On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:25:34 +0200, R.S. wrote: >As far as I know, z9 wasn't so revolutionary generation.
z9 introduced these facilities: DAT-enhancement facility 2 ETF2-enhancement facility ETF3-enhancement facility Extended-immediate facility HFP-unnormalized-extensions facility Message-security-assist extension 1 Modified-CCW-indirect-data-addressing facility PER-3 facility Server-time-protocol facility Store-clock-fast facility Store-facility-list-extended facility: TOD-clock-steering facility Extended-Immediate is nice. I wonder if the clock facilities are the reason for the level set. >A big change was introduced with z/990 and later with z10. z20, yes. z990, not so much. And a big change with z996. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

