Re: CPU time/instruction table

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown) writes: > On the current machines, there are two classes of instructions. The > "simple" instructions (like SR and LA and so forth) are "hard > wired". The more difficult instructions (such as MVCLE) are > "millicoded". So, if you can replace a millicoded instruction

Re: EAL5 Certification for z10 Enterprise Class Server

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walt Farrell) writes: > I'll agree that things are generally different above EAL4, but in my > experience typically because the mutual recognition agreements apply only at > EAL4 and lower. And because (I think) in the US you may need the NSA > involved in evaluations at EAL5 an

Re: EAL5 Certification for z10 Enterprise Class Server

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walt Farrell) writes: > But personally, I would not call it an operating system (I would call it a > hypervisor) nor would I claim it as EAL6+. above EAL4 gets kind of

Re: Mainframe files under AIX etc.

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown) writes: > This is strictly for z/Linux use. I really doubt that you can connect > "mainframe" DASD to your AIX system. The interface is different. The > "m

Re: Startio Question

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (, IBM Mainframe Discussion List) writes: > There are typically many ways to intercept certain events inside z/OS. > Causing a program interrupt with an invalid SCHID

Re: Startio Question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Skip Robinson) writes: > At some point in the late 90s, NSC got sold to CNT, its former arch rival > whose core technology was entirely different. It looks as if CNT filed this > patent for RDS technology that had been commercially available for 15 years > from a different vendor

Re: Startio Question

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008q.html#33 Startio Question ... oh ... recent post http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008p.html#50 with copy of old email http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008p.

Re: Startio Question

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (, IBM Mainframe Discussion List) writes: > The way z/OS itself attaches a device to a particular channel is with the > Modify Subchannel (MSCH) instruction. This ins

Re: "The Register" article on HP replacing z

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pommier, Rex R.) writes: > I concur also. I wonder what year my company was included in the "250 > per 2 years" statistic. We brought in a brand-spanking-new HP > sup

Re: Query: Mainframers look forward and back

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. ibm system mag article done a couple yrs ago (slightly garbled some details): Making History; Unofficial historian's dedication to the industry still thrives http:

Re: Addressing Scheme with 64 vs 63 bits

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert A. Rosenberg) writes: > There was also the secondary use of the high bit to signal AM24 vs > AM31 in addresses used for branching to/from subroutines. This > req

Re: Virtual

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008o.html#55 Virtual http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008o.html#56 Virtual http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008o.html#57 Virtual and from long ago and far away

Re: Virtual

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Kern) writes: > I thought the early prototype of this was the Single-System-Image code > written at University of Waterloo back in the early 1980's. I tried to >

Re: Virtual

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown) writes: > That is something that I thought was very interesting. It is not as > necessary on a single z. But it would be wonderful if a multi-CEC > environ

Re: Virtual

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Gilmartin) writes: > Understood. But is this because z/VM does a superior job of providing > virtual images of the underlying hardware, or because z/VM provides >

Re: z/OS Documentation - again

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward Jaffe) writes: > Several cogent letters have been written to IBM articulating the need > for POO in HTML. IBM is aware of the problem and claims to be working >

Re: question for C experts - strcpy vs memcpy

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown) writes: > If I am copying literal text into a char array, which do you think is > better: > > strcpy(dest,"LITERAL"); > > OR > > memcpy(dest,"LITERAL",8);

Re: CHROME and WEB apps on Mainframe?

Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > one of the large vm370-based timesharing commercial bureaus > http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#timeshare > > had its main datacenter not very far from SLAC. That organization had > also hosted the SHARE onl

Re: CHROME and WEB apps on Mainframe?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sipples) writes: >>note that the first web server outside of europe was on the >>slac vm system > > True, although it's also true it was

Re: CHROME and WEB apps on Mainframe?

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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > somewhat related, I had proposed an advanced technology new kernel > project (i.e. which was the

Re: CHROME and WEB apps on Mainframe?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Packer) writes: > Personally I think we should have put a lot more effort into TSO and ISPF. > That's just a gut feeling... I can't give

Re: CHROME and WEB apps on Mainframe?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Finnell) writes: > Some of the ex-IBMers at SHARE claimed a CMS for MVS back in mid-eighties > that was 'shelved' for 'market considerations

Re: CHROME and WEB apps on Mainframe?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sipples) writes: I cannot think of any earthly (or even unearthly) reason why Google Chrome would not already be 100% compatible with all the HTTP(S) implementations available on System z. It's a ubiquitous protocol, and HTTP has been running on mainframes longer than o

