Hello!
It is really unfortunate that they had to contend with such a lousy
interviewee and my sympathies are totally with your friend as he has a
right to be aggrieved here. Being replaced by someone is not a problem
but this is a farce if it is true. (You don't have to be a 'Sr. System
Analyst' to
This question keeps coming up a lot. Yet another choice is WebSphere Host
On-Demand ("HOD"). You can "Try Your Own Host" here:
http://websphere.dfw.ibm.com/whidemo/atdemo_hod_basics_live.html
You do not need to add any browser to Mac OS X -- it works just fine with
Safari out-of-the-box. I'm quit
Jim Mulder wrote:
IIUC, z/OS UNIX fork processing uses the OC instruction, while in PSW
key zero, to WRITE on EVERY PAGE of EVERY MODULE in the private area of
the address space!
That's a bit of an exageration. Every page of every program object
which is eligible for deferred page mode
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 06/12/2008
10:40:47 PM:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:55:31 -0500, Wayne Driscoll wrote:
>
> >My guess as to why the OC is used is because fork will use a Copy on
Write
> >(COW) protocol for the new address space. They run through the JPA and
do
> >an OC on
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:41:37 -0400, Jim Mulder wrote:
>IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 06/12/2008
>02:14:24 PM:
>
>> We just opened APAR OA25468 against z/OS UNIX. If you run with REFRPROT
>> in PROGxx, you can be hit by this.
>>
>> IIUC, z/OS UNIX fork processing uses the OC instruction,
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 06/12/2008
02:14:24 PM:
> We just opened APAR OA25468 against z/OS UNIX. If you run with REFRPROT
> in PROGxx, you can be hit by this.
>
> IIUC, z/OS UNIX fork processing uses the OC instruction, while in PSW
> key zero, to WRITE on EVERY PAGE of EVERY M
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:55:31 -0500, Wayne Driscoll wrote:
>My guess as to why the OC is used is because fork will use a Copy on Write
>(COW) protocol for the new address space. They run through the JPA and do
>an OC on each page in order to get the modules copied over. This is
>probably since th
Tom,
Thanks. I'm glad to see you regard us with such high esteem.
I like it when people say exactly what they mean.
Ron
>
> people
> overseas are not as skilled (even more skilled? That's a joke).
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I agree whole heartily with Lizette on the state of education. But it has been
that way for decades now. I can remember over 30+ years ago at my university
taking a database class. I was a part-time tape-ape at the time, and knew that
we used IMS as our database. So I asked the prof what type of
Shane Ginnane wrote:
Be careful what you ask for - they're just as likely to do something along
the lines of following, and bypass REFRPROT all the time ...
| Note that debuggers, such as TSO TEST and UNIX debugging
| environments, will override REFRPROT protection for particular TCBs so
| th
Ed J wrote on 13/06/2008 04:14:24 AM:
> We just opened APAR OA25468 against z/OS UNIX. If you run with REFRPROT
> in PROGxx, you can be hit by this.
>
> IIUC, z/OS UNIX fork processing uses the OC instruction, while in PSW
> key zero, to WRITE on EVERY PAGE of EVERY MODULE in the private area o
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The OP clearly shows that the person replacing him is not as skilled as
he should be. But even that person might be smart enough not to
generalize from one data point. I can find nothing in the original post
that denigrates a
Arthur T. wrote:
At one time when we sysprogs were overworked, a consultant was
brought in to update an SMF exit. He made numerous elementary
mistakes. After about 2 weeks, I finally got time and updated the
program in about 6 hours. During those two weeks, the consultant was
working o
I'd be more than happy to swing by and haul that thing off for you Barry
if you have no better offers. I could make use of it.
Chuck Arney
illustro Systems International, LLC
http://www.illustro.com
Access 3270 data from anywhere with z/XML-Host
Access 3270 apps from the web with z/Web-Host
Acces
I have the Overland TapeXpress T490E
cartridge tape drive that reads and writes
3480/3490/3490E cartridges that has been
unused for several years, and I'd be happy to
give it away, if someone can use it.
Overland doesn't support the drive, but they
did give me the url www.sprague-magnetics.com
Hi Anton,
At my prior gig we had North American, mostly CST and some EST zone work and
a UK workload. I supported one WLM policy. The workloads were grouped as usual,
prod onlines, prod batch, test onlines, test batch, etc I had CICS, IDMS,
Adabas, Complete, WAS, Domino, TSO. You get
On 12 Jun 2008 10:10:27 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
(Message-ID:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pinnacle) wrote:
The OP clearly shows that people overseas are not as
skilled (even more skilled? That's a joke).
