Banks migrate from mainframes to AI-driven cloud

Am 10.02.2024 um 06:00 schrieb IBM-MAIN automatic digest system: migration from the mainframe? The mainframe as a piece of hardware might vanish. But the Exabytes  of MF software might move to some sort of virtualization platform, I guess, may that be  based on Intel, cloud, or RISC . -- Die

Assembler, was: AI expert hot new position

for myself had a quite secure job. And I liked it. My 1st language was the Siemens 4004 Assembler with punch cards as the user interface. Quite funny. Arthur -- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast-Antivirussoftware auf Viren geprüft. www.avast.com

Assembler courses

You might take a look also at this book, author: Carmine A. Cannatello "Advanced assembler language and MVS interfaces (2nd ed.): for IBM systems and application programmers" https://dl.acm.org/profile/81100290810 -- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast-Antivirussoftware auf Viren geprüft. www.avast.c

Re: Has this forum moved to another server ?

In Message-ID:, Barry Schwarz wrote: >On Sun, 19 Dec 2021 10:50:15 -0800 (PST), tim popescu >wrote: > >>Has this forum moved to another server ? If so, where ? > >This is not a Usenet forum. It is an echo of the IBM Main listserv >hosted by Alabama University. But the OP has a point. I read t

Re: Experiences

On 25 Jun 2021 10:09:52 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) 0305158ad67d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Itschak Mugzach) wrote: >The register ( I think) has someone tells his experience under the name of >'shark tank'. No, that was Computerworld. As mentioned by someone else,

Re: Coding for the future

On 15 Jun 2021 15:07:15 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<017c01d76232$bfdeb750$3f9c25f0$@gmail.com>) robhbrid...@gmail.com (Bob Bridges) wrote: Like most programmers (maybe), I had some habits that I no longer tolerate. A couple of quotes are applicable here: Always code as if t

Re: How to compare parameters in one z/Os with parameters in another z/OS

In Message-ID:<7d1e23cd-fe3d-275b-652e-9240b8b84...@phoenixsoftware.com>, edja...@phoenixsoftware.com (Ed Jaffe) wrote: >On 6/14/2021 6:29 AM, Arthur wrote: >> Are there (supported?) ways to generate parmlib members from what's >> actually in effect? (ISTR that JES2

Re: How to compare parameters in one z/Os with parameters in another z/OS

On 13 Jun 2021 16:50:55 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) ibmm...@foxmail.com (ibmmain) wrote: > We want to make sure two z/OS use the same parameters(PARMLIB,VTAMLST,and so on)  > > >Because there is some parameter which is multiline in member, it isn't easy to compare them. > 

Re: Looking for help understanding an FTP problem

On 5 May 2021 11:13:21 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<0ceb01d741da$50264400$f072cc00$@mcn.org>) charl...@mcn.org (Charles Mills) wrote: >My FTP client succeeds when the port is 1025, 1026, 1027, ... etc. until it >gets to port 2240, when the dialog looks like > >EZA1736I GET 'd

Re: Off-Topic? (was: Creating XLS file)

In Message-ID:<4979875910604534.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Paul Gilmartin) wrote: >On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:56:46 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: > >>KEDIT does no support prefix macros. When I used XEDIT, I depended on SET PENDING et al

Re: Creating XLS file

In Message-ID:, sme...@gmu.edu (Seymour J Metz) wrote: >Now if I just had an editor that was fully compatible with XEDIT. Have you tried KEDIT ? I'm not sufficiently familiar with XEDIT to know if it's "fully" compatible. Be aware that they're plann

Re: Creating XLS file

On 23 Mar 2021 22:10:26 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<1100b9e892474a07bfd113b1e9ed6...@jer-mail1.jer.ad.malam.com>) gad...@malam.com (Gadi Ben-Avi) wrote: >If it's just text, creating a csv file shouldn't be too difficult, and Excel will be able to read it with no problems. >Se

Re: Has anyone integrated Rexx with IKJPARS?

On 23 Nov 2020 20:21:55 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<0023787189638483.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>) 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Paul Gilmartin) wrote: >On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:56:22 -0600, Al Ferguson wrote: > >>They are not necessary, but you can

Re: Has anyone integrated Rexx with IKJPARS?

On 19 Nov 2020 11:30:29 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<0b3b01d6beaa$60ee3530$22ca9f90$@mcn.org>) charl...@mcn.org (Charles Mills) wrote: >The issue I am struggling with is that for all of Rexx's parsing power, >which is of course legendary, it does not seem well-suited to classi

Re: Can a non-admin restrict others from viewing one of their own MVS data sets?

Frank Swarbrick said: I was successfully able to use the Security System (RACF) panels to add a dataset profile for a dataset with my HLQ, with UACC(NONE). I had another developer who would normally have access try to view it and he was blocked. You might want to tell your security people th

Re: Concatenating lines

On 11 Jul 2020 08:52:59 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<3911683753066856.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>) 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Paul Gilmartin) wrote: /* Not making a non-continued line a special case, I'd simplify the loop to: */ signal on no

Re: Search engine (retitled)

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 00:26:55 -0600, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) Grant Taylor wrote: On 7/4/20 8:56 PM, Arthur wrote: I use DDG, and I don't think it's an amalgamater. But if you're just looking for "search for the words I asked for", you can click &qu

Re: Search engine (retitled)

On 4 Jul 2020 18:58:36 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) sme...@gmu.edu (Seymour J Metz) wrote: DDG is an amalgamater; it retains the spurious hits from, e.g., google. It's good for what it does, but it's not a "do what I asked for" search engine. I use DDG, and I don't think it

Re: z/OS use of "legacy" programming languages

On 30 Jun 2020 12:18:01 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) frank.swarbr...@outlook.com (Frank Swarbrick) wrote: Some time ago I noticed that z/OS Language Environment has support for both "FORTRAN IV" and "VS FORTRAN" (FORTRAN 77 standard), even though the latest Fortran compiler h

Re: HOW DO I VERIFY A USERID'S ACCESS TO A DATASET

On 14 Jun 2020 14:55:45 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<0385558663798702.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>) 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Paul Gilmartin) wrote: G4> A security jock should treat an access query with a negative reply as a violation as seriou

Re: HOW DO I VERIFY A USERID'S ACCESS TO A DATASET

On 13 Jun 2020 21:45:00 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) dspiegel...@hotmail.com (David Spiegel) wrote: I am aware of CBT 106. I presented my solution in case the user wanted to know if s/he had access. If so, s/he could avoid all of the paperwork and permission required to chang

Re: HOW DO I VERIFY A USERID'S ACCESS TO A DATASET

On 13 Jun 2020 21:22:07 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) dspiegel...@hotmail.com (David Spiegel) wrote: Here is my solution ... 1) An Assembler program ... Does not to be APF Authorized, if ESM is RACF. (If ESM is ACF/2 or TSS, it needs APF Authorization). Your program asks "D

Re: HOW DO I VERIFY A USERID'S ACCESS TO A DATASET

On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 09:10:01 -0700 (PDT), in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) Michael DeChirico wrote: Are there any hlasm code examples on how to user RACROUTE to verify a userid's access to read/write a dataset? Check CBT file 106: http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/cbt/CBT106.zip There are

Re: Apparent bug in CBT 617 SMFREPT

On 13 Apr 2020 18:08:22 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<071001d611f9$2b278ef0$8176acd0$@mcn.org>) charl...@mcn.org (Charles Mills) wrote: FmtHHMMSS: Procedure Arg SecsX100Bin The solution is to change that first line of code to, for example, SecsX100Bin = Arg(1) I don

Re: Bringing up skills learned on z/OS Hercules in interview?

On 9 Apr 2020 16:23:35 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<026c01d60ec5$da038be0$8e0aa3a0$@gmail.com>) robhbrid...@gmail.com (Bob Bridges) wrote: This is new to me. I've heard of Hercules, but I never heard that it is considered, or that IBM would like it to be considered, an illega

Re: CBT File 120 - A new article - Member BM1912DE

On 23 Dec 2019 14:27:00 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<5007816406371788.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>) 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Paul Gilmartin) wrote: It's not obvious to me that a zipped NETDATA archive of an IEBCOPY-unloaded PDS fixed-80 member

Re: CBT File 120 - A new article - Member BM1912DE

On 22 Dec 2019 12:23:25 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) t...@vse2pdf.com (Tony Thigpen) wrote: Any way you could just put a copy in a post to this list? I've read the article. I think Sam made the right decision; I'd be happier if things like that stayed on CBT.` --

Re: vendor distributes their private key

On 22 Aug 2019 05:57:37 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<0049105969039769.wa.jiveycio.sc@listserv.ua.edu>) ji...@cio.sc.gov (Joel M Ivey) wrote: First, they provided a password-protected p12 file, describing it as containing the "root, intermediate, and private certs". I requ

Re: Pervasive Encryption - why?

On 6 Aug 2019 07:59:59 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) lenni...@rsmpartners.com (Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw) wrote: Access to the ICSF CKDS would not be enough, as the keys held there are encrypted (wrapped) using the master key. The master key is held in the Crypto Express domain

Re: Crazy concatenation mystery

On 1 May 2019 16:51:49 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) jesse1.robin...@sce.com (Jesse 1 Robinson) wrote: So this is all absolutely true. The module *is* 32760 while the PDS *is* 19069-the ancient 3350 track size that was fairly standard for load libraries in the Dark Ages. So w

Re: Highly technical question - how do I only get my posts?

On 15 Mar 2019 14:28:27 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) billgianne...@gmail.com (william giannelli) wrote: I just want to see replies to my posts….. It's possible you shouldn't have asked this question. It sounds as though you want to ask questions and get answers without oth

Re: how many OSes run on IBMz

BS = bull $hit Meaning,.. one is talking meaningless, foolish, s#it. So either BS or horse s#it. Seeing a name like BS2000 or BS3000 made me think of a hypothetical marketing department where their product is so useless, but they proudly sell it, by naming it BS2000. They call the new and

Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz

Am 27.01.2019 um 06:00 schrieb IBM-MAIN automatic digest system: Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz OK, Enlight me, what is BS? Why it's funny? It is Germish and means "Betriebssystem" -- For IBM-MAIN subsc

Re: Compute the maximum return code of all steps (so far)

On 26 Nov 2018 13:03:55 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) bernd.oppol...@t-online.de (Bernd Oppolzer) wrote: using this as keyword and a well known search engine, I found a REXX (from a french site), which I will try tomorrow. This could be of interest to others, so here is the

Re: eWEEK Article highlights weaknesses in Mainframe Security

On 30 Oct 2018 07:59:23 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<22f77f8ce1e2084ab5fdb5843a0ba2a191038...@mlem1865.hrdc-drhc.net>) frederick.verw...@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca (Eric Verwijs) wrote: http://www.eweek.com/security/taking-a-closer-look-at-mainframe-security What zero-day vulnerabiliti

Re: Spam alert: Model9

On 14 Sep 2018 03:50:14 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<7316854461517568.wa.giliadwyahoo@listserv.ua.edu>) 00d50942efa9-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Giliad Wilf) wrote: Got this e-mail too, inspected it with some concerns, but finally opened it. It could prove useful, a

Spam alert: Model9

Out of the blue (no pun intended), I received an e-mail newsletter digest from Model9 "because you are subscribed to Marketing Information from Model9". (I note that they don't say I *did* subscribe, just that I *am* subscribed.) This came to the edress I use *only* for IBM Main, so I expect

Re: Updated Green Card

Machine readable instruction formats are available here as part of a disassembler (written in Rexx) on File 773 of CBT: http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/cbt/CBT773.zip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: IEBUPDTE question

On 19 Nov 2017 19:43:57 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<5a124fc6.3070...@vse2pdf.com>) t...@vse2pdf.com (Tony Thigpen) wrote: Unfortunately, some of the data within these jobs steams contain a './' at the start of the card record. IEBUPDTE thinks they are control cards and cancel

The design of Cobol, was "interesting article"

There is an additional draw back regarding the language Cobol itself: At the times, it was designed in the fifties, it fitted well into the technical architecture of the machines, though it was rather primitive from a modern viewpoint. The aim was to enable people with a business background (off

Re: Fwd: Fw: Special Request from Len Santalucia, Chairperson of the Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project

On 14 Aug 2017 09:11:56 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) g...@gabegold.com (Gabe Goldberg) wrote: This confidential study is being conducted to understand current and planned usage of the mainframe. Through this study, we hope to generate the most comprehensive asses

Re: DFRMM Request For Enhancement 106021

In the same post are these two snippets. The second seems to contradict the first, and seems to be the problem that the OP is complaining about: On 14 Jul 2017 13:40:52 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<8306788698430144.wa.mikewwoodhotmail@listserv.ua.edu>) mikeww...@hotmail.co

Fujitsu or FACOM and SIEMENS

In the beginning of the 80s I worked at the University of Regensburg; among other tasks I also did programming in the field of statistics using PL/I as the programming language (where I’m still fond of). When I started we used a Telefunken TR440 machine which was then replaced by a Fujitsu Sieme

Re: Swap between INTERTEST CICS breakpoint and USER screen

Mike, Try the CORE=SSCR command. Art Cartier -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Kovach Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 9:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Swap between INTERTEST CICS breakpoint and USER s

Re: Alter access to datasets

On 28 Apr 2016 18:43:27 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<9982011699705061.wa.gsg808yahoo@listserv.ua.edu>) 0053fe88ed35-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (gsg) wrote: As part of a systems programmer duties, they have ALTER access to many datasets. They need/require this access

Re: Fixed point overflow and PL/1

FOFL/NOFOFL) prefix applies only to FIXED DECIMAL operations. And, it is based on the Fixed-point overflow exception S0C8. Arthur -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: another question about TSO edit command

FRESH command in edit macros and ·A command to convert special lines (like notelines) to datalines. At present we are running z/OS 1.13 but when reading the ISPF-docs for 2.1 I could not find any hint in this direction. Arthur -

My Reply Facility

Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 08:36:30 -0500 From: Paul Gilmartin Subject: Re: another question about TSO edit command On Sat, 2 Aug 2014 12:47:23 +0200, Arthur Fichtl wrote: ... a well-behaved editor should leave the file position unchanged. I disagree, although having an option would be more user

Re: another question about TSO edit command

remark let me point to the powerful Macro Facility of ISPF EDIT. You can easliy -if you want- create a personal, let's say XFIND, command, that remembers the cursor position and stays on the last found line in case no furt

Re: Validation of a resource name

On 5 Mar 2014 10:05:58 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) jan.je...@gmail.com (jan de decker) wrote: I am building a small web application that interfaces with RACF. On the client side I only have the IBM default supplied classes. I want validate as much as possible on the clie

Measurement of performance at the opcode Level, was: Optimization, CPU time, and related issues

John Gilmore wrote: Locality of reference was always a good notion, and now it is a crucially important one. I would like to ask some additional questions in this context: How precise are the measures provided by TIMEUSED? Do these measures take into account the delays caused by cache misses? A

Literate JCL?

related software information about datasets, programs, database access and stores the information in a DB2 based repository . Look at: http://www-304.ibm.com/partnerworld/gsd/solutiondetails.do?&solution=18026&lc=en Note: I'm not affiliated with the company, just a (former)

MVS Quick Reference, was: LookAT

I'm just curious whether anybody out there has MVS Quick Reference from Chicago Soft installed. At my former assignment we had it and used it extensively. MVSQR is much more powerful than Lookat and it provides a comfortable UI. Note: I'm not affiliated with that company, just a use

Re: Rexx (was: OT? ... "deliberately unfriendly")

On 29 Nov 2013 08:47:35 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<0895521555071176.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>) paulgboul...@aim.com (Paul Gilmartin) wrote: (But it would be useful to be able to read a file into a compound variable with a single instruction rather than coding a

Re: How much can sysprogs steal was Re: OT: Obscurity Is Not Security... Or Is It?