Re: IBM THINK original equipment sign

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008m.html#35 IBM THINK original equipment sign and for something different ... a 2741 APL typeball http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/apl

Re: IBM THINK original equipment sign

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sebastian Welton) writes: > I have an original IBM Thinkpad. This is a small brown pocket notepad with > the word 'THINK' printed on the front a

Re: IBM THINK original equipment sign

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shane) writes: > When I was at Amdahl, the tech services manager of one of (the ???) > biggest Aussie customers had a pretty good collection of vendor mugs. > He made a

Re: Anyone heard of a company called TIBCO ?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony B.) writes: > Supposedly they develop mainframe/open systems related products. shortly after they were established as independent company, we had been brought i

Re: Unbelievable Patent for JCL

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) writes: > Historically, software was copyrighted or "trade secret". But some

Re: Unbelievable Patent for JCL

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Howard Brazee) writes: > I'm trying to figure out how to use computers in this function of the > patent office. It would have to know how to find software patent > id

Re: IBM manual web pages

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Howard Brazee) writes: > Automatic redirection means people don't notice and don't change > anything (it still works). I guess such redirections should require > an

Re: z/OS BIND9 DNS Vulnerable to Cache Poisoning Attack Problem?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. oops, finger slip http://www.opendns.com/ -- 40+yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar70

Re: z/OS BIND9 DNS Vulnerable to Cache Poisoning Attack Problem?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick O'Keefe) writes: > I don't think it's "out of ignorance" at all. As I understand it, the > whole concept of DNS lookups is built around recursion - "I don't >

Re: Code Page 1047 vs 037 - Green card confusion

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) writes: > No, I'm referring to the 1403 line-printer Universal Character Set buffer, > since the context was the 1416. That was a wrapper aro

Re: IBM-MAIN longevity

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008k.html#81 IBM-MAIN longevity http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008k.html#83 IBM-MAIN longevity some old VMSHARE related email http:/

Re: IBM-MAIN longevity

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John P Kalinich) writes: > Yes, the usual suspects...Metz, Zelden, Jaffe. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008k.html#81 IBM-MAIN longevity google has bit.listserv gate

Re: IBM-MAIN longevity

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leonard D Woren) writes: > Rats... I didn't subscribe until July 1986. Unless it's already been > done somewhere, someday I'm going to dig up all of the list traffic >

Re: Transactional Memory

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) writes: > This is not from IBM or about mainframes. But I think it will be of > interest to the readers here. It is from Sun about

Re: IBM 029 keypunch -- 0-8-2 overpunch -- what hex code results?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Harminc) writes: > The 2540 was quite happy to read so-called column binary cards, that > is cards with any 12-bit combination of holes punch

Re: IBM 029 keypunch -- 0-8-2 overpunch -- what hex code results?

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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 10-2-8 (aka, 0-2-8) is x'6A'. > > I still remember 12-2-9 (x'02')

Re: IBM 029 keypunch -- 0-8-2 overpunch -- what hex code results?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Waterbury) writes: > Does anyone recall how to determine the one byte value that results > from a column on an 80-byte card that was "overpu

Re: IBM's 2Q2008 Earnings

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sipples) writes: > This would be the "I don't believe the number is accurate" argument I > guess. > > Well, if you think there's an error in IBM's earnings repor

Re: IBM's 2Q2008 Earnings

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sipples) writes: > This would be the "I don't believe the number is accurate" argument I > guess. > > Well, if you think there's an error in IBM's earnings repo

Re: CLIs and GUIs

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to alt.folklore.computers,bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Warnock) writes: > Even the very first Lisp (1958) had a compiler (by 1962) to native > machine code, as did almost every one which followed

Re: IBM's 2Q2008 Earnings

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sipples) writes: > You have to be very careful about the System i numbers though, and > Loughridge explained this. When you buy a new sys

Re: IBM's 2Q2008 Earnings

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sipples) writes: > The quarterly financial results for any publicly traded company, including > IBM, get reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Re: Another difference between platforms...