The OP clearly shows that the person replacing him is
not as sk
Consider using the IBM z/OS IDCAMS utility function DCOLLECT which calls the
IBM-standard interface ARCUTIL in order to read the MCDS for you.
DCOLLECT options can limit the information being processed/generated, as you
desire.
The output file then can be read by a user program, or if you are
On 12 Jun 2008 08:00:50 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
>It seems that more and more, systems programmers either find some
>old-timer to mentor them or they have to shoehorn themselves into
>positions to learn their jobs on their own.
>
>Companies don't want to train them. Same thing
On 12 Jun 2008 13:17:41 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward
Jaffe) wrote:
>This is a totally different animal than outsourcing an IT job that can
>be performed remotely. In the case of manufacturing, the rising costs of
>transportation fuels are already beginning to change things. If
>transportati
Maybe you can share exactly what error or step/process is not working. Just
now, I successfully searched a Panvalet library (specified in quotations).
Here's what I did, using TSO/ISPF, from the panel "Search/Update Utility" -
(panel ID IFAMU36):
1) primary option "M" specified (member level
I our environment we have A LOT of online (DB2 distributed) work that
kicks off at night from a server somewhere. If we let it alone it would
eat our lunch and batch processing windows would be missed. We have a
night time definition that lowers the distributed work down to lower than
a snakes
Even though you are using the SYS5 alias, could it be that SYS5 is not
an alias, but just the high level of the datasets cataloged to the
master catalog? The clue being page datasets must be cataloged to the
master catalog.
Terry Traylor
charlesSCHWAB
TIS Mainframe Storage Management
Remedy
Chase, John wrote:
Doubtful (they don't have the physical space). But when a worldwide
equilibrium in costs of production is reached (probably in four or five
generations), everything will once again be made "locally".
This is a totally different animal than outsourcing an IT job that can
With the possible exception of the number of batch initiators started (with
WLM managed inits a moot point) I have been opposed to different service
definitions based on shift. With WLM, it is even more unnecessary IMHO.
For example, if there is no IMP=2 work running on the system, IMP=3 work
will
I just got back from a training session, see my tagline, and have only a
couple of minutes so I must wait to respond to ALL those emails my original
post generated.
However... A new wrinkle in the outsourcing dilemma...
This morning my friend received an email from a recruiter (a general
email
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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of (IBM Mainframe
> Discussion List)
>
> In a message dated 6/12/2008 12:30:46 P.M. Central Daylight
> Time, howard.brazee writes:
> >But the lesser skilled
> work will be outsourced again to those who need the money
Hi,
How many of you have different WLM defintions for a "Day" time load and
a "Night" time load in zOs . The LPAR is running CICS, ADABAS, SHADOW ?
I am trying to tell them the concept of having different WLM settings for the
different parts of the day , is old fashioned ex. We have WEB applica
In a message dated 6/12/2008 2:30:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
when I said people stopped studding IT I mean people in college.
My friend himself was an IT Student, but decides to go to an
management school after he realized companies in the US are sending
their
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:38:36 -0500, Bobbie Justice
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>maybe he read a book and declared himself an expert.
Or perhaps his management said "Be an expert!" so he found
a book.
>...
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:42:01 EDT, IBM Mainframe Discussion List
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think there is IT training in colleges here in the USA. Just not Mainframe
courses.
Most universities here believe that the OPEN SYSTEMS is the only areas to
teach. I took a JAVA and C++ college class. I asked if they would offer some
mainframe languages like Assembler and COBOL and PL/I.
You might try to use the ++UPDATE with SCAN option.
The replacement update scans on the member for the scan field specified and, if
found, replaces the scan field with the replace field. If you specify only
seq1, only that record is scanned. If you specify both sequence numbers, that
range of r
Tom,
when I said people stopped studding IT I mean people in college.
My friend himself was an IT Student, but decides to go to an
management school after he realized companies in the US are sending
their IT programming to other countries.
I don't think it's only money, IT companies have no cho
You can read it as long as you have the sub-system defined (SUBSYS=PANV).
