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Looking on your website I cannot see downloads for other than z/OS or
Windows.
Where is the one for Linux and does it work within the Linux platform
for job scheduling ?
On 06/06/17 13:20, Clem Clarke wrote:
Tim,
You might like to look at Jol's Networking Facility. Jol is an
English
As far as I remember he is not running a modern OS let alone z/OS unless
his new employer has given him a free license.
Assuming he can now afford to have the 890 running.
Did look at getting one myself but cannot afford the power running costs
- well not at 0.11p per Kw.
Vince
On
but life is too short.
All counts at least for accountants :)
But there again I am (was) not...
Vincent
On 09/04/17 19:10, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:
vbc...@gmail.com (Vince Coen) writes:
A M/F may not break down CPU time between system and the application
depending on O/S
If you take a look at the logs for the job you will see the start, end
and lapsed time along with the CPU time for all steps run.
Elapsed time will ALWAYS be longer than CPU time.
Why?
1. System is multi tasking so runs many jobs at the same time depending
on capabilities.
2. Overheads for
Yes providing you are only running app on one cpu .e., not multi
threading etc.
On 09/04/17 16:48, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
This may or may not be the dumbest question I've asked this week, but I've been
working with Linux a lot lately so that's my excuse.
For example, if an MVS job ran and
Taken from the Technical Manual for PRECIS :-
---
Timely access to detailed climate change scenarios is particularly vital
in developing countries, where economic stresses are likely to increase
vulnerability to potentially damaging impacts of climate change. In
order to help address this
Small correct for the info below :
The operating System George (1, 2, 3 & 4) run on ICL 1900 series, 2903 &
4 ( as George 2 & 3).
G1 was the original and was replaced with G2 - just as well as a bit of
a dog but better than in native mode.
George 4 was for very big installations and was
Paper tape was there you just did not see it unless you was an operator.
If no where else it was on the printers for channel control.
This admittedly was wider than the normal 8 channel tape for many of the
newer printers.
Tape was used for very small updates (well at least by me) to a
Under *nix you set an environment variable in the bash (or what ever one
you use) script
This points to the directory path containing the copy libs and that
directory path is mapped to the syslib you need.
I am not an expert on z/OS but assuming you can do the last then the
rest is easy.
I
Usually do but was in the 'mood' !
Get that way sometimes :)
On 23/12/16 18:40, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote:
Messages like this are annoying, but if you look at the thread, more noise has
been generated by Lister complaints than by the wacko himself. Best if we all
just delete the offending
Ah, sorry did not know that.
S**t I am showing my age :)
On 23/12/16 17:51, Jack J. Woehr wrote:
Vince Coen wrote:
We do NOT wish to read about off topic items and your faith is NOT,
repeat NOT one of them!
It's not a person, it's a bot. This is an automated attack on the list
Which part of this mail area which is for IBM mainframe topics don't you
understand?
We do NOT wish to read about off topic items and your faith is NOT,
repeat NOT one of them!
On 23/12/16 15:35, Adam Kadmon wrote:
Blind? That's Exodus in reverse, and it's the most iconic phrase God has
Are not the service pack cumulative ?
E.g., SP3 has SP2 within.
On 23/11/16 16:24, Veerendra H wrote:
Hi,
I am looking for help in finding a website/location from where i can
download IBM Java version 8 SR2, I went to the below website and can find
SR3 but not SR2
Does he work in mainframes ?
Still it could have been worse :)
On 29/10/16 00:47, Tom Brennan wrote:
News channels here in Los Angeles sometimes use a certain expert to
comment on airplane accidents, and he always catches my attention
because his name is Les Abend.
The last time I had any involvement with degree courses they tended to
be more academic in nature than real world business applications.
That caused me to create a learning program that trained the usage of
programming languages we used in the commercial area as well as usage of
method not
Quest.
Seem to recall some other m/f products as well. Toad ?
Vince
On 13/09/16 18:31, Steve wrote:
> NC-Pass was purchased some time ago by Dell, and I don't remember who wrote
> itt
>
>
> Steve
> -Original Message-----
> From: "Vince Coen" <
For me the problem is that it is a Dell product.
Previous experience with them just leave a bitter taste in the mouth and
one I have no intention of repeating.
Vincent
On 13/09/16 17:49, Steve wrote:
> Is anyone in the real not government world using this product?
>
> [
Nope, but it was interesting to see Barclays Bank IT info in the public
domain !
Boring as it was :)
On 28/04/16 10:52, Andrew Metcalfe wrote:
> Fat finger trouble - please disregard.
> Does anyone know how to remove a post?
> Andrew
>
>
, Mike Shorkend wrote:
> If I remember correctly, it was a smallish BC(z9 I think). I will try and
> find out what they intend to do with it.
> On Apr 1, 2016 6:47 PM, "Vince Coen" <vbc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What is it and how much will they take to take it off
What is it and how much will they take to take it off their hands ?
