Anderson
> > Sent: 30 December 2019 03:50
> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Strange Migration behaviour DFHSM
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Our DFHSM is a single host based . Strange behaviour an noticing with it as
> when i manually try to HMIGRATE to ML2(Virtual tape) and it's still in DFHSM
> request queue for more than a 1 day. I scanned through HSM log and i dont see
> any error related to the dataset am trying to migrate.
> >
> > The MCDS is at 90% and it's threshold is at 95%. Can this be a real issue?
> >
> > Jake
> >

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Joe Monk]

Ive emailed that guy about the rewrite he wants to do. Unfortunately its
like a brick wall... no response.

Joe

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:44 PM Seymour J Metz  wrote:

> There'd be an obvious option (https://www.brown.edu/cis/tn3270/) for a
> tn3270 client if you could convince apple to upgrade Carbon to 64 bit. the
> similarity between *bsd and Linux, I would expect that some of the TN3270
> clients for Linux would also work on macosx; there might even be binary
> distributions.
>
>
> --
> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
>
>
> 
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  on behalf
> of Mark Regan 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 12:24 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2
> (Catalina)
>
> Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
> emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
> but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
>
> Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS.
> Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
>
> Regards,
>
> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Seymour J Metz]

There'd be an obvious option (https://www.brown.edu/cis/tn3270/) for a tn3270 
client if you could convince apple to upgrade Carbon to 64 bit. the similarity 
between *bsd and Linux, I would expect that some of the TN3270 clients for 
Linux would also work on macosx; there might even be binary distributions.


--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3



From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  on behalf of 
Mark Regan 
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 12:24 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
but was wondering if there are any other products out there.

Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS.
Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.

Regards,

*Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Mark Regan]

Lee,

Thanks for the pointer to Brew. I got Brew installed okay, and using it, I
got x3270 installed okay too.

Thanks,

*Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017


On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:41 PM leeb <
02ae733369f7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

> Sorry, a little too quick with the send button.
>
> I should have added that once brew is installed,
>
> 'brew install x3270 c3270'
>
> should have the desired effect. However, I'm not running Catalina
> so YMMV.
>
> Happy new year!
>
> Lee.
>
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote:
> > Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
> > emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
> > but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
> >
> > Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on
> macOS.
> > Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> > CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> > Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> >
> > --
> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

it was 20 years ago today ....

[Chris Hoelscher]

Has it been 20 years since Y2K?? sometimes it seems like last year, other times 
seems like another lifetime .

Thank You,
Chris Hoelscher| Lead Database Administrator | IBM Global Technical Services| T 
502.476.2538  or 502.407.7266


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: VSAM record length 0

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:44:05 +, Frank Swarbrick wrote:

>VSAM macro return and reason codes
>
>Reason Codes (RPLERRCD)
>
>108(X'6C') Incorrect RECLEN. Some possible reasons are:
>
>  1.  RECLEN specified was larger than the maximum allowed, equal to 0, or 
> smaller than the sum of the length and the displacement of the key field.
>  2.  RECLEN was not equal to record (slot) size specified for a fixed-length 
> RRDS.
>  3.  RECLEN was not sufficient to contain the new alternate index key 
> pointer. With non-unique UPGRADE AIX��s, the record is automatically 
> increased in size each time a record is added to the base cluster and this 
> can cause an incorrect RECLEN. Make sure the maximum RECORDSIZE on the 
> alternate index is large enough for all base pointers it must contain.
> 
Grrr... Five alternative possible reasons.  Why don't they pare it down to the 
relevant 1?

>
>From:  Steve Smith
>Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 4:32 PM
>
>Browsing the output ESDS shows the first ten records only.  Conversely, the
>input file is browsable & editable in ISPF; but ISPF sticks a single blank
>on null lines if saved (even as it trims trailing blanks from all others).
>
>QED
>
Leave my data alone!  Save it as it came in!