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Lizette Koehler
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:14 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: FILEAID - PERFORMING SEARCH F
My guess as to why the OC is used is because fork will use a Copy on Write
(COW) protocol for the new address space. They run through the JPA and do
an OC on each page in order to get the modules copied over. This is
probably since they can't just re-load all the modules, since source library
inf
Craddock, Chris wrote:
Ed said
|2. Re-link the affected module so it is not using the
| REFRESHABLE attribute.
Yeah. Sure. How many modules in typical z/OS system are linked REFR?
:-D
Aside from that... IIRC z/OS (AND ancestors) completely ignores the REFR
attribute.
Not any m
Thanks Bruno, I opened at ticket to the Hardware group via ESC+ .
We'll see what happens.
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Subject: Re: Reporting HMC
Ricardo,
My responses below.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:43 PM
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So,
you really think that, if one is not
Rick Fochtman wrote:
Given the potential risks, I think that I'll stick to EXCP with
Format-1 CCW's. If this is going to be a public-domain program, I'd
rather be safe than sorry; and I don't want to give someone the rope
they might use to hang themselves. :-)
And, EXCP is an ordinary unautho
(IBM Mainframe Discussion List) wrote:
All it needs is an IOSB -- which contains pointers to the
channel program and UCB. Using STARTIO, you can construct a channel
program to read or write any records anywhere on any device. This puts
you one subtle programming error away from "wiping
I.R.S.?
Howard Brazee asked:
-snip-
Have you worked for companies that used terror as a weapon or tool?
-snip
All those with military service need not respond.
OK. Want me to name the companies?
I think I'd rather continue working. However, one of the most widely
known has intitials that ma
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:29:19 -0400, Jousma, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>All,
>
>This may be a silly question, but how does one open a PMR for a bug in
>the Hardware Management Conole (HMC) application? I don't want to open
>a hardware problem, and have a CE dispatched to my site. I don't s
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Wilkie) writes:
> Will Durant, a famous historian once said that a nation is born stoic
> and dies epicurean. The same is true for everything from Operating
> Syst
Ed said
> |2. Re-link the affected module so it is not using the
> | REFRESHABLE attribute.
>
> Yeah. Sure. How many modules in typical z/OS system are linked REFR?
:-D
Aside from that... IIRC z/OS (AND ancestors) completely ignores the REFR
attribute.
CC
The xenophobia disappears quickly enough. Once we had some experience with
a number of offshore contractors (UK, Eastern Europe, India, China) we
discovered that the talent level is the same bell curve we have here. A few
truly talented folks, a few really unskilled folks and the large bell in
be
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Behalf Of Steven Conway
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:52 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Outsourcing dilemma or debacle, you decide...
Howard Brazee asked:
-snip-
Have you worked for companies t
All,
This may be a silly question, but how does one open a PMR for a bug in
the Hardware Management Conole (HMC) application? I don't want to open
a hardware problem, and have a CE dispatched to my site. I don't see
anything in the books or Resourcelink, IBMLINK, etc.
Dave Jousma
This e-mail
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> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:23 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: 3270 Software for Mac
>
> Hi,
> I use CelView Mainframe Display 3.0.4. Excellent emulator that
Hi,
I use CelView Mainframe Display 3.0.4. Excellent emulator that runs
w/o problems on Panther, Tiger, & Leopard (10.5.3 so far). I use my
Mac at work & home. I have 2 of my systems programmers using Mac OS
X Leopard & CelView.
Systems accessed are z/OS 1.8, z/VM 5.2 & 5.3, z/VSE V3.1 & V4.1.
Use the Panvalet PAN#8 utility - in my sample below I'm looking for "CBRPBINB"
//PAN8 EXEC PGM=PAN#8,PARM='OPEN=INP'
//PANDD1 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSINDD *
++CONTROL 0
++SCAN *,/CBRPBIND/72
//*
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Howard:
Will Durant, a famous historian once said that a nation is born stoic and dies
epicurean. The same is true for everything from Operating Systems, to change
control to society in general. We enhance everything to a point where it is
sophisticated and mature and then abandon it because i
Richard Peurifoy wrote:
I am curious, is there much software that will use partitions?
Not that I'm aware of; I'm only familiar with non-commercial
goodies.
What do they buy you over multiple TN3270 sessions?
Pop-up windows, screen partitioning, etc., and a single logon.
Or anything else
We just opened APAR OA25468 against z/OS UNIX. If you run with REFRPROT
in PROGxx, you can be hit by this.
IIUC, z/OS UNIX fork processing uses the OC instruction, while in PSW
key zero, to WRITE on EVERY PAGE of EVERY MODULE in the private area of
the address space! (Who designed this???!)