On 01/04/16 15:45, Mike Shorkend wrote:
> The Israeli Stock Exchange announced that they have switched off their
> mainframe. They were running Adabas and Natural on VM/VSE and have
> migrated to Linux on HPE servers(with
Posix comparability is in most of Linux and Unix code these days - and
has been for many years.
On 29/03/16 17:49, Charles Mills wrote:
> >From the z/OS UNIX manuals:
>
> "InterOpen Shell and Utilities is a source code product providing POSIX.2
> (Shell
> and Utilities) functions to the z/OS
Just of of completeness you can call the program direct if you have not
yet set up the paths by running :
> /bin/gzip -V[ etc ]
That said the bin directory should already be in the search paths so
check it via
echo $PATH
If not add it to your profile (or for all users if wanted).
.
Vince
I am in the U.K. and have a portable 3.5" floppy drive (uses a USB port)
so can transfer them to a CD, ISO file etc as needed and no I do not
have a need for the s/w !
Vince
On 22/02/16 16:56, Ken Hume wrote:
> 3.5
>
> On 2/22/2016 9:12 AM, Richard Pinion wrote:
>> 3.5 or 5.25?
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
h.
> Have you done this successfully from source?
>
>
>
>
>> On Feb 19, 2016, at 12:22 PM, Vince Coen <vbc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If you install the GCC development system e.g.,C along with the
>> libraries you can then download the sources for these ut
If you install the GCC development system e.g.,C along with the
libraries you can then download the sources for these utilities and
compile them and install them into a common path.
Easy ..
compiler On 19/02/16 18:13, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> On 2016-02-19, at 10:14, Bigendian Smalls wrote:
>> I
If he was / is living in Israel then he left his job and was looking for
another and posted in here to see if anyone knew of any vacs.
That was a few months back.
Vince
On 03/02/16 20:36, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
> Mike Schwab wrote:
>
>>
Still waiting for a reply on my requesting the sources from some 2+
months ago.
Vince
On 23/12/15 23:54, Clem Clarke wrote:
> Gil, if you hate JCL, why not look at Jol? With simple English like
> syntax.
>
> It does more than JCL, run in backgound/batch or you can execute jobs
> under TSO.
>
>
Have you looked at Gnu Cobol (formally known as Open Cobol) v2 compiler?
https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-cobol/
Converting the CICS code is another issue.
On 17/12/15 14:23, John McKown wrote:
> Why am I giggling? I had one of our programmer's ask me about z390, both
> COBOL and CICS.
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation - UK) does *NOT* run any lottery.
There are more than one (and a bit) different lotteries licensed in the
UK and no I do not subscribe to any.
The odds as you point out are horrendous.
Originally it was bad enough with 6 numbers at odds of 14.5M : 1
Must be for American based contracts although (with IBM) never saw such
a thing.
Would have rejected it (or crossed such clauses out) before starting and
yes I did work for governments including the UK and US and also never
saw such a condition.
As for law well at least for the UK but I suspect
Yep, that exactly what I did and to any other clauses I didn't like the
look of.
The ambiguous ones were the first to go :)
On 30/11/15 21:44, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
> In <565c8a19.70...@gmail.com>, on 11/30/2015
>at 05:40 PM, Vince Coen <vbc...@gmail.com> sai
UK Chip & pin only requires a pin code to be entered at time of transaction.
Procedure for online transactions only needs the CCV code (on back of
card in signature strip) to be passed along with the card no (16
digits), expiry date, name on card, verification of address on card is
used for
Best method for paying online I have found is using Paypal.
On 22/11/15 17:57, Charles Mills wrote:
It is all about managing perception, and people's perception is that online
is riskier.
Charles
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I would have thought that all these issues would have been easy
I would have thought that all these issues would have been easy to be
resolved if all sites used UTC time on hardware level with
the adjustment for local set up at the software level then it only
requires simple job step to adjust if there is not one built in to the O/S.
Also and if needed
k up systems run in parallel along with a m/f used for
testing and development.
Sorry my age is showing ...
.On 27/10/15 15:14, Ted MacNEIL wrote:
How about internationally?
Not all companies close on weekends!
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To:
who has said "deal with it or we will find a service bureau that can."
With regard to 3, what can I say.
Fair enough summary?
CharlesSent from a mobile; please excuse the brevity
Original message
From: Vince Coen <vbc...@gmail.com>
Date: 10/27/2015 5:54 AM (GM
as Mageia v4 X64 and can send you (or make it available on my
website for your to download) the zip'd archive for you to have a play with.
Let me know what option.
Vince
On 29/09/15 12:55, John McKown wrote:
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Vince Coen <vbc...@gmail.com> wrote:
OK, the on
ranch that tends not to have all the
bleeding edge code added but some users like to have them.
Try the nightly build first as that also seems to be stable.
Vince
On 29/09/15 12:55, John McKown wrote:
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Vince Coen <vbc...@gmail.com> wrote:
OK, th
Can you give us a clue as to what version of GC you are using?