>btw, I'm a little surprised, as I also don't see any obvious reason a
>"0-length" record couldn't be supported by ESDS.
>
Me, too.

Maybe they're only trying to help you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_People_Play_(book)#Consulting_Room_Games

What if a programmer were to divide some quantity by the length of the
record read?  What if a programmer attempted to copy the record with EX MVC?

No, not valid reasons.

-- gil

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: GOODBYE

[Seymour J Metz]

You're still allowed to subscribe after you're retired. Enjoy.


--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3



From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  on behalf of 
esmie moo <012780d99c7b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 12:25 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: GOODBYE

Gentle Readers,

   The clock has struck 12 and I am retiring from the work force.  I want to 
thank you all for the support I received over the years.

A massive thanks to one and all.  Good luck and great health to you all and a 
great 2020.

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Seymour J Metz]

I might believe X Window.


--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3



From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  on behalf of 
Matt Hogstrom 
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 12:49 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 
(Catalina)

Sorry, I was equally fast on send.  brew installs x3270 but I believe it 
requires X Windows.

These items are installed using brew install x3270 in /usr/local/bin
c3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/c3270
pr3287 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/pr3287
s3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/s3270
tcl3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/tcl3270
x3270if -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/x3270if

More information on the emulators can be found here: 
http://secure-web.cisco.com/1wYXh2sbg-_Z9PPpoyxS5ey6RQZJkKqTMHUFUNJXS89OHwwQZXqZWw08BwZ2vyxY-mGawHnSq1hfabLIcws3SdPmDF0kotz5sStnCCBeC5e5S30wiMTvlrW87XVn-RBqJ1-EzW7whX_L2dMMQQQheIDXpwYdfJrhoBgJZD3prngli7D3ri6PBblkxSplKo0C8dWNGEWq1k8wvQPZeNR9U9zHt5VfzQxChdEiEXrtcXK6ExjJxvTtCI3Xdw83S1e_EagXlpe_wYBncq8Mid7P2nC713l7vvbQnYaSTnVk3xi_9-AJqtOUVwQG3byXJdj2vNLaGTh4f9j_VBa19HgBbFdqx4QlxhczDQ9nft9_9CJlCVlnBow5H5fdDoLAZLjh4/http%3A%2F%2Fx3270.bgp.nu%2F

Matt Hogstrom
m...@hogstrom.org
+1-919-656-0564
PGP Key: 0x90ECB270
Facebook   LinkedIn 

  Twitter 

“It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
— Hogstrom

> On Dec 31, 2019, at 12:24 PM, Mark Regan  wrote:
>
> Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
> emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
> but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
>
> Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS.
> Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
>
> Regards,
>
> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: GOODBYE

[Farley, Peter x23353]

Be sure you call Operations before you leave to tell them to remove you name 
and phone number from their lists . . . After leaving a job many years ago I 
still got calls from their Operations people months after I had left that place.

Enjoy your retirement!

Peter

-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  On Behalf Of 
esmie moo
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 12:25 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: GOODBYE

Gentle Readers,
 
   The clock has struck 12 and I am retiring from the work force.  I want to 
thank you all for the support I received over the years.

A massive thanks to one and all.  Good luck and great health to you all and a 
great 2020.

--

This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee 
and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader 
of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of 
the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this 
communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication 
in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any 
attachments from your system.


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:49:33 -0500, Matt Hogstrom wrote:

>Sorry, I was equally fast on send.  brew installs x3270 but I believe it 
>requires X Windows.
> 
Aka X11 aka XQuartz.

>These items are installed using brew install x3270 in /usr/local/bin
>c3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/c3270
>pr3287 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/pr3287
>s3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/s3270
>tcl3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/tcl3270
>x3270if -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/x3270if
>
>More information on the emulators can be found here: http://x3270.bgp.nu/
> 
It might almost be easier to install Linux under VirtualBox and run x3270 there.