I am not sure you can use Fileaid against tha Panvalet Library.
But there should be a search functions with Panvalet
Lizette
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>From: John Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Jun 12, 2008 2:04 PM
>To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
>Subject: FILEAID - PERFORMING SEARCH FUNCTION
>
>Ha
In a message dated 6/12/2008 12:56:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
How did that get there!! I had copies of oedit and obrowse in my
personal file in the SYSEXEC concatenation. I removed them and all is
well.
>>
Probably there to make PROFs work?
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Dawes
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:04 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: FILEAID - PERFORMING SEARCH FUNCTION
>
> Hallo Allo,
>
> Would anybody tell me how I can perform th
Hallo Allo,
Would anybody tell me how I can perform the "search" for a specific string
when using FILEAID. I am trying to search a PANVALET library (using
FILEAID) but I am unable to perform this function.
I looked at the tutorial but I came up empty. Maybe I missed it.
Thanks.
Send inst
How did that get there!! I had copies of oedit and obrowse in my
personal file in the SYSEXEC concatenation. I removed them and all is
well.
Thank you Bill.
Sean Smith
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Sent: Thurs
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Conway
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:52 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Outsourcing dilemma or debacle, you decide...
>
> Howard Brazee asked:
> -snip-
> Have you w
Howard Brazee asked:
-snip-
Have you worked for companies that used terror as a weapon or tool?
-snip
All those with military service need not respond.
Steve Conway
MSgt, USMC (Ret.)
Lead Systems Programmer
Information Systems & Services Division
Computer & Network Operations
Phone: (703) 450-3
(IBM Mainframe Discussion List) wrote:
Nobody said anything about terrorism. Now you are making it very wide. The
entire discussion so far has been about experience and, most importantly,
COMPETENCY.
Some years back, IBM outsourced operations and system maintenance for
their Poughkeeps
So,
you really think that, if one is not north american, a US citzen, then
he/she has less skills??
I think of it as a xenophobic problem.
Actually, I realy think that, because of all the problems we have here
in Brazil, where I live (I can't comment about India, as I don't know)
such as lack of
In a message dated 6/12/2008 12:30:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>But the lesser skilled
work will be outsourced again to those who need the money enough to be
willing to work for less
Just as manufacturing jobs are migrating from one outsourced country to
anot
In a message dated 6/12/2008 12:26:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The vvds entry should contain the catalog where the dataset(s) is
cataloged.
>>
It's sort of like a mystery novel(or misery as the case may be).
-Usually start with ===>LISTC ent('hlq') all
to se
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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:50 AM
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On 12 Jun 2008 09:05:03 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thompson,
For VSAM entries check the Z/os1.9 VSAM migration. I would check the
rename job you ran for the answers. For the rest I would do a listcat on
your catalogs and I think you will find the other data sets.
If you are creating a page data set on one system for use another create
the page data set w
On 12 Jun 2008 10:10:27 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pinnacle)
wrote:
>Actually, huge disagreement with this. The OP clearly shows that people
>overseas are not as skilled (even more skilled? That's a joke). Cheaper,
>sure, but you get what you pay for. Communications of the ACM (CACM) just
>h
In a message dated 6/12/2008 11:42:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Real CCW addresses are also used by the documented EXCPVR interface.
True. And you have to get the real addresses correct with EXCPVR, or you
will hose storage on read commands.
>The
biggest
> -
>
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I have some data set's vsam not catalogued and are lost on the disks,
> > tried to delete them and I am not able, used the IDCAMS VVR and NVR
> > and I am getting the following messages:
> >
> > --
In a message dated 6/12/2008 12:10:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have worked for bosses that tried to use terror as a tool!
>>
Guess we used to call it F.U.D.(fear, uncertainty, doubt), Spiral marketing,
corporate espionage, trade secrets, intellectual proper
Read up on the life and times of one Thomas J Watson... (G, D & R)
>
> Have you
> worked for companies that used terror as a weapon or tool?
>
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I hope not, since I have all the co-req maintenance on 1.7 for z/OS 1.9.
Just way too weird.
Claude
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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:16 PM
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Because I'm one of them old systems programmer who has CRS.
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> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:10 PM
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> Subject: Disappearing Master Catalog entries.