Vince
On 28/09/15 20:11, John McKown wrote:
OK, just for "fun", I have downloaded a lot of the company's COBOL source
to my Linux workstation. I am compiling it with GNU COBOL. The results are
amazing clean. Well, that is, not
--
If you would like to post the entire code fragment that can be input
into the compiler I will see what happens as I can't say, as I do not
break levels in that way (as far as I know) that is :)
Vince
.
On 28/09/15 21:37, John McKown wrote:
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Vince Coen <vbc
Well that is what we call in the UK a load of BS.
Cobol or for that matter any programming language used for applications
has no bearing on the security of any system or systems.
Much more is the security procedures in place of any system that is
exposed to the internet directly or
I think the stats on migration failures show that many fail regardless
of the target migration mainly is that they over estimate project time,
and quality of the target systems being used in place of m/f.
Taking a straight view the mainframe is slow compared to running on
servers on a
Noticed two thing but not sure how important:
1. You are opening two file but only one is present in the program but
should have produced an error!.
2. Moving spaces to 01 record and depending on your settings JCL wise
it "might" be treated as blank / non-record and not write out.
Try it
Err you have to read this a little closer :
leaders of the U.S. office of personal management .. explain
So these people experienced it, what exactly ?
Knowledge of any form of IT !! ?
There again could have down a simple search on Google and believed what
they read on the internet and
I think you will find that was a demand (?) that all applications
developed on behalf of the military (well at least the US Navy) had to
be in Cobol - if nothing else to help with standards, maintenance
migration.
You have to remember that there was more than one supplier of mainframes
in
Long time ago but change a switch/plug setting inside via the rear.,
On 29/07/15 00:23, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
I wonder if anyone knows what has to change to move a 1403
from 50Hz to 60Hz?
If they use synchronous motors, then some belts or gears
would be different.
For transformers, you
.. and change settings for 120 to 230/240 volts is the biggest issue
frequency is not so serious providing the specific model is dual power
etc.
Been a very long time since I had to set one up.
On 29/07/15 00:23, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
I wonder if anyone knows what has to change to move
Congratulations on your retirement but if like me you get calls for PT
work don't refuse!
I hit my 50th in 2013 but did work as an weekend operator on IBM 1401
and 7094 along with unit record equipment in 1961 - more money than a
paper round :)
Still get work but now I can pick and choose
On 11/06/15 20:30, Ken Hume IBM wrote:
So, the shoot coordinator goes off and finds three or four young,
attractive women that were well dressed and brings them into the
computer room. Most of them had no idea what a computer was. All of them
complained that the room was to cold and did not want
Don't remember the E version but do seem to recall the F one and yes you
are right :)
On 26/04/15 15:11, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In 553cdc80.1040...@gmail.com, on 04/26/2015
at 01:39 PM, Vince Coen vbc...@gmail.com said:
Please advise what else is available and how to do so
Please advise what else is available and how to do so.
You can reach via vbcoen at gmail . com if needed.
On 26/04/15 03:41, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In 55396928.8010...@gmail.com, on 04/23/2015
at 10:50 PM, Vince Coen vbc...@gmail.com said:
Pity the only Cobol compiler
.
On 26/04/15 17:59, Mike Schwab wrote:
The last one would be included in Hercules Turnkey 3 or 4-.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Vince Coen vbc...@gmail.com wrote:
Please advise what else is available and how to do so.
On 26/04/15 03:41, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In 55396928.8010
17:26, Mike Schwab wrote:
GCC handles the differences between Open Systems and CKD disk. Just
like z/Linux looks like open system files.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Vince Coen vbc...@gmail.com wrote:
Did think of that but .. as GNU Cobol is written for Linux I think migrating
over
Is there an easy way of getting zPDT?
and more importantly is it cheap?
On 23/04/15 17:37, John McKown wrote:
Which may be of interest to those fortunate enough to have a zPDT system
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248205.html?Open
Aside: I rather like that I can now get many
Yep, somewhat out of reach for home use for a retired ex main-framer.
Oh, well worse case scenario is just staying with MVS under Hercules, at
least it is free and works well under Linux. Pity the only Cobol
compiler is ANSI Cobol and I still remember that being a god in the 70's
) It
Or even MVS which is not.
On 23/04/15 21:54, R.S. wrote:
W dniu 2015-04-23 o 21:22, michelbutz pisze:
You still need the ADCD's
C'mon! Usage of Hercules implies pirated copy of z/OS!
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On 23/04/15 21:38, Dave Jones wrote:
You can purchase a zPDT system from ITC. Go here:
http://www.p390.com/updt/
for more details.
DJ
Extremely poor, many errors of fact, date info totally wrong.
All in all written by someone from a Uni background or has read it from
a wiki site that had bad data.
Or where I come from 'GIGO'.
Vince
On 10/04/15 21:00, John McKown wrote:
Hi;
Anyone have the JCL to set up a new user for TSO and other services for both
OS/390 and Z/OS.
Getting bored using IBMUSER and when trying to use TSO commands to do it have
made a bit of a mess as it does not seem to work correctly (this could be me!)
and no I do not wish to use the other
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