I have heard some complain with a religious fervor that the font on a
particular emulator was visibly different from a hardware 3270.  I
considered that lipstick for a pig.

-- gil

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Joe Monk]

I use zoc7  for tn3270 on my mac.

Joe

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:49 AM Matt Hogstrom  wrote:

> Sorry, I was equally fast on send.  brew installs x3270 but I believe it
> requires X Windows.
>
> These items are installed using brew install x3270 in /usr/local/bin
> c3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/c3270
> pr3287 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/pr3287
> s3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/s3270
> tcl3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/tcl3270
> x3270if -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/x3270if
>
> More information on the emulators can be found here: http://x3270.bgp.nu/
>
> Matt Hogstrom
> m...@hogstrom.org
> +1-919-656-0564
> PGP Key: 0x90ECB270
> Facebook   LinkedIn <
> https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom>  Twitter 
>
> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
> — Hogstrom
>
> > On Dec 31, 2019, at 12:24 PM, Mark Regan  wrote:
> >
> > Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
> > emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
> > but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
> >
> > Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on
> macOS.
> > Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> > CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> > Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> >
> > --
> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Joe Monk]

I use zoc7.

Joe

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 11:49 leeb <
02ae733369f7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

> Huh, OK. Does 'x3270' include c3270 these days? I'm not near my work
> machine
> so can't check.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:44:04PM -0500, Matt Hogstrom wrote:
> > Your command ‘brew install x3270 c3270’
> > Error: No available formula with the name "c3270"
> > ==> Searching for a previously deleted formula (in the last month)...
> > Warning: homebrew/core is shallow clone. To get complete history run:
> >   git -C "$(brew --repo homebrew/core)" fetch --unshallow
> >
> > Error: No previously deleted formula found.
> > ==> Searching for similarly named formulae...
> > Error: No similarly named formulae found.
> > ==> Searching taps...
> > ==> Searching taps on GitHub...
> > Error: No formulae found in taps.
> >
> > ‘brew install x3270’
> > ==> Downloading
> https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/x3270-3.6ga8.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
> > ==> Downloading from
> https://akamai.bintray.com/89/89d86a2b2bd54b97779d62ce7254f229dc7bde386ecea33487dcf3ef62523f6c?__gda__=exp=1577814883~h
> > 
> 100.0%
> > ==> Pouring x3270-3.6ga8.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
> > 🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8: 16 files, 3.3MB
> > ==> `brew cleanup` has not been run in 30 days, running now...
> > Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/neo4j... (101B)
> > Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/helm... (64B)
> > Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/spark... (101B)
> > Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/orientdb... (4 files,
> 557B)
> > Pruned 1 symbolic links from /usr/local
> >
> > Matt Hogstrom
> > m...@hogstrom.org
> > +1-919-656-0564
> > PGP Key: 0x90ECB270
> > Facebook   LinkedIn <
> https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom>  Twitter 
> >
> > “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
> > — Hogstrom
> >
> > > On Dec 31, 2019, at 12:31 PM, leeb <
> 02ae733369f7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry, a little too quick with the send button.
> > >
> > > I should have added that once brew is installed,
> > >
> > > 'brew install x3270 c3270'
> > >
> > > should have the desired effect. However, I'm not running Catalina
> > > so YMMV.
> > >
> > > Happy new year!
> > >
> > > Lee.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote:
> > >> Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
> > >> emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it
> out
> > >> but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
> > >>
> > >> Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on
> macOS.
> > >> Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> > >> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> > >> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> > >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO
> IBM-MAIN
> > >
> > > --
> > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
> >
> >
> > --
> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: GOODBYE

[Robert Longabaugh]

Enjoy your retirement.  At least you will know when the clock strikes 1, 2,
3, or 4, you won't be getting a call from Operations.

