I believe that the are languages that use inverted keywords to end blocks,
leading to the infamous "comment bletch! tnemmoc". Personally, I prefer "end"
or "endif", optionally with a label, to terminate everything but comments, for
which I like the PL/I syntax "/* foo */", although line comments
On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:03:22 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>I believe that the are languages that use inverted keywords to end blocks,
>leading to the infamous "comment bletch! tnemmoc". Personally, I prefer "end"
>or "endif", optionally with a label,
>
What idiot designing JCL's "IF" chose not
re JCL: Someone in the recent past noted that calling JCL a language was a
reach exceeding its grasp. It's certainly not a procedural language; I
just consider it a work order. In any case, MVS has scripting capabilities
(e.g. REXX) if you prefer.
re client/server: that's what I get for presumin
Hello James,
When you do a CustomPac software update, there are two critical jobs for you to
run: VERIFY and RECATDS. These two jobs are described in your Installing Your
Order book. See there for instructions.
Since you are using an existing master catalog for your V2.4 data sets, you'll
Hi all:
A few weeks ago at a client site, they force installed software
on end user computers (owned by the client) and since then I've
been having odd issues with HOD (Host on Demand - 3270 emulator).
Today, arrow keys are not working. And if you get into the
keyboard configuration system, y
You tried re-booting, the first choice in solutions to all Windows problems?
Charles
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Subject: HOD Keyboa
Did you try mapping 3270 Reset to the Left-Ctrl key instead? That is the
mapping I have used for decades as the 3270 Reset key (PCOMM and Vista). I
have never tried to use the Alt keys to map to any 3270 key, as Windows is
really funky about use of the Alt key - sometimes it seems to know it
I wish that IBM could totally replace JCL. Or come up with something
better. But, I have a feeling that few, if any, would use it unless it had
restart capabilities at least as good as CA-11. Take away CA-11 from
product support, and there would be blood running thick in the streets.
That's why RE
Ok, I'm going to answer a few questions here:
1) I have been doing this with HOD since 2013. Any time something
odd happens [wait, HOD, odd, hm], it typically has been some
security software doing something incredibly stupid. Such as
mangling the Outlook Profile because day ends in "y".
Re: "That is not where the original reset key was, was it?"
Yes it was, at least on all the "real iron" 3277/8/9 keyboards that I remember
using. Pictures of a couple of 3278 keyboards that I found:
https://vintagecomputer.ca/ibm-3277-and-3278-terminals/ibm-3278-keyboard/
https://deskthority.n
Thank you for that picture. I had totally forgotten that was
where the reset key was. I guess my problem is, even though I am
a touch typist, I screw things up enough with a 3270 device that
it is faster for me to right thumb a reset which is why I set it
over there. And it may be because the l
Sounds like the dreaded Windows Scroll lock key. Pressing that will
disable the arrow keys until Scroll lock is turned off. Now chances are
your keyboard doesn't have a scroll lock key (most modern keyboards have
dropped it as it does more harm than good), but Windows still has it
internally. Yo
Good point Attila! I should have thought of that solution, as I have
encountered that exact issue myself more than once but my keyboard (M$ Natural,
the older version with all the extra media buttons) actually has a Scroll Lock
key and I have accidentally pressed it more than once and wondered
Here's a pic as I remember the 3278 Mod-4 I used:
https://i.redd.it/zhafeucucea11.jpg
Like Peter, I use left-ctrl for Reset because of the old 3278. I modify
other keys too though, such as that little back-apostrophe/tilde key
that I never use on the mainframe - it becomes my Erase-EOF key,
s
That has to be it! I just tried scroll-lock on PCOMM (I don't have HOD
but they probably share code) and sure enough, it prevents the arrow
keys from working.
Oddly though, I checked on some other Windows programs like MS-Word and
Notepad, and scroll-lock had no effect at all - I could even s
Yep, I remember that keyboard too Tom, I think one of my links was similar to
that one. I was spoiled in those days because several of my early employers
paid for the keyboards with a keypad and function keys for programmers.
I use the End key above the arrow keys for Erase EOF and Ctrl-End for
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