Chris, I find it comforting that some things are to be relied upon. Most of us do not have the time to continue the fairly impressive amount of writing that you are able to produce on a subject that is well documented. I am sure that the outcome will also be the same as usual. I wait for the inevitable end. It cannot come anytime too soon. USS (unformatted system services) will continue to be defended vocally by you and some others. The rest that have been using USS for Unix System Services will continue to use it as such but will appear to give way to the onslaught of emails and apparently corrective prose. I do not believe that this tirade is of any value other than to watch the predictable marionette perform once again.
Cheers to all this fine Monday morning! Rob Schramm On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Chris Mason <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike > > > USS - Unformatted Screen Services. > > That's a new one! > > As it happens, I have just in the last few days in conjunction with sorting > out > another matter noticed that there is even a VTAM manual which gets USS > wrong!!! > > In the z/OS Communications Server SNA Messages manual, we find the > following: > > <quote> > > 17.0 Chapter 17. USS messages > > This chapter provides information on unformatted session services(USS) > messages that are sent to the VTAM operator or a program operator, and USS > messages that are sent to terminal users. For information on translating > USS > messages, see "User-selected message changes" in topic 1.7. > > </quote> > > Amazing! > > Returning to your imaginative interpretation, it is indeed true today that > it is > more than likely that Unformatted System Services commands are keyed at a > display device and both the commands and any associated messages appear > on a "screen". However, those of us with beards that have turned grey can > still dimly recall the 3767 typewriter which also required the use of USS > functions. > > Chris Mason > > On Sun, 1 May 2011 12:36:49 -0500, Mike Schwab > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >USS - Unformatted Screen Services. > > >-- > >Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- Rob Schramm Senior Systems Engineer w: 513.305.6224 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