Happy New Year

Bob Longabaugh
Broadcom
Storage Management - CA Allocate and CA Disk

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:27 AM esmie moo <
012780d99c7b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

> Gentle Readers,
>
>The clock has struck 12 and I am retiring from the work force.  I want
> to thank you all for the support I received over the years.
>
> A massive thanks to one and all.  Good luck and great health to you all
> and a great 2020.
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: GOODBYE

[Jesse 1 Robinson]

Esmie, you kept us gentle. Or at least marginally genteel. ;-(

.
.
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  On Behalf Of 
esmie moo
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 9:25 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: (External):GOODBYE

Gentle Readers,
 
   The clock has struck 12 and I am retiring from the work force.  I want to 
thank you all for the support I received over the years.

A massive thanks to one and all.  Good luck and great health to you all and a 
great 2020.


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Matt Hogstrom]

Sorry, I was equally fast on send.  brew installs x3270 but I believe it 
requires X Windows.

These items are installed using brew install x3270 in /usr/local/bin
c3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/c3270
pr3287 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/pr3287
s3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/s3270
tcl3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/tcl3270
x3270if -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/x3270if

More information on the emulators can be found here: http://x3270.bgp.nu/

Matt Hogstrom
m...@hogstrom.org
+1-919-656-0564
PGP Key: 0x90ECB270
Facebook   LinkedIn 
  Twitter 

“It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
— Hogstrom

> On Dec 31, 2019, at 12:24 PM, Mark Regan  wrote:
> 
> Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
> emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
> but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
> 
> Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS.
> Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> 
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[leeb]

Huh, OK. Does 'x3270' include c3270 these days? I'm not near my work machine
so can't check.


On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:44:04PM -0500, Matt Hogstrom wrote:
> Your command ‘brew install x3270 c3270’
> Error: No available formula with the name "c3270"
> ==> Searching for a previously deleted formula (in the last month)...
> Warning: homebrew/core is shallow clone. To get complete history run:
>   git -C "$(brew --repo homebrew/core)" fetch --unshallow
> 
> Error: No previously deleted formula found.
> ==> Searching for similarly named formulae...
> Error: No similarly named formulae found.
> ==> Searching taps...
> ==> Searching taps on GitHub...
> Error: No formulae found in taps.
> 
> ‘brew install x3270’
> ==> Downloading 
> https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/x3270-3.6ga8.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
> ==> Downloading from 
> https://akamai.bintray.com/89/89d86a2b2bd54b97779d62ce7254f229dc7bde386ecea33487dcf3ef62523f6c?__gda__=exp=1577814883~h
>  
> 100.0%
> ==> Pouring x3270-3.6ga8.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
> 🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8: 16 files, 3.3MB
> ==> `brew cleanup` has not been run in 30 days, running now...
> Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/neo4j... (101B)
> Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/helm... (64B)
> Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/spark... (101B)
> Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/orientdb... (4 files, 557B)
> Pruned 1 symbolic links from /usr/local
> 
> Matt Hogstrom
> m...@hogstrom.org
> +1-919-656-0564
> PGP Key: 0x90ECB270
> Facebook   LinkedIn 
>   Twitter 
> 
> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
> — Hogstrom
> 
> > On Dec 31, 2019, at 12:31 PM, leeb 
> > <02ae733369f7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > Sorry, a little too quick with the send button.
> > 
> > I should have added that once brew is installed, 
> > 
> > 'brew install x3270 c3270'
> > 
> > should have the desired effect. However, I'm not running Catalina
> > so YMMV.
> > 
> > Happy new year!
> > 
> > Lee.
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote:
> >> Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
> >> emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
> >> but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
> >> 
> >> Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS.
> >> Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> 
> >> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> >> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> >> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> >> 
> >> --
> >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
> > 
> > --
> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
> 
> 
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: VSAM record length 0

[Frank Swarbrick]

VSAM macro return and reason codes

Reason Codes (RPLERRCD)

108(X'6C') Incorrect RECLEN. Some possible reasons are:

  1.  RECLEN specified was larger than the maximum allowed, equal to 0, or 
smaller than the sum of the length and the displacement of the key field.
  2.  RECLEN was not equal to record (slot) size specified for a fixed-length 
RRDS.
  3.  RECLEN was not sufficient to contain the new alternate index key pointer. 
With non-unique UPGRADE AIX®‘s, the record is automatically increased in size 
each time a record is added to the base cluster and this can cause an incorrect 
RECLEN. Make sure the maximum RECORDSIZE on the alternate index is large enough 
for all base pointers it must contain.



