Re: RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal" (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:39:42 -0400, Peter Relson wrote: > >I've also been informed that, to my dismay, no updates will happen to >any old books "ever". Updates will be made only in the forthcoming R9 >books. > For the matter that started this thread, that FIN-analogue is sufficient. Of course, if

Re: RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal" (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-25 Thread Robert Wright
I wrote on 2007-07-25 08:19:01: > I found the following in the front matter of several books from the z/OS > MVS bookshelf: > > -- > > IBM welcomes your comments. A form for readers’ comments may be provided at > the back of this document, or you may address your comments to the > followin

Re: RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal" (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-25 Thread Robert Wright
Peter Relson wrote on 2007-07-25 07:39:42: > > Ugghh. The z/OS MVS books (i.e., the ones I am involved with) all have a > page at the end "Readers' Comments -- We'd Like to Hear from You". > I'm not sure why there is no electronic mechanism. I'll inquire. > > But that is not consistent across the

Re: RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal" (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-25 Thread Peter Relson
>You're off the hook, and if you've yet taken no action, it would be >interesting to let it run its course and see whether Tech Pubs agrees >with us. The way our ID process seems to work today (at least in Poughkeepsie), if someone suggests a change, the book owner contacts the technical owner to s

Re: RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal" (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-25 Thread R.S.
Patrick O'Keefe wrote: [...] I've noticed that some recent IBM manuals (maybe only Tivoli manuals, but still IBM) no longer include the RCF or any electronic equivalent. Is there an IBM-wide RCF (where "F" now stands for "function") that can be used for those manuals not providing their own? I

RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal" (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-24 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:04:35 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >>Minor chide: It is too bad that folks take their valuable time on ibm- main >> >Cf. the "Heresy" thread. Ah, but that thread allowed us to streach our pedantry muscles, an invaluable service for system programm