Re: PSW question

2009-10-10 Thread P S
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > For another view, see: > >   Linkname: IBM - EBCDIC and the P-bit >        URL: http://www.bobbemer.com/P-BIT.HTM Yes! That's the one I had seen most recently, and couldn't find this time. --

Re: PSW question

2009-10-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:34:30 -0400, P S wrote: >On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Ed Gould wrote: >> A long time ago and far far away (1980's ?) I was in a MVS debugging course >> (at IBM).I asked a question of the instructor and got an answer which I >> looked at as a non answer.Though the years

Re: PSW question

2009-10-10 Thread P S
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Ed Gould wrote: > A long time ago and far far away (1980's ?) I was in a MVS debugging course > (at IBM).I asked a question of the instructor and got an answer which I > looked at as a non answer.Though the years I have asked several IBM type's > and got a "I do

PSW question

2009-10-10 Thread Ed Gould
A long time ago and far far away (1980's ?) I was in a MVS debugging course (at IBM).I asked a question of the instructor and got an answer which I looked at as a non answer.Though the years I have asked several IBM type's and got a "I don't know either" reply. I thought I would ask here as this

Re: Page Faults and Interrupts

2009-10-10 Thread Peter Relson
"Page-Translation Exception" is the official term (PoOp-wise) for a "page fault". So, yes, a "page fault" is a program interruption. "Segment-Translation Exception corresponds to "segment fault". Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design

Re: Does Ent. COBOL 4.1 generate 64-bit binary arithmetic instructions?

2009-10-10 Thread Clark Morris
On 9 Oct 2009 06:19:02 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >At last! > >Lloyd Fuller has made the crucial point. It should, but probably will not, >put an end to this jejune discussion. > >There is no real connection between AMODE(64) and 64-bit arithmetic >operations. IBM Enterprise CO

Re: Justice Department probing allegations of abuse by IBM in mainframe computer market

2009-10-10 Thread P S
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/09/Judge_Tosses_Antitrust_Lawsuit_Against_IBM.htm is interesting (even if it does confuse the hardware and the software); perhaps most interesting is the link at the end, to http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/09/IBM.pdf . This includes some discussion of wha

Re: ACS routines

2009-10-10 Thread Patrick Xavier
This indeed is a tricky one...We always could have easily recreated the SCDS if its lost from the ACDS. Please keep posted if one of you get to know how this can be achieved. Cheers Patrick Xavier -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / s

VSAM R15=08 Open

2009-10-10 Thread prabhath gannavarapu
Hello, i encountered the above problem when trying to backup a usercatalog. Going through the message guide it explains me as below: At least one data set (VSAM or non-VSAM) was not opened successfully; the access method control block was restored to the contents it had before the OPEN was issued;

U.S. house decommissions its last mainframe, saves $730,000

2009-10-10 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. U.S. house decommissions its last mainframe, saves $730,000 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/100909-congress-mainframes.html?hpg1=bn from above: The U.S. Hou

Re: Does Ent. COBOL 4.1 generate 64-bit binary arithmetic instructions?

2009-10-10 Thread Steve Comstock
Frank Swarbrick wrote: On 10/9/2009 at 7:15 AM, in message , john gilmore wrote: These things said, it must also be conceded that the important new features that IBM has added to Enterprise COBOL, e.g., pointers and address modification (the curious COBOL terminology for substring operations)

Re: Multiple jobs/same name

2009-10-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:59:16 -0600, Frank Swarbrick wrote: >Documentation? We don't need no stinkin' documentation! :-) > >On 10/8/2009 at 8:48 AM, in message >, Peter >Relson wrote: >> >> According to the SDSF folks, their commands are documented in the help >> panels. Sounds strange to me. But

Re: Does Ent. COBOL 4.1 generate 64-bit binary arithmetic instructions?

2009-10-10 Thread Frank Swarbrick
>>> On 10/9/2009 at 7:15 AM, in message , john gilmore wrote: > These things said, it must also be conceded that the important new features > that IBM has added to Enterprise COBOL, e.g., pointers and address > modification (the curious COBOL terminology for substring operations), have > been v

Re: Job name standards (Was: multiple jobs / same name)

2009-10-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:08:30 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >In , on 10/09/2009 > at 09:45 AM, Paul Gilmartin said: > >>FSVO "arbitrary". This is the USERDATA parameter, isn't it?. > >Userdata parameter of what? > The OUTPUT JCL statement, which I found by following a chain of references

Re: More bad news.

2009-10-10 Thread P S
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Hadaway, John wrote: > The shortage is geograpghic...cost of moving preclude potential candidates > from > filling jobs in areas where needed...but with the housing crisis maybe that > might change... Data? -

Re: Justice Department probing allegations of abuse by IBM in mainframe computer market

2009-10-10 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. Anne & Lynn Wheeler writes: > With the rise of clone processors, there was change in decision to not > charge for kernel software ... and my (about to be released)

Re: Justice Department probing allegations of abuse by IBM in mainframe computer market

2009-10-10 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Yup, in the same vein, when was the last time you fired up HP-UX on your MAC (or mainframe), or AIX on your SUN box? Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of P S Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 6:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: More bad news.

2009-10-10 Thread Hadaway, John
The shortage is geograpghic...cost of moving preclude potential candidates from filling jobs in areas where needed...but with the housing crisis maybe that might change... John A. Hadaway Senior Systems Programmer/Analyst University of California San Diego Medical Center (619) 543-2270 jhad

Re: Page Faults and Interrupts

2009-10-10 Thread Hadaway, John
Look at any system trace in one of your dumps for PIC 011s and you can see how the flow goes for a page fault program interrupt...if you want more detail the other responders have pointed you to the right place. John A. Hadaway Senior Systems Programmer/Analyst University of California San Die

AUTO: Alan Brown is out of the office (returning 10/19/2009)

2009-10-10 Thread Alan Brown
I am out of the office until 10/19/2009. I am on vacation. You will receive this notification once. If you need immediate technical assistance, please contact Pete Kohler (pkoh...@us.ibm.com) at (203) 486-5716. I will respond to your message when I return. You will receive this message only on

Re: Justice Department probing allegations of abuse by IBM in mainframe computer market

2009-10-10 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. Peter Flass writes: > I'd say I'm sure IBM knows what they're doing, but based on what I've > heard about how the company makes decisions, I doubt it. > > It seems