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Graeme Gibson) writes: > ..but "blind" is completely out of court here and cannot go > unchallenged in this forum. If CKD compatability had been

Re: We're losing the battle

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sipples) writes: > Whether you're seeing these particular trends at your bank or not is > interesting, but from an industry view I think this is a reasonable (and > unsurprising) generalization. (Certainly the biggest application provider > in this market, ACI Worldwide,

Re: what newsgroup server do you use?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Verizon fios has just dropped all bit.* newsgroups from their > service. (I am lobbying for more than the 'Big-8' list they offer) recommendations in alt(.folklore.computers) because of similar: (1 time charge)(free)

Re: Op codes removed from z/10

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Mulder) writes: > "Military secrets are the most fleeting of all." -- >Spock, The Enterprise Incident, stardate 5027.4, Episode 59 > >

Re: We're losing the battle

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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Following Bruce's talk was some people from tandem (corresponding to Jim > having left rese

Re: We're losing the battle

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sipples) writes: > Nobody said Parallel Sysplex and GDPS are the only high availability > clustered solutions in the market. But this who

Re: We're losing the battle

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R.S.) writes: > In my experience, Tandems are not "switches". They process card > traffic. I'm aware of one migration from mainframe to Tandem. >

Re: We're losing the battle

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruno Sugliani) writes: > Like someone said : i backup my servers with TSM on ts7700 in grid > configuration with jaguar at the back , and it work

Re: We're losing the battle

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Finnell) writes: > They do, but my suspicion is that in multi-tiered model some things > got overlooked in the PCI/HIPPA redesign-all those

Re: We're losing the battle

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R.S.) writes: > Parallel Sysplex has nothing to do with that. You're talking about > *banking system* which consist of many elements, optionally

Re: We're losing the battle

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richards, Robert B.) writes: > Most major banks that I am aware of do have parallel sysplexes in their > data centers. I suspect that we are not

Re: Outsourcing dilemma or debacle, you decide...

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

Re: Outsourcing dilemma or debacle, you decide...

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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 > positio

Re: EXCP access methos

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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There was a version of CP67 that was converted to run on 370s ("CP67-I" > system) ...

Re: EXCP access methos

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (, IBM Mainframe Discussion List) writes: > In VM, CCWs are not interpreted as far as I know, but rather the channel > program is scanned before

Trusted (mainframe) online transactions

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > During Jim's tribute, people were asked to come up and > tell stories. The story I told was that Jim and I use to have > friday evening sessions at some of the

re; American Airlines

Shmuel Metz , Seymour J. wrote: More like a precursor to the cache on a 3880-12. splitting the difference :-) 3880-11 was "ironwood" ... 8mbyte 4k, "page" record cache 3880-13 was "sheriff" ... 8mbyte, full-track cache later they were both upgraded to 32mbyte as -21 & -23 old post with some

Re: American Airlines

John P. Baker wrote: I seem to recall something called the "Limited Lock Facility (LLF)", which provided some specialized CCW support in the controller. Was it developed for use in situation such as that described here? re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008i.html#19 American Airlines http://www

Re: Ameican Airlines

Eric Chevalier wrote: However, we were using 2314s attached to these boxes, and I believe there _was_ a hardware RPQ on the drives. Called something like "Airlines Control Buffer", I _think_ the feature allowed the drive to disconnect from the channel while doing a seek. Whatever the details, it

American Airlines

On Jun 2, 10:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Brown) wrote: Actually, IBM built special hardware for this type of software to run on. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008i.html#19 American Airlines http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008i.html#34 American Airlines http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008i.htm

Re: American Airlines

On Jun 2, 10:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Brown) wrote: > Actually, IBM built special hardware for this type of software to run on. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008i.html#19 American Airlines http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008i.html#34 American Airlines http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008i.html

American Airlines

hancock wrote: Question: SABRE took years to develop. Did it take equally long to develop systems for competing airlines? For those using IBM platforms, could they use any code or designs for SABRE or were they propriety to American Airlines? re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008i.html#19 A

Re: American Airlines

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Smith III) writes: > That would be the problem today; back in 1989 when SABRE (to the best > of my knowledge) was the main airline reservati

Re: DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R.S.) writes: > The key is "on other systems". iSCSI is not supported on z/OS. > So, on z/OS it is still impossible. However - in general - it is

Re: DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Knigge) writes: > I wonder how it is possible to attach DASD- or TAPE-Devives via > TCP/IP. There is a product called mfnetdisk (see mkne

Re: Old hardware

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William H. Blair) writes: > In fact, so many 360/50 machines were being returned to IBM > (off rental), being replaced by either a 370/155 or 370

Re: Old hardware

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted MacNEIL) writes: > I went to the University of Waterloo (1976-1980), and I was told it > was a 360/40, at the time. But, I do remember when

Re: Mainframe programming vs the Web

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Marchant) writes: > I beg to differ. Until recently, I was running Firefox without NoScript and > frequently found that both and swap space had filled up, requiri

Re: Java; a POX

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ivan Warren) writes: > Assembler is for sissies ! > Using a keyboard to input hexadecimal numbers if for script kiddies.. > > Real programmers fli

