Re: Boston - what a place

2015-01-12 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bob Shannon Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 8:04 AM When I was in Boston in August and walked up to Fenway, it was bloody hot. I mean seriously hot. And the footy was just played in sub-zero. I live outside of

Webcasts - New Technology for System z

2015-01-12 Thread Jerry
Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) is a technique for increasing the efficiency of CPUs to deliver more throughput per processor core. It has been exploited on IBM POWER Systems and Intel processors for several years but not yet implemented on IBM System z mainframe processors. However, there

Re: Boston - what a place

2015-01-12 Thread Bob Shannon
When I was in Boston in August and walked up to Fenway, it was bloody hot. I mean seriously hot. And the footy was just played in sub-zero. I live outside of Boston and am used to it (and the sub-zero would have been wind chill, not temperature). When we lived in Minnesota in the mid-1990s my

Binder DASD SIZE (and DWARF)

2015-01-12 Thread Ken MacKenzie
Hi, We've installed Enterprise COBOL 5 in z/OS 2.1 and I'm experimenting with the NOTEST(DWARF) COBOL option. When I Bind the program, I see, for example: MODULE SIZE (HEX) 00072C24 DASD SIZE (HEX) 0014A000 The z/OS V2R1.0 MVS Program Management: User's Guide and Reference manual doesn't

Re: Webcasts - New Technology for System z

2015-01-12 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 08:22:00 -0600, Jerry j...@newera.com wrote: Webcasts are scheduled for Tuesday, January 13 at 2 pm EST (11 am PST) or Thursday, January 15 at 2 pm EST (11 am PST). Will this be recorded so that it can be viewed at a later date? -- Tom Marchant

Re: Boston - what a place

2015-01-12 Thread Barry Merrill
For many years, Judy and I ran ham radio phone patches for the folks at the South Pole, so they could talk to their folks at home. Almost all of those calls were to the Minneapolis area, because that's where the employers of these technicians interviewed; if you can survive a winter in

Re: Webcasts - New Technology for System z

2015-01-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 08:22:00 -0600, Jerry wrote: Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) is a technique for increasing the efficiency of CPUs to deliver more throughput per processor core. It has been exploited on IBM POWER Systems and Intel processors for several years but not yet implemented on IBM

Re: Webcasts - New Technology for System z

2015-01-12 Thread Jerry
Yes, hyperthreading is Intel's name for SMT. It was first introduced in 2002 in Pentium 4. Here's the wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent:

Re: Boston - what a place

2015-01-12 Thread Alan Schwartz
I was in second grade and had to walk to school in the dark and walk home after school in the dark on that (and many another, similar) day. :-) Uphill. Both ways Alan Schwartz SO Delivery, Server Systems Operations From: Chase, John jch...@ussco.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: Abend S602-0 when in AMODE 64

2015-01-12 Thread Dave Day
What was in the high half of the registers when it was in 64 bit mode? On 1/12/2015 9:52 AM, Donald Likens wrote: Can anyone explain why the following code did not work in AMODE 64 but works in AMODE 31? I received an ABEND S602 R15=0 on the POST. Abend: S602 Explanation: An error occurred

Re: Boston - what a place

2015-01-12 Thread Mike Schwab
In Illinois, we get 0F every winter and 100F most summers. -20F a few times, I don't think I've experienced 110F. On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Bob Shannon bshan...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: When I was in Boston in August and walked up to Fenway, it was bloody hot. I mean seriously hot.

Re: Boston - what a place

2015-01-12 Thread Martin Packer
Cauchy has a lot to answer for by not convincing TPTB (The Pythons That Be) :-) of the correctness of his Integral Theorem. :-) Cheers, Martin (perhaps a tad overcaffeinated) :-) Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM

Re: Binder DASD SIZE (and DWARF)

2015-01-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 15:05:47 +, Ken MacKenzie wrote: We've installed Enterprise COBOL 5 in z/OS 2.1 and I'm experimenting with the NOTEST(DWARF) COBOL option. When I Bind the program, I see, for example: MODULE SIZE (HEX) 00072C24 DASD SIZE (HEX) 0014A000 The z/OS V2R1.0 MVS Program

Re: Webcasts - New Technology for System z

2015-01-12 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 10:17:07 -0600, Jerry j...@newera.com wrote: Yes. Bob Rogers has given permission to record the webcast. The recording will be posted at http://www.newera-info.com/zExchange.html No later than Friday, January 16, 2015. Much as I appreciate Bobs presentation demeanour, this

Re: Webcasts - New Technology for System z

2015-01-12 Thread Charles Mills
Don't know if you run a fancy calendar program but if so, and if you click up to (but not actually on) the Register Now! button there is on the left a link Add to Calendar and presumably your calendar program will convert the time. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Boston - what a place

2015-01-12 Thread Skeldum, William
I'm originally from North Dakota and experienced -41F in the winter and 108F in the summer. I finally had enough of that and moved to Colorado 18 years ago. Bill -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent:

Re: Boston - what a place

2015-01-12 Thread Ed Gould
On Jan 12, 2015, at 5:09 PM, Skeldum, William wrote: I'm originally from North Dakota and experienced -41F in the winter and 108F in the summer. I finally had enough of that and moved to Colorado 18 years ago. Bill So what is better -41 year around in colorado or the occasion +106's ?

Re: Webcasts - New Technology for System z

2015-01-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
IBM has posted a couple more videos that you should find quite interesting. Feel free to share them. They're tributes to the engineers, architects, specialists, and other professionals -- including many of you reading this forum -- that make this ecosystem possible and so remarkable. Kenya Power:

Re: Boston - what a place

2015-01-12 Thread J R
and had to walk to school in the dark and walk home after school in the dark And I expect it was uphill both ways and you lived in a shoe box? ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo === Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:26:13 + From: jch...@ussco.com Subject: Re:

Abend S602-0 when in AMODE 64

2015-01-12 Thread Donald Likens
Can anyone explain why the following code did not work in AMODE 64 but works in AMODE 31? I received an ABEND S602 R15=0 on the POST. Abend: S602 Explanation: An error occurred during processing of a POST macro instruction. The system issues this abend only in association with cross memory

Re: Webcasts - New Technology for System z

2015-01-12 Thread Jerry
Yes. Bob Rogers has given permission to record the webcast. The recording will be posted at http://www.newera-info.com/zExchange.html No later than Friday, January 16, 2015. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom

Re: Abend S602-0 when in AMODE 64

2015-01-12 Thread Greg Dyck
On 1/12/2015 7:52 AM, Donald Likens wrote: Can anyone explain why the following code did not work in AMODE 64 but works in AMODE 31? Yes... bit 32 of R15 on entry to your STIMER exit routine is on. In AMODE 64 the LA of the ECB address propagates it into R1. Thus R1 indicates it is a

Re: Young's Black Hat 2013 talk - was mainframe tribute song

2015-01-12 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 05ea01d02ddc$927328a0$b75979e0$@mcn.org, on 01/11/2015 at 12:24 PM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org said: Logica was a professional service bureau with a professionally-maintained z/OS. FSVO, They got breached. How? One might infer that other MVS sites, and not just those with lax

Re: Abend S602-0 when in AMODE 64

2015-01-12 Thread Rob Scott
What does the macro expansion for POST look like? (You should be able to tell if it is expanding to the correct 64-bit version). Do you ensure that the SYSSTATE AMODE64 specification is correct in both the mainline code and the timer exit? Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth