Re: Power failure

2019-10-15 Thread Gary Jacek
quot; 3380 that just happened to be a sysres pack. Of all the 3380s on the floor, this was the only one painted olive drab. We spent that week making up stories about this 3380 being depth charged in a US submarine or bouncing around in an army drab truck. Gary Jacek - TELUS IT - Western Canada I

Re: IBM SR going away?

2019-06-25 Thread Gary Jacek
> I miss neighborhood shoe stores but they probably are not coming back. Charles -- Do you also miss the fluoroscope that let you look at the bones in your foot? Gary -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: So much for THAT excuse | Computerworld SHARK TANK

2018-11-29 Thread Gary Jacek
This is the classic that I remember. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozinIE-E0wM -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: November 27, 2018 05:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: So much for

Re: unexpected tape issue with RETAIN

2018-05-04 Thread Gary Jacek
Is it possible there is some competing "service" that forces drive maintenance (head cleaning?) every xxx tape mounts? An RMM feature? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: May 4, 2018 12:35 PM To:

Unterse for 64 bit LINUX?

2017-02-17 Thread Gary Jacek
Hello list Is there software available for 64 bit LINUX that is compatible with a file that is tersed using AMATERSE on zOS 2.1 ? The vendor who wants to unterse the file has tried Google but cannot find any leads. Gary Jacek - TELUS IT - Western Canada IT Services - tel (604) 695-6282

Re: Delta Outage

2016-08-18 Thread Gary Jacek
Not coming to Delta's defence, but this one is funnier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqL14U7TtiA -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: August 12, 2016 09:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

job listing (CANADA)

2016-01-28 Thread Gary Jacek
Email to Darren at dar...@bama.edu bounced. So I will beg forgiveness if this post is not appropriate. TELUS has a number of full time mainframe systems programming positions recently opened for residents of Canada. Office location could be negotiable, but must be in Canada. Enter the keyword

Re: slight reprieve on the z.

2015-12-17 Thread Gary Jacek
Hi Bob I just have to share this classic from 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKgl6e31R50 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Shannon Sent: December 17, 2015 09:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: Changes to the system/3rd party products

2014-09-11 Thread Gary Jacek
ALL changes? How does that pan out when your zOS is out of spool or your IMS is on its last Online Log? Do you add spool volumes/OLDS right away, or do you take an unplanned outage pending an approved Change Management record? My philosophy is FLY THE AIRPLANE. My first employer was an

Re: [OT ] Mainframe memories

2014-03-07 Thread Gary Jacek
At a former employer, we had a red master EPO switch under a nice lexan cover, at the bottom of the ramp leading out of the raised floor. And at the bottom of the ramp, right next to the door was another red switch, to actuate the automatic door opener. (Every door release in the building was

Re: PL/1 and z/OS 2.1

2013-10-29 Thread Gary Jacek
Hi Paul If you are using PL/I for MVS and VM V1.1.1 and you attempt to rebind the resulting PL/1 modules with MQ V7, your bind will likely fail. MQ V7 version of CMQEPP contains declarations for many new entry points that are not supported in the CICS or IMS environments, thus the problem. A

Re: PL/1 and z/OS 2.1

2013-10-23 Thread Gary Jacek
Do you use MQ Series with your old PL/1 modules? Gary -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: October 23, 2013 06:23 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PL/1 and z/OS 2.1 Paul, Here is a

Using SyncSort to deblock records in a file

2012-12-11 Thread Gary Jacek
Hi I am trying to use SyncSort for zOS V1.4.0.1R to deblock a file. For each input record, I want to write the first 82 bytes as output record 1, followed by the next 82 bytes as output record 2, followed by the next 82 bytes as output record 3, and so on until all 22 output records

Re: Using SyncSort to deblock records in a file

2012-12-11 Thread Gary Jacek
Frank, I owe you a virtual beverage of your choice. This was the solution: OPTION COPY OUTFIL FNAMES=PIECES,OUTREC=(0001,0082,/, + 0083,0082,/, + 0165,0082,/,

Re: Using SyncSort to deblock records in a file

2012-12-11 Thread Gary Jacek
OK, I think the discussion forked about 3 different ways, based upon a misunderstanding. Here is a simple input record, with 6 groups of 3 bytes. AAABBBCCCDDDEEEFFF Here is what I want out of it, 6 rows of 3 bytes. AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF I tested the following solution using both a dataset