Re: Mainframe programming vs the Web

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Packer) writes: > As a big Firefox fan (writing extensions and living on the BLEEDING edge > by running Nightlies) I wonder if IE even HA

Re: Long running Batch programs keep IMS databases offline

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. "F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We have IMS 9 on z/OS and I am fairly new to the platform and have a > vested interest in fixing it. Every night we have batch programs that > run which

Re: 3277 terminals and emulators

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick O'Keefe) writes: > I thought the AS/400 grew out of the 8100, but I suppose it may > have had mixed parentage. (Or I may be remembering

Re: Fixed-Point and Scientific Notation

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Higgins) writes: > DFP Decimal IEEE 754r FP > Significant digits 7 16 34 > Maximum exponent96

Re: DB2 & z/OS Dissertation Research

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Todd Burch) writes: > Going way back, look into the instigators for cross memory (AKA XA), and > you'll find DB2's names at the top of the li

Re: How fast is XCF

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shane) writes: > I guess RFC2549 would be no good either then ... ??? one of the april 1st RFCs from my rfc index http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/rfcietff.htm click on "Term (term->RFC#)" in "RFCs listed by" section and scroll down to "April1" April1 5242 5241 4824 4042 4041 3751

Re: 3277 terminals and emulators

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.comptuers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Ross) writes: > So far, the only leads I have are that the 3270 card in the XT/370 desktop > mainframe machine did 3277 emulation - but I

Re: Xephon, are they still in business?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Schmidt) writes: > The mainframe community also supported city, area and regional user groups > for quite a few of its subcomponents for man

Re: Xephon, are they still in business?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian) writes: > I think its time for us(old mainframers) to jump on the "new " age > technologies like blogging, forums and wiki's to preserve our

Re: TRANSLATE inst with DAT on

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The Prin of Operations, programming notes on using the TR with DAT on, > state that there will be a performance hit if the second operand > actually crosses th

Re: IBM CEO's remuneration last year ?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Harper) writes: > The point I was trying to make is that the compensation package for the > IBM CEO, compared to others heading up large corporations and compared >

Re: IBM CEO's remuneration last year ?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anton Britz) writes: > Based on the discussions I follow on the PBS channel, the "Hedge FUnd Mess" > and the subsequent 30 Billion Republican bail out was because of t

Re: My last post in this forum.

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008g.html#18 CA ESD files Options http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008g.html#19 CA ESD files Options http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008g.

Re: CA ESD files Options

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (shai hess) writes: > Buffer overflow is a programming error. if you use some C command (reading > strings command etc...) you can have a problem.

Re: CA ESD files Options

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (shai hess) writes: > All what I want to say is that MF technology is excellent as PC technology > today (not in the past). > > There are no mir

Re: CA ESD files Options

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (shai hess) writes: >You can have a problem with XP/Linux if you surfing the Internet looking > for unreliable sites (XXX site, maybe for the

Re: CA ESD files Options

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Brown) writes: > What? re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008g.html#18 CA ESD files Options you can get a satellite photo of the old GPD/di

Re: CA ESD files Options

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted MacNEIL) writes: > Mainframers brag about how long a system stays up. PFCSK's brag about > how fast they can re-boot. a lot of work was don

Re: Is IT becoming extinct?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It could become very easy to commoditize a company's data until it fit > in a way that we know how to use. > > What's much harder for bot

Re: Is IT becoming extinct?

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doc Farmer) writes: > You're standing in the right place - the author, however, is not. While he > brings up valid points, these are correctable

Re: System z10 announcement (in English)

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) writes: > I was the one advocating Script for word processing, not John. If IBM ever > ports the products to Linux or

Re: Batch job to perform sftp transfer

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) writes: > What do you mean by "OMVS is not unix"? I'm more curious than anything > else. If you're talking about the TSO OMVS comma

Re: IBM Preview of z/OS V1.10

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted MacNEIL) writes: > I've seen the 'S' stand for service, storage, & system, over the last > 28 years, so I have given up. > The 'S' stands for

Re: CPU time differences for the same job

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. recent posts mentioning doing dispatching in the 60s for improving both uniprocessor as well as multiprocessor cache hit ratios (including a form of low-overhead ca

Re: IBM announced z10 ..why so fast...any problem on z 9

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tommy Tsui) writes: > Actually, I worry becuase there are no competitors in the market, why > IBM announced the new CPU model so fast, it doesn't

Re: Linux zSeries questions

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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > vulnerability database ... and having difficulty categorizing exploits > ... and lobbying the

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