Ignoring the fact that there is a reference card, that's the sort of thing for which I would throw together a Q&D program rather than doing it by hand. I don't like deciphering data streams, and I do like programming.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Tom Brennan [t...@tombrennansoftware.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:21 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 3270 terminals: CUT vs. DFT On 5/12/2020 4:29 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: > ... 3270 data streams were fun because they were so complex. Ha! Reminds me of when I was a trainee installing InfoMan V1 (I think) which was supplied with various 3270 screens in binary form, and no utility to edit them. To change a screen I had to learn the basic 3270 codes including SBA (Set Buffer Address) followed by 2 byte addresses that made little sense. So I made a 24x80 paper chart for myself with every address. One of the experienced sysprogs saw me working on that chart late one evening and complained, "Is this the kind of busy-work they are making the trainee's do??" I didn't know what to say so I kept quiet. To me it was fun. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