On 10 Sep 2013 00:08:02 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) bdis...@dissensoftware.com (Binyamin Dissen) wrote: Don't pretend that it is super sekrit. Any SYSPROG that writes code (other than a SMP jockey) knows how to do it. No, it's not "super sekrit". But I've worked wit

Re: How much can sysprogs steal was Re: OT: Obscurity Is Not Security... Or Is It?

On 9 Sep 2013 17:21:22 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca (Clark Morris) wrote: On 9 Sep 2013 07:41:42 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: I once enquired into the question Sysprogs, even disgruntled ones, have not usually been problematic i

Re: IBM Network listserv

On 25 Aug 2013 07:58:47 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) retired-mainfra...@q.com (retired mainframer) wrote: If you send a "query ibm-net" (or other) command to any listserv (such as lists...@listserv.uga.edu) it will get forwarded to the appropriate list server and you will rec

Re: JES exit 6

On 25 Feb 2013 12:14:09 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<0e6f70937cdd8b4c83a5069c6296b38422b86...@xch-phx-101.sw.nos.boeing.com>) barry.schw...@boeing.com (EXT-Schwarz, Barry) wrote: Regarding your translate tables, rather than manually counting the number of x'00' bytes to insert

Re: Security vulnerability in IBM HTTP Server for z/OS Version 5.3 (PM79239)

On 3 Jan 2013 13:29:55 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) craig.p...@fotlinc.com wrote: These are IBM Security Alerts and do not come through as HYPER or RED ALERT, they only come in as Security Alerts. IBM sends them "discreetly" in this manner to try and prevent anyone from say

Re: Conditional Statement during Backup - Clarification

On 6 Dec 2012 22:05:56 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) justmainfra...@gmail.com (Jake anderson) wrote: My question is going to be very general. Our shop has the policy of running daily back up from Mon-friday on a incremental basis(Volume Level). So we have been using this Keywo

Re: Disabling interrupt and trace for Rexx execs

On 24 Oct 2012 05:01:57 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:) imugz...@gmail.com (Itschak Mugzach) wrote: We have a rexx exec that performs functionality we don't want to be interrupted or traced in any way. I infer from your desire not to be traced that you'd like to keep the actu

Instruction subsets and extensions, was: Is there a correspondence between 64-bit IBM mainframes and PoOps editions levels?

I remember the days of 1990 when I was writing an Assembler program. In that program I experimented with MVCIN and it worked as designed (an desired). However, it worked on our *development* system which was an Amdahl MF. After having installed that program on the production system which was an

Re: How many subscribers?

On 11 Sep 2012 16:19:23 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<2145659BC34045CF96025A669B0B7514@graham>) gho...@cdpwise.net (Graham Hobbs) wrote: > Don't forget that there are an unknown (and probably > unknowable) number of lurkers who read them via Usenet, but > are not subscribers.

Re: How many subscribers?

On 11 Sep 2012 08:13:38 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<4F17DDFD095B42B5924B8F2575225F59@graham>) gho...@cdpwise.net (Graham Hobbs) wrote: Arte there any available estimates of how many subscribers there are to both this list and CICS-L? Don't forget that there are an unknown (a

Was: X86 server - Competitive economic advantage of System z plus z/OS compared with x86 plus (Linux or windoze)

Just an additional comment to the past discussions. I agree that a big MF installation (e.g. running a number of sysplexes of z10 EC CECs or z196 with a number of say 10 to 50 LPARs) has in fact no reason to migrate to Intel based machines. I was working for a Bavarian manufacturing company a

Re: Print Option from Mainframe to Microsoft Note

hi, Jake, what about that: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r13/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r13.aokfa00%2Fpdfxmp.htm Transform an AFP MVS™ data set, specifying a form definition To transform the MVS data set USERX.AFP(MYFILE) into an output PDF file called myfile.pdf, usin