From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  on behalf of 
Steve Smith 
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 4:32 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU 
Subject: Re: VSAM record length 0

Well, I would like to know, so I tried it.  Evidently, an ESDS does not
support reclen=0.  My test input file (RECFM=VB) had no data in the 11th
record (the aforementioned x'0004'), and the REPRO reported thus:

IDC3302I  ACTION ERROR ON SAS00.TEST.ESDS
IDC3351I ** VSAM I/O RETURN CODE IS 108 - RPLFDBWD = X'8408006C'
IDC31467I MAXIMUM ERROR LIMIT REACHED.
IDC0005I NUMBER OF RECORDS PROCESSED WAS 10
IDC0014I LASTCC=12
ADF041A ENTER A NULL LINE TO RETURN TO FULL SCREEN PROGRAM

Browsing the output ESDS shows the first ten records only.  Conversely, the
input file is browsable & editable in ISPF; but ISPF sticks a single blank
on null lines if saved (even as it trims trailing blanks from all others).

QED

btw, I'm a little surprised, as I also don't see any obvious reason a
"0-length" record couldn't be supported by ESDS.

sas

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Matt Hogstrom]

Your command ‘brew install x3270 c3270’
Error: No available formula with the name "c3270"
==> Searching for a previously deleted formula (in the last month)...
Warning: homebrew/core is shallow clone. To get complete history run:
  git -C "$(brew --repo homebrew/core)" fetch --unshallow

Error: No previously deleted formula found.
==> Searching for similarly named formulae...
Error: No similarly named formulae found.
==> Searching taps...
==> Searching taps on GitHub...
Error: No formulae found in taps.

‘brew install x3270’
==> Downloading 
https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/x3270-3.6ga8.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
==> Downloading from 
https://akamai.bintray.com/89/89d86a2b2bd54b97779d62ce7254f229dc7bde386ecea33487dcf3ef62523f6c?__gda__=exp=1577814883~h
 100.0%
==> Pouring x3270-3.6ga8.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8: 16 files, 3.3MB
==> `brew cleanup` has not been run in 30 days, running now...
Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/neo4j... (101B)
Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/helm... (64B)
Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/spark... (101B)
Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/orientdb... (4 files, 557B)
Pruned 1 symbolic links from /usr/local

Matt Hogstrom
m...@hogstrom.org
+1-919-656-0564
PGP Key: 0x90ECB270
Facebook   LinkedIn 
  Twitter 

“It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
— Hogstrom

> On Dec 31, 2019, at 12:31 PM, leeb 
> <02ae733369f7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> 
> Sorry, a little too quick with the send button.
> 
> I should have added that once brew is installed, 
> 
> 'brew install x3270 c3270'
> 
> should have the desired effect. However, I'm not running Catalina
> so YMMV.
> 
> Happy new year!
> 
> Lee.
> 
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote:
>> Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
>> emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
>> but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
>> 
>> Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS.
>> Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
>> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
>> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
>> 
>> --
>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
> 
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[leeb]

Sorry, a little too quick with the send button.

I should have added that once brew is installed, 

'brew install x3270 c3270'

should have the desired effect. However, I'm not running Catalina
so YMMV.

Happy new year!

Lee.

