Re: Run python with arguments JCL

2025-05-18 Thread Martin Trübner
Peter, (I have no clue about Python) your problem looks like it has something to do with sequence numbers. Can you prepare the "card"deck without sequence numbers? Or is there a way to tell python "from now on it is comments" or as in assembler- tell Python to only look at column 1 thru 7

Re: Detecting the call chain of 3GL programs from main to current

2025-05-06 Thread Martin Trübner
Am 06.05.25 um 08:08 schrieb Bernd Oppolzer: The end of this system and was scheduled to go the LZLABs way. Martin -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu wi

Re: IMS question

2025-04-10 Thread Martin Trübner
Phsiii, wouldn't it make more sense to look for a bridge from IMS to DB2? They are way closer that any other product and there will be (or at least was) a package that does that. Martin Am 10.04.25 um 16:47 schrieb Phil Smith III: This question was passed to me from someone else, so it ma

Re: IBM wins against LzLabs

2025-03-11 Thread Martin Trübner
The STACK covered it in detail last summer- On 10.03.25 17:37, Tom Brennan wrote: Wow! Thanks Phil. On 3/10/2025 8:37 AM, Phil Smith III wrote: Various articles, most of which basically add no more detail than my Subject: line; https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-regulation/legal/ibm-wins-lawsuit-ag

Re: IBM wins against LzLabs

2025-03-11 Thread Martin Trübner
Phil, >> I read (well, skimmed) the full decision (240pp)  would you care to post the link? Martin -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message:

Re: "Colossus"

2025-03-05 Thread Martin Trübner
Paul, the originating posting was on 12th of November 2024 Martin On 05.03.25 10:29, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 23:03:09 -0600, Tim Hare wrote: ... If you're asking for a citation about whether he read the book or not, I can't provide one - it was just conjecture on my part

Re: Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS Expands

2025-02-07 Thread Martin Trübner
Wendel, I have here some HLASM code that calls GZIP - albeit is it in z/VSE - the principal will be the same- some names may change (We do not have long names in VSE). shall I dig it out. Martin -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Temporary data that must persist till end of job

2024-12-02 Thread Martin Trübner
Steff, your question has the answer already embeded: >>If it was possible to create a name-token with the life of the entire job, that would be perfect. Named token service is you friend. Read about it in "assembler services reference" (SA22-7607 or so) Martin --

Re: PoOP z/ARCH latest xx number

2024-09-20 Thread Martin Trübner
the PoOP has info on the BR (branch relative / watch the double meaning) . Since the very first day of their introduction (of course). But it took some time till everyone uses the term JUMP for branch relative. For a similar experience look for the BE instruction. Martin On 20.09.24 16:2

Re: Breaking Event Address, BEAR

2024-07-29 Thread Martin Trübner
Steve, If you read the bible (POP) about the two: it is obvious that they were created for controlprograms that might cause a new BEAR to be stored (i.e. a PAGEFAULT IIRC). These controlprogram (Obvious the flagship only- and none of the others)  are unable to move it away to a known save lo

Re: Assistance Needed with COBOL File Reading Structure

2024-06-14 Thread Martin Trübner
ASSEMBLER with the other customer. You know them all ... HTH, kind regards Bernd Am 14.06.2024 um 11:00 schrieb Martin Trübner: Jason, try it with this (and use correct numbers- your sample had 0 to 3) 05 LL1 PIC 9(2). 05 TT1 OCCURS 0 TO 3 TIMES    D

Re: Assistance Needed with COBOL File Reading Structure

2024-06-14 Thread Martin Trübner
Jason, try it with this (and use correct numbers- your sample had 0 to 3) 05 LL1 PIC 9(2). 05 TT1 OCCURS 0 TO 3 TIMES DEPENDING ON LL1. 05 REMAIN PIC X(4) and in working storage section have this: 01 TEMP-WORK. 05 LL2 PIC 9(2).

Re: ... FLOWASM and ASMA435I

2023-12-13 Thread Martin Trübner
wrote: On 12/11/2023 2:31 AM, Martin Trübner wrote: well, I have a SOC4 - dump is in private mail I was afraid of that. This turned out to be a stupid compilation error on my part. VSE has emulation of MVS control blocks and macros. To use this emulation, you must compile against the VSE

Re: ... FLOWASM and ASMA435I

2023-12-11 Thread Martin Trübner
Ed, >> 2009 that matches the dates on my material >> how it works well, I have a SOC4 - dump is in private mail Martin -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.

Re: ... FLOWASM and ASMA435I

2023-12-10 Thread Martin Trübner
Ed, I have FLOWASM running here in z/VSE, but can not find the ASMA435 error-message. I am sure it affects VSE users as well and hence will prepare a VSE version and publish it the usual way (or did I send a VSE version to you?*) What do I need out of the XMI package to prepare the VSE v

Re: Migrating Loadlibs from PDSE to PDS?

2023-12-10 Thread Martin Trübner
even bugs!!! Am 09.12.23 um 16:52 schrieb Ed Jaffe: They never improve anything without an RFE asking for it. [sigh] Martin -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.u

Re: Is True Skip-Sequential Processing Possible with RECFM=FB,DSORG=PS?

2023-11-12 Thread Martin Trübner
I wrote code that did it and it saved considerable time. Here is the setting/requirments the processing programs can not be changed. the program skips records till the first correct record is read- then does one after the other till out of range or EOF. The file is FBS (created under VSE w

Re: LA vs LHI

2023-11-10 Thread Martin Trübner
Shmuel, I know that it's model dependent and also depends on the cache loading, but are there cases where there is a measurable performance difference between these? LAY Rx,4096 LHI Rx,4096 well, with LAY the second operand is an address with a base and an index regis

chatGPT does NOT write VSE HLASM programs.