>
> This is a strange one and I just opened a PMR with
Real CCW addresses are also used by the documented EXCPVR interface. The
biggest problem with STARTIO is that there is no allocation, DCB, or
OPEN required. All it needs is an IOSB -- which contains pointers to the
channel program and UCB. Us
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In a message dated 6/12/2008 10:47:45 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAI
I have worked for bosses that tried to use terror as a tool!
>>> Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/12/2008 12:49 PM >>>
Terrorism is the new word virtually all governments use to label their
enemies.
But if their tool isn't terror, then it isn't terrorism.Have you
worked for companies that
This is a strange one and I just opened a PMR with IBM.
Scenario:
I have a three lpars, one at z/OS 1.9 and two at z/OS 1.7.
The 1.9 system is our sandbox area and I am starting the clone of the
test lpar to be at 1.9.
The driving system has been the sandbox 1.9, which the new master cat is
conne
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> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:57 AM
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> Subject: Recall: Data set's lost
>
> Bates, Bill (RMV) would like to recall the message, "Data set's
Maybe you should ask the new "SR Systems Programmer" that just installed z/OS
1.1O
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Tabor
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Perhaps
Bates, Bill (RMV) would like to recall the message, "Data set's lost".
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Perhaps the affected folks are traversing a different network path using
different appliances?
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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:42 AM
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In a message dated 6/12/2008 11:54:34 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Certainly it isn't required when they only are used as terminals.
>>
Well the hard drives do fill up with the 'downloads' whether it's
music, videos or pictures of the gran kids
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:02 PM
[snip]
>
> I'm looking at this code snippet and wondering: what's the purpose of
--
I don't think so. The "best" way (IMO) is to use DESERV and the GET_ALL
function.
OPEN (INPUT,(INPUT))
DESERV FUNC=GET_ALL, X
AREAPTR=DIRECTORY,
In a message dated 6/12/2008 11:33:02 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sorry. I missed that post. There is also "management terrorism", in which
incompetent management blunder their way into eventual dissolution of a
good
company. I have worked at more than one
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In a message dated 6/12/2008 9:39:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL
On 12 Jun 2008 09:48:12 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard
Peurifoy) wrote:
>On the other hand, we used our 3290's and 3174's for better
>than 20 years with no problems. We seem to replace PC's about
>every 3 years (though that may not be required :-) ).
Certainly it isn't required when they only
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At the risk of sounding very arrogant, I say let them stay there.
We
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>
>
> maybe he read a book and declared himself an expert.
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> Don't bet on it. He doesn't soun
On 12 Jun 2008 09:05:03 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thompson,
Steve) wrote:
>>As to the fact of terrorism it will always depend on what kind of
>company one will contract. You can always suffer from terrorism from
>inside also.
Terrorism is the new word virtually all governments use to label thei
Ed Finnell wrote:
Somebody gave us a few 3290's many moons ago but not the 3174
feature. So we ended up paying and then we needed another Meg and
then we needed the hard disk it kept going downhill. I think they were
a major contributor to TN3270 conversion. The fact that IBM held the cash
I am writing an assembler program. I have obtained the format 1 dscb for
a data set. Is there a way to tell if the PDS or PDSE is empty by using
the format 1 dscb? If not, how do you tell if a PDS or PDSE is empty?
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Ray Overby wrote:
I am writing an assembler program. I have obtained the format 1 dscb
for a data set. Is there a way to tell if the PDS or PDSE is empty by
using the format 1 dscb? If not, how do you tell if a PDS or PDSE is
empty?
I'm afraid you'll have to OPEN the data set to find out. (I
(IBM Mainframe Discussion List) wrote:
... The main danger in using STARTIO is when you build a
channel program with real addresses that has read CCWs in it, as you can
easily overlay storage that is not yours. Write CCWs will not overlay storage,
but you will write the wrong data out to th
maybe he read a book and declared himself an expert.
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Don't bet on it. He doesn't sound that bright! :-)
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For IBM-MAIN
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Apparently management there does not fully comprehend all the
implications of "You get what you pay for". If it's a publicly-held
firm, I think I'd want to divest..
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GOT THAT RIGHT! About 15 minu
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As I mentioned in the past, a friend is losing his job (and looking for
the next one) because the company he works for is sending all systems
programmer, operations and scheduling, as well as a lot of other
non-mainframe, positions, to a firm
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Anne & Lynn Wheeler
>
>
> Howard Brazee writes:
> > It seems that more and more, systems programmers either find some
> > old-timer to mentor them or they have to shoehorn themselves into
> > positions to learn thei
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