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote:
> Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
> emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
> but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
> 
> Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS.
> Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> 
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Matt Hogstrom]

Yes, brew works under catalina

Matt Hogstrom
m...@hogstrom.org
+1-919-656-0564
PGP Key: 0x90ECB270
Facebook   LinkedIn 
  Twitter 

“It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
— Hogstrom

> On Dec 31, 2019, at 12:28 PM, leeb 
> <02ae733369f7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> 
> I assume brew works under Catalina?
> 
> https://brew.sh/
> 
> Lee.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote:
>> Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
>> emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
>> but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
>> 
>> Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS.
>> Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
>> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
>> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
>> 
>> --
>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
> 
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[leeb]

I assume brew works under Catalina?

https://brew.sh/

Lee.


On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:24:24PM -0500, Mark Regan wrote:
> Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
> emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
> but was wondering if there are any other products out there.
> 
> Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS.
> Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
> CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
> Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017
> 
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

GOODBYE

[esmie moo]

Gentle Readers,
 
   The clock has struck 12 and I am retiring from the work force.  I want to 
thank you all for the support I received over the years.

A massive thanks to one and all.  Good luck and great health to you all and a 
great 2020.

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

[Mark Regan]

Since the Catalina version of macOS is 64-bit only, any 32-bit tn3270
emulators no longer work on the macOS. I found ZOC, and I'm trying it out
but was wondering if there are any other products out there.

Another option is to try and build a copy x3270 or c3270 for use on macOS.
Not being a programmer, I have no clue how to use 'make' to build it.

Regards,

*Mark T. Regan, K8MTR*
CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991
Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: CBT File 120 - A new article - Member BM1912DE

[Seymour J Metz]

> "A PDS must be compressed to a DASD."

Does that sentence have any meaning? I would have guessed that it means 
compressed to a sequential dataset on DASD, but a search suggests that it means 
that AMATERSE itself copies the members to a temporary DASD dataset.


--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3



From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  on behalf of 
Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 4:29 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: CBT File 120 - A new article - Member BM1912DE

On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:15:04 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>Does AMATERSE let you terse an entire PDS?
>
From: 
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.ieav100/tseres.htm
A PDS must be compressed to a DASD.
(I suspect it must POINT to update a prefix later.)

And: 
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.ieav100/terse.htm
 Partitioned data sets (PDS), and partitioned data sets extended (PDSE) 
that do not contain program objects.

(I RTFM.)

-- gil

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: RCA MCF and jukebox

[Seymour J Metz]

I wouldn't describe the 3850 as poor quality, but it did sometimes drop a 
cartridge on the floor of the enclosure. Also, while it supported 3350 staging 
drives in 3330 compatibility mode, IBM never upgraded it to support native 
3350, much less newer drives.

The BULL Gamma 30 was an RCA 3301, so I suspect that the device on it was a 
re-branded 3488. The major reliability issue that I recall is shooting a 
returning card off the end of the raceway. However, my experience was as a 
software developer while the 3488 was being designed; it's possible that RCA 
finally got the bugs ou by the time they shipped in volume. I know that ICL 
sold some re-branded RCA equipment but don't know whether that included the 
3488.

For the 2321, the major issue that I recall was returning the card to the wrong 
subcell, causing physical damage.

CRAM? I only read about it and have no information on its reliability.


--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3



From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  on behalf of 
R.S. 
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 5:09 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: RCA MCF and jukebox

Gentlemen,
First: THANK YOU for your responses. I appreciate it much.

Regarding topic: I'm looking for any information related to RCA devices, 
however other devices are also interesting for me, so thank you for IBM 2321 
and MSS.

Now it's time for small disclaimer: I have never worked with these devices, I'm 
simply to young (yes, I'm old, but 1960's stuff is older). This is my hobby to 
collect information about various old computers especially storage devices. 
Yes, it's crazy a little bit. ;-)

Regarding other devices: I know NCR CRAM which is likely the only device in 
Poland (it's now in some museum, but the museum is closed for 3 years...). I 
know IBM 2321, IBM MSS (this is the first "strange" device I learnt about), 
Masstor M860 which is based on MSS technology. I also know a little bit about 
Burroughs/Electrodata Datafile 560, ICL MCF, Potter RAM, and very little about 
SEAC wire storage or GE removable 16" drives (very strange cartridges).