2023-09-06 Thread Martin Trübner
renamed thread I am VSE person (althru I had other hats) This is definitely not a VSE program. It has the already identified problems (replace DCB with DTF and you have it) I also like to mention that I still do write HLASM programs for those who ask for it. Niches such as VSAM exits,

Re: Change how LE allocates storage (subpool,key)

2023-07-15 Thread Martin Trübner
I believe "Storage-protection override" is the hardware facility it is! and VSE as well as z/OS set the bit in CR0 to activate it (all the time without asking for any need). So Key 9 is the storage key everyone (regardless of key) can modify as opposed to PSW-key zero which allows to modify s

Re: Hosting IBM documents

2023-07-08 Thread Martin Trübner
good link- unfortuantely it is now dead but the info given should be spread Am 08.07.23 um 17:11 schrieb Mike Schwab: https://ibmdocs.pocnet.net/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send emai

Re: zLinux (was are banks breaking up with mainframes)

2023-05-23 Thread Martin Trübner
>> who cannot separate z/OS the operating system from Z hardware. Let alone people who believe that z/OS is the only op-sys running on z hardware. Just for the record: there is an actual version of z/VSE - z/VM - z/TPF Martin -

Re: Calculating SIIS% as MSUs or MIPS

2023-05-05 Thread Martin Trübner
u, or? Martin Am 05.05.23 um 11:05 schrieb shivang sharma: I am not looking to know how to calculate siis% from smf113 . I am looking for how to convert SIIS% in terms of MSUs or MIPS. On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 2:33 PM, Martin Trübner < 047eec287bd9-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: t

Re: Calculating SIIS% as MSUs or MIPS

2023-05-05 Thread Martin Trübner
the May 2022 update has the numbers you are looking for Am 04.05.23 um 23:46 schrieb shivang sharma: Hi , Every IBM document discribes this as % . I am trying to get the SIIS% value in terms of MIPS or MSUs On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 1:49 AM, Sri h Kolusu wrote: Shivang, Check these links. h

Re: PL/I Opt. Compiler V2 manuals?

2023-03-20 Thread Martin Trübner
I use WINE on top - works fine here Am 20.03.23 um 16:10 schrieb Seymour J Metz: If someone responds off-list, please send me the link. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.E

Re: Question for our international friends (mostly)

2023-03-18 Thread Martin Trübner
Was some CICS work done in Denver? Yes, before it came to Hursley. Also "Denver foot hill" was used However, I insist in Dieter Fritz Hans (since the krauts made it in the beginning) ;-) Martin -- For IBM-MAIN subscrib

Re: Routine using TIMEUSED called Statically gets different results

2023-03-16 Thread Martin Trübner
Chris, Sorry Sorry Sorry me culpa >> However when I ran a version of the program using BAKR and PR, the program abended with S0E0 Reason=30 Which means: "A stacking instruction was issued when the linkage stack was full." Could it be that you are using as BAKR as I wrote it an not a

Re: Routine using TIMEUSED called Statically gets different results

2023-03-14 Thread Martin Trübner
Thank you forresolving that puzzle I was really puzzled by your stmt (must be dynamic) and could not come up with a valid explanation of the strange results you are seeing. Chris, Chris, Chris,         Chris, Chris, Since we are talking about the subroutine- Question: you are using pret

Re: STP timer information under z/OS?

2023-03-12 Thread Martin Trübner
I have no idea about, if there is something like that in z/OS - other more z/OS knowledgable people may answer- But those deep enought into z/OS might have no clue what lsstp is. So here is what google told me: *name: lsstp * - Show STP configuration information *description: lsstp* displa

Re: Hardware instrumentation presentation

2023-03-02 Thread Martin Trübner
Colin, you looking for a presentation on performance (to whatever level) or on hardware instrumentation service (the z/OS name - feature name: measurement and counter) There are a few I have seen/attended. So there are not IBM confidential and should be locatable on the net. About HI

Re: Full TRAP feature support [was: RE: Re: z/OS 3.1 Announcement US Letter]

2023-03-01 Thread Martin Trübner
I did develop a fully featured debugger solely on TRAP for VSE. I did that in 2000 as proof of concept or better to show that TRAP is not there for "year 200o fix up" as pops did say at that time. Originally it was object code only in CICS (just to see that it works)- meanwhile I support CIC

Re: Xephon MVS magazines from January 97 thru May 97

2022-12-18 Thread Martin Trübner
Shmuel (and Sam), >>  index cross-referencing issue number to date, with links to the actual files? I am prepared to produce that (as alternative to renaming the files). Just waiting for Sam to chime in Martin -- For IBM

Xephon magazines

2022-12-18 Thread Martin Trübner
Sam, - 1.) would it be too much to add in the root directory (or whereever suitable) a file that explains the one char abreviations: A=AIX C=CICS D=DB2 M=MVS Q=MQ R=RACF S=SNA V=VSE VM=VM Althru obvious it would safe time access the realy excellent collection. - 2.) I saw that th

Re: DASD I/O response time affects CICS transaction MIPS, why?

2022-11-30 Thread Martin Trübner
Johnny, you are watching a very normal behavior. There is no unlimited supply of anything. Once the OP-sys is full (whatever resource you look at) the next level will have queues that build up. And maintaining these queues takes time. Very simple model: Once your I/O rate is higher than