Re: End of several eras

2022-11-02 Thread Dave Jones
There is still an optional source code feature for z/VM and its components. DJ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: GTTERM assistance

2022-11-02 Thread Tony Harminc
On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 at 04:44, Seymour J Metz wrote: Doesn't Communications Controller for Linux (CCL) still support SDLC and > SNA on the pipe? > I don't follow this area closely, but my impression was that CCL was long gone. Is it still available? > In practical terms, I'm confident that most

Re: GTTERM assistance

2022-11-02 Thread Seymour J Metz
It needs a section on native VTAM, although TSO full screen is more common. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Brian Chapman Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 9:23 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: GTTERM assistance All, Thank

Re: GTTERM assistance

2022-11-02 Thread Michael Stein
On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 09:23:59AM -0400, Brian Chapman wrote: > I was following his coding example for checking if the terminal accepts a > Query, but I mistakenly overlooked the fact that this is only for TSO. I > planned to add the GTTERM early in the process of establishing the VTAM > terminal

Re: GTTERM assistance

2022-11-02 Thread Seymour J Metz
There is a bit in the BIND image that tells you whether extended data streams are supported. You can also get the primary and alternate screen size there if those are the only data that you need. I pretty much always want to use extended highlighting, so BIND isn't enough for me. -- Shmuel (Se

Re: GTTERM assistance

2022-11-02 Thread Brian Chapman
Michael, I really appreciate the critiques. I agree that some of my comments are misleading and need to be updated. I like the suggestion for MVCL. I was not aware of the potential hazards with register 2. Using register 2 as a save register when acquiring a DSA is very common in all of my code.

Re: GTTERM assistance

2022-11-02 Thread Brian Chapman
All, Thank you for the feedback. I've been following the excellent write up by Greg Price (3270 Extended Data Stream (prycroft6.com.au) ) for understanding 3270 datasteams. This write up and Tommy Sprinkle's (3270 Data Stream Programming (tommysprin

Re: SPF/SE is available for free

2022-11-02 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 1 Nov 2022 14:23:13 -0500, Jay Maynard wrote: >Hm. According to the README on the Github site, the source code was stored >encrypted...are the encrypted files still in existence? Perhaps they can be >obtained and decrypted. It's a long shot, to be sure, but definitely worth >a try. > For c

Re: SYSTEM REXX use

2022-11-02 Thread Seymour J Metz
If I issue a MODIFY AXR with a CART, are messages from the REXX address space associated with that CART? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Dana Mitchell [

SYSTEM REXX use

2022-11-02 Thread Kenneth J. Kripke
A thank you note to all that responded to my inquiry. Thank you for clarifying the use of SYSTEM REXX. Kenneth J. Kripke k.kri...@comcast.net -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / ar

Re: GTTERM assistance

2022-11-02 Thread Seymour J Metz
Doesn't Communications Controller for Linux (CCL) still support SDLC and SNA on the pipe? In practical terms, I'm confident that most SNA traffic these days is TN3270. Is anybody still using APPC? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ___

Re: GTTERM assistance

2022-11-02 Thread Seymour J Metz
Yes, GTTERM is TSO only. For a direct VTAM application, you need to send a Read Partition - Query and parse the query reply. AFAIK, GTTERM is one of the macros where you don't need to initialize the parameter list. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 _