BTW: ICL MCF looks very similar to RCA device. Almost the same card specs 
(there are cards inside). Of course my knowledge is very limited, that's why I 
dared to ask on the forum. Last, but not least, I have almost no clue about RCA 
jukebox.

@Shmuel, you described those devices as poor quality. Well, maybe that's main 
reason why such devices disappeared from the market.


Again, thanks to all responders!
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
(writing using web interface)

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Chaning time zone for Unix based tasks

[Paul Gilmartin]

On 2019-12-30, at 22:51:40, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote:
> 
> I changed TZ to the value you suggested, and when I issue the time command I 
> get UTC.
>  
"time"?  Try "date" instead.

Troubleshooting:

o Run the commands in the attached TAtry.txt file (This is not a shell script.)


--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
TZ=IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0 script
date
export -p | grep TZ
echo "$0 $SHELL"
exit
mv typescript TZlog.txt

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN


o Reply here attaching the generated TZlog.txt

o After review by enough critical eyes, go to SR.

> -Original Message-
>> 
> A better approach, extracting information from Linux, which does it right:
> 
>503 $ tail -1  /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tel_Aviv
>IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0
> 
> So:
>TZ=IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0 export TZ
> 
> See: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xbd/envvar.html

-- gil



--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Strange Migration behaviour DFHSM

[Mike Schwab]

The management class on the dataset may be set to require backup or
migration to Level 1 before allowing migration to  ML2.

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 5:31 AM Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
 wrote:
>
> Is it possible you have a tape device which is stuck in some allocation 
> failure?
>
> I encountered one of these many years back. Device management had issued a 
> message for a failed allocation and the message had been DOMed. Net result 
> was that tape allocations hung behind the first failure. I my case they hung 
> for several weeks. All tape used in this installation was for DFHSM, so it 
> looked like a DFHSM error.
>
> Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw | Security Lead | RSM Partners Ltd
> Web:  www.rsmpartners.com
> ‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’
>
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  On Behalf Of 
> Jake Anderson
> Sent: 30 December 2019 03:50
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Strange Migration behaviour DFHSM
>
> Hi
>
> Our DFHSM is a single host based . Strange behaviour an noticing with it as 
> when i manually try to HMIGRATE to ML2(Virtual tape) and it's still in DFHSM 
> request queue for more than a 1 day. I scanned through HSM log and i dont see 
> any error related to the dataset am trying to migrate.
>
> The MCDS is at 90% and it's threshold is at 95%. Can this be a real issue?
>
> Jake
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to 
> lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
>
> --
> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN



-- 
Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Strange Migration behaviour DFHSM

[Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw]

Is it possible you have a tape device which is stuck in some allocation failure?

I encountered one of these many years back. Device management had issued a 
message for a failed allocation and the message had been DOMed. Net result was 
that tape allocations hung behind the first failure. I my case they hung for 
several weeks. All tape used in this installation was for DFHSM, so it looked 
like a DFHSM error.

Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw | Security Lead | RSM Partners Ltd  
Web:  www.rsmpartners.com
‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’

-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  On Behalf Of 
Jake Anderson
Sent: 30 December 2019 03:50
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Strange Migration behaviour DFHSM

Hi

Our DFHSM is a single host based . Strange behaviour an noticing with it as 
when i manually try to HMIGRATE to ML2(Virtual tape) and it's still in DFHSM 
request queue for more than a 1 day. I scanned through HSM log and i dont see 
any error related to the dataset am trying to migrate.

The MCDS is at 90% and it's threshold is at 95%. Can this be a real issue?

Jake

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to 
lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN