Re: Modern JCL for new Data Set Allocation

2025-08-02 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Concur, as well administered system relieves the user from a lot of detail and allows for better consistency. I do the same as Jack and also provide an estimate of the amount of space. ACS Routines do the enforcement which is all by design to make the users lives easier. On Sat, Aug 2, 20

Re: QuickRef Improvements

2025-08-01 Thread Matt Hogstrom
arc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Can you post the link to that announcement? I can't find it. > > Mark Jacobs > > Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. > > GPG Public Key - > https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac.

QuickRef Improvements

2025-08-01 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Mike, et al, I saw the SHARE announcement of the new features for QuickRef in VSCode, Zowe and others,well done -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with th

USS tic command ending with rc=0 but no terminfo files created

2025-06-26 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I'm running on a ZVDT instance with z/OS 3.1 and I'm attempting to add a few xterm entries to augment the default set. I've set TERMINFO=/u/myuser/.terminfo and the directory is writable. I've added the .ti files and tic executes with an rc 0 but does not generate the appropriate file. I then th

Re: Mainframe Security

2025-05-29 Thread Matt Hogstrom
MFA is on the rise in general. Also integration with corporate directories and RACMAP distributed to mainframe credentials. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On May 29, 2025, at 14:32, Steve Bea

Re: Mystified by FTP working for one user but not another

2025-03-12 Thread Matt Hogstrom
ATTLS comes to mind which can have specific profiles per use which have different network constraints. Although that doesn’t seem likely to be the cause I thought I’d throw it out. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard

Re: Zowe certificate

2025-03-11 Thread Matt Hogstrom
that you don’t need to install and configure everything but only the services needed for a given capability. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Mar 11, 2025, at 02:44, Peter > <05e4a8a0a03d-d

Re: Stupid outages you caused (was: Cost of an outage)

2025-03-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
for V NET,INACT,PEP09,I The whole dang ATM network went down in a flash. I brought it back up and talked to the Ops Mgr so he knew what I had done, told me thanks and then had a review of ALL shortcut commands that did damage . Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Mar 5, 2025, at 17

Re: The mainframe is alive

2025-03-01 Thread Matt Hogstrom
in it but I’ve not seen brand new development land there There are good cases for reduced latency and collocation. We need to see it in the context of the whole ecosystem. Matt Hogstrom +1 (919) 656-0564 > On Mar 1, 2025, at 10:35, william janulin > <008d52e04f2e-d

Re: Mainframe Culture

2025-02-01 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Amen. I posted this last month on linked in encouraging us curmudgeons to expand our world and deliver better value to our businesses. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mhogstrom_mainframe-ibm-zos-activity-7254888974882615296-AqDG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Matt Hogstrom PGP

Re: Izzy Software acquires ColeSoft

2025-01-31 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Well done Dave. Succession planning is under rated and hard to do. Thanks for thinking forward and ignore the FUD. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Jan 31, 2025, at 02:48, David Cole wr

Re: Mainframe physical tape backup

2025-01-24 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Chat GPT says in answer to: On the IBM mainframe operating system z/os customers use physical tape to backup their systems. What vendors manufacture physical tape systems and media today Is: = As of today, several vendors manufacture physical tape systems and media for IBM m

Re: AI makes stuff up

2025-01-22 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Context is king. Whenever I search for content related to z I prefix it like “z/os rmm rustable” and that tends to eliminate random stuff. AI is nothing more than a statistical guess based on internet data … not surprising it doesn’t so well with z/OS content as z/OS is niche as far as the

Re: OMVS

2025-01-22 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I had dinner with Jeff Nick (IBM Fellow for Z) back in ’99. He shared that Open Edition was initially started to get Posix compliance in MVS as it was a requirement for Federal data centers to only support Posix compliant OS’. I don’t think anyone envisioned the criticality of that new subsyst

Re: Does this make any sense?

2025-01-20 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Not to mention elapsed time and CPU … not sure of the impact on older 3380 devices to SSDs but grossly inefficient if you’ve upgraded but not reorganized. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Jan

Re: AI makes stuff up

2025-01-13 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Just remember it’s super fast at sifting through data (the sum of which is on the Internet) and will make all kinds of errors and assumptions just like people do to fill gaps. It can create a lump of clay but not create the exact vase you wanted. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things

Re: Bye all

2025-01-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
retirement passion extends to continuing to educate, enrich and expand the platform as it seems to me that is part of your soul. Thanks for everything you’ve done over your long and distinguished career sir. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jan 4, 2025, at 03:51, Farley, Pe

Re: DFHSM error

2024-12-19 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Does the VTOC have sufficient space for a new extent? -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Dec 19, 2024, at 09:04, Peter > <05e4a8a0a03d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.e

Re: Allocation of SVC dump dataset

2024-12-15 Thread Matt Hogstrom
he VTOC or VTOCIX as necessary. Corresponding message: IKJ56245I Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Dec 15, 2024, at 20:30, Joseph Reichman > <05812645a43c-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > IEA799I -

Re: ZOWE in zCX container?

2024-12-11 Thread Matt Hogstrom
assume that you’re referring to the desktop which seems like a good candidate for a container. Apologies for answering your question with questions ? -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Dec 11, 2024, at

Re: EXTERNAL Email: Re: z/OS Devices under z/VM

2024-12-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
ents . -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Dec 6, 2024, at 13:02, Tony Newman > <06c1b3c8cc64-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > I though that as they are defined as ‘full pack

Re: EXTERNAL Email: Re: z/OS Devices under z/VM

2024-12-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Figured it out. You are all correct … the system when upgraded to a new z/VM the image had the process to manage the user directory changed. So, what used to work on my prior system is no longer valid. Thanks for confirming and for the responses. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great

Re: EXTERNAL Email: Re: z/OS Devices under z/VM

2024-12-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
what I find. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Dec 6, 2024, at 13:02, Tony Newman > <06c1b3c8cc64-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > I though that as they are defined as ‘f

Re: z/OS Devices under z/VM

2024-12-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
They are defined in z/OS but show offline. I can attach them and everything works fine. I’ll do some experimentation today to narrow it down. Thanks Peter. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On De

Re: z/OS Devices under z/VM

2024-12-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I thought so too . It’s something in the configuration and I’ll futz with them. Thought it might be a gotcha answer. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Dec 6, 2024, at 11:05, Seymour J Metz wr

Re: z/OS Devices under z/VM

2024-12-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
online and give the following message: RESPONSE=R12F IEE025I UNIT 9005 HAS NO LOGICAL PATHS When “ATTached” they are accessible. The 9000 - 9004 come online with no intervention. I’ll keep digging but this is where I’m at. All systems have write access to the volumes. -- Matt

Re: z/OS Devices under z/VM

2024-12-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
They work fine once I manually attach them. I’m looking for the magic to have z/VM IPL, the guests come up and immediately have access to the devices without manually intervention. I can hack my way through z/VM but I’m not expert in that space. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things

z/OS Devices under z/VM

2024-12-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
ther DASD for the systems is automatically picked up. Is there a mechanism in z/VM that I need to do outside the directory to automatically connect the new devices to the guests. After a guest logs out and then subsequently re-ipl’d I need to re-attach the devices. Thoughts? -- Matt Hogs

Re: What is a "programming language"? Was:: Modifying JCL on the fly

2024-11-13 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Script … I would think the control statements more clearly align with scripting than a full fledged language / runtime that is extensible. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Nov 13, 2024, at 03

Re: What is a "scripting language"?

2024-11-12 Thread Matt Hogstrom
you all know has a very limited set of library/runtime support and sits in the netherworld of the OS and the higher level constructs familiar to C developers. As a consequence, the runtime is an inseparable part of this discussion. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed

Re: What is a "scripting language"?

2024-11-12 Thread Matt Hogstrom
a lot of options. For supporting software on z/OS I tend to use Java for runtime performance and products. Python for experimenting with code and data. Choice is a good thing. Thanks for the link, I’ll catchup on PASCAL to stay well rounded. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two

Re: What is a "scripting language"?

2024-11-11 Thread Matt Hogstrom
el access. Scripting Languages: • Used in environments where quick development, flexibility, and ease of use are priorities (e.g., web servers, database interaction, or system automation). -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite eno

Re: Obscure messages issued by ftp in batch with -d option

2024-10-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
hase 2 SAID : 0 Assoc P1 ID > : 2 > Jun 19 22:34:08 MVS073 IKE: Message instance 3: Stackname : TCPCS1 > Jun 19 22:34:08 MVS073 IKE: Message instance 3: Local IPSec Client ID info : > Ipv4 1.1.0.1 Port: Any Hope this helps on the journey -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great thi

Re: Java 8 java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream and zEDC

2024-09-27 Thread Matt Hogstrom
If you execute D IQP what values do you see? Also, z14, 15 or 16 ? -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Sep 27, 2024, at 08:33, Mario Bezzi > <0705c5ab7b15-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.e

Re: in Defense of FTP. FUD rules

2024-09-26 Thread Matt Hogstrom
No argument on the principle. Given FTP was the original topic it began to feel like it was the only horse in the stable. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Sep 26, 2024, at 12:35, Tom Longfel

Re: in Defense of FTP. FUD rules

2024-09-26 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Honestly, the same applies to any ubiquitous network access to services like z/OSMF via https or 3270 access via TN3270 to TSO or other host services as examples. I don’t believe FTP is the singular attack vector for this kind of malicious activity. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things

Re: Off topic discussions

2024-07-10 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Clarification of what is considered appropriate is welcome. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognit

Re: Inquiry about Installing Hercules on LinuxONE

2024-06-11 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Just compiling and emulating Z would be a step but rather than emulating you’d be able to execute z/OS on Z hardware which is a lot faster. zVDT provides this and we’ve seen dramatically better performance on zLinux. That said, there is still the pesky software license issues. Matt Hogstrom

Re: UUID for z/OS Instances

2024-06-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
like an odd request but when your looking to analyze a lot of data over a period of time its really a necessity. Thanks for your thoughts. Matt Hogstrom > On Jun 5, 2024, at 12:27, Al Sherkow Digest wrote: > > My SCRT auditing product has to keep track of z/OS Images and back in 2003

Re: UUID for z/OS Instances

2024-06-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Prophetic. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom >

Re: UUID for z/OS Instances

2024-06-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Thanks Marc, that is promising; I’ll explore that option. Matt Hogstrom > On Jun 5, 2024, at 07:12, Mark A. Brooks wrote: > > It may not help, but be aware that the XCF SysplexID and SystemID have a good > chance of being unique if you need to identify an instance of a z/OS IPL

Re: UUID for z/OS Instances

2024-06-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
runtimes as well as other hosts like zCX and z/OS containers in USS as well as a number of other subtleties that makes it hard to define in a general way. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org <mailto:m...@hogstrom.org> > On Jun 4, 2024, at 19:24, Andrew Rowley wrote: > > On 5/06/2024 3:

Re: UUID for z/OS Instances

2024-06-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
problem is unique to me I thought I’d ask to see if others have had issues of this nature and how they may have addressed it. Matt Hogstrom > On Jun 4, 2024, at 15:32, Tony Harminc wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 at 12:16, Matt Hogstrom wrote: > >> I’m looking for a way to u

Re: UUID for z/OS Instances

2024-06-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
The UUID for a z/OS instance is what I’m looking for so this is the right track. I saw this in the z/OSMF doc but it appeared to be tied to the z/OSMF z/OS instance for service, not a UUID for each instance in a Syplex. Perhaps Marne will see this chain and respond. Matt Hogstrom >

Re: UUID for z/OS Instances

2024-06-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I wasn’t clear, I’m looking for a means to uniquely identify the instance. I can gen a UUID but I’m looking to see if there is a generally accepted approach to uniquely identify a z/OS instance. Matt Hogstrom > On Jun 4, 2024, at 12:39, lbd...@gmail.com wrote: > > I can confirm t

UUID for z/OS Instances

2024-06-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
when emitting OTel telemetry data its common to have a UUID for an instance but that concept has really been foreign to z/OS Matt Hogstrom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: Bash freeware for OMVS

2024-06-02 Thread Matt Hogstrom
looks at this list periodically and he might have other suggestions. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jun 1, 2024, at 12:21, Jake Anderson > <0655e880aa7d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Hello Group > > C

Re: IBM Announces the z/OS Container Platform

2024-03-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
products. K8s makes deployment,management and upgrades so much easier. We started with x86 as most Z shops are not ready on zLinux or zCX Cant wait for that though. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Mar 6, 2024, at 07:48, Jousma, David > <01a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.e

Re: [EXTERNAL] Question

2024-02-20 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I use 365 … too many kids in school. I use a mac and also have my own domain . Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstr

Re: Query - do you have access to GitHub from your z/OS system? And do you have git on your z/OS system?

2024-02-15 Thread Matt Hogstrom
ability to serve as a git instance on z/OS. The zOSOpenTools project has git as well. Here is link to their page https://github.com/ZOSOpenTools/gitport Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Feb 15, 2024, at 05:20, Colin Paice > <00

Re: Query - do you have access to GitHub from your z/OS system? And do you have git on your z/OS system?

2024-02-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Yes and yes. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Feb 14, 2024, at 14:16, Frank Swarbrick > wrote: > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>> on behalf of Lionel B. Dyck >

Re: Opinion

2024-01-15 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Dell 4919dw has served me well for 4 years Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jan 15, 2024, at 13:28, Joe Monk wrote: > > Second this. I have a DELL 42" monitor which I used with multiple computers. -

Re: Assembler programmer wanted

2023-12-21 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I think we’re swerving off-topic from z/OS technical content. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognit

Re: Looking for COBOL SYSADATA record layouts

2023-12-16 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Provides more detail on the link Kirk provided. https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/build-java-records-from-cobol-with-ibm-record-generator/ Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/

Re: Can this be done?

2023-12-15 Thread Matt Hogstrom
As with many things on z/OS the simple can be complicated. I would have thought a simple open of a dataset overriding with RECFM U would have at least allowed you to read a block at a time. Nice idea. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <ht

Re: Anyone with zCX docker hands on?

2023-11-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Is this zCX or are you also using OCP on top? OCP via K8s makes the scaling and network admin easier but its a chargeable feature. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Nov 7, 2023, at 12:49 PM, Jousma, David > <01a0

Re: Rocket miniconda frustrations

2023-11-02 Thread Matt Hogstrom
be going good work and is active. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Nov 2, 2023, at 1:53 PM, Jousma, David > <01a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > All, > > I have a simple need

Re: Access to PDS(E) ISPF statistics outside of TSO/ISPF

2023-10-11 Thread Matt Hogstrom
-runtime-ce-z/11?topic=jzos-pdsdirectorymemberinfostatistics Thanks all, for your experience in identifying the options and narrowing in on a solution. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://li

Re: Access to PDS(E) ISPF statistics outside of TSO/ISPF

2023-10-10 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Thanks Tom, I was hoping for a high level interface though something like jzos. Appreciate the pointer and I’ll create something. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom&

Re: Access to PDS(E) ISPF statistics outside of TSO/ISPF

2023-10-10 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Thanks Mike, this helps a lot. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive.&quo

Access to PDS(E) ISPF statistics outside of TSO/ISPF

2023-10-10 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I’m looking for a way to access ISPF statistics from Java or C outside of a TSO / ISPF environment. Does such an animal exist out there ? Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hog

Re: Israel

2023-10-09 Thread Matt Hogstrom
fighting style. I’m curious, is that standard training for hand to hand in the IDF ? Prayers for Israel as you all work through the aftermath. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org <mailto:m...@hogstrom.org> Perfer et obdura: dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Be patient and endure: some day, this pai

Re: z/OSMF and Zowe

2023-09-20 Thread Matt Hogstrom
production for the most part. In our world, outages come with post-mortems. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Sep 20, 2023, at 3:12 AM, Robin Atwood wrote: > > Thanks, Brian and Matt. Perhaps the fact that you can get Zowe directly fr

Re: z/OSMF and Zowe

2023-09-19 Thread Matt Hogstrom
://openmainframeproject.slack.com/archives/CBVJGPWHX Zowe, last I saw, ships an SMP/E install as well as a “convenience” build that is basically a pax file. Given that Zowe basically updates on a frequent basis the update is basically replacing the core software so pax is far easier. Matt Hogstrom From Lord of the Rings

Re: Free SMPE product to just practice

2023-09-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
My misread your question I read it as freeware packaged in smp/e format Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 14, 2023, at 15:36, Jake Anderson wrote: > > Hello > > Good morning > > Is there any freeware product which can be installed using SMP/e. > > A

Re: Free SMPE product to just practice

2023-09-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
ZoweHttps://zowe.org They offer a pax and an smp/e install Not sure if they pswis or not Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 14, 2023, at 15:36, Jake Anderson wrote: > > Hello > > Good morning > > Is there any freeware product which can be installed using SMP

VSAM RRDS v EXCP

2023-09-12 Thread Matt Hogstrom
time. Not all records but oldest falling off as we reference the current ones. Suggesitons / tradeoffs of RRDS v alternatives. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Ray Mullins on Assembler demand.

2023-09-08 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Exactly Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 8, 2023, at 13:40, Steve Thompson wrote: > > Imagine doing this for going from DOS/V* to MVS* for ALC to VS-COBOL (or > later). (Done that too) > > So noobies, some of this old stuff we talk about may have you learn some

Re: Is the IBM Assembler List still alive - Dumps - Early days

2023-09-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 7, 2023, at 15:41, Bob Bridges wrote: > > We used to use ROSCOE at a small shop in the 80’s because it used less > resources. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / ar

Re: Simple request from chatGPT to write assembler program.

2023-09-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
v.ua.edu> which seems to be Bill’s address. My inbox is cleaner except for the responses to him. He always could deregister and re-register but then his intentions to disrupt would be obvious. Bill, you were entertaining and now I’m just embarrassed for you. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cogniti

Re: Ray Mullins on Assembler demand.

2023-09-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Yup. Context is King. People talk about languages like Java, etc. The real question in my opinion is what Runtime? CICS, IMS, WebSphere, … Language is only part of the equation; where it runs is the key. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 5, 2023, at 10:58, Tom Brennan wr

Re: Simple request from chatGPT to write assembler program.

2023-09-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
that bad actors will use the tech for their purposes. Its no different than cars, chainsaw or firearms. People can use them for good or not. It’s no the tech; it’s the people. Yes, it sucks at writing HLASM for the reasons you outlined. Not enough examples or context out there. Matt

Re: Ray Mullins on Assembler demand.

2023-09-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
FWIW, I’ve known Ray for as long as I’ve been programming in Assembler. Ray is the man. > > > > You guys know who Ray Mullins is right? > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arc

Re: Ray Mullins on Assembler demand.

2023-09-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
My take is that Assembler is just a language and honestly I don’t think its all that hard to learn. What it does require is more understanding of the OS and the ability to setup for calls to other services. The higher languages simply obscure, or encapsulate, those low level services. I use Meta

Re: Simple request from chatGPT to write assembler program.

2023-09-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Apart from the poor formatting I’ll share that ChatGPT does a poor job at assembler. Largely, I think, due to the lack of samples. If you look for Python, Node or other code examples it does an amazing job (although not perfect). I wouldn’t “blame” ChatGPT inasmuch as I’d understand that AI is n

Re: Is the IBM Assembler List still alive

2023-09-03 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Assembler is only relevant to the Runtime Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 3, 2023, at 13:26, Paul Gilmartin > <042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > How important are Assembler skills for a Linux for zSeries applications > programmer? > A

Re: With regrets, after many years I will no longer be following IBM-MAIN

2023-08-30 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Thanks for the link Lionel. I recall seeing this before but didn’t follow through. Now if I can only figure out Discord’s bizarre account architecture (I seem to have an old account I can’t link) Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough

Re: GAO recommends upgrades at IRS, Dept Defense Logistics

2023-08-29 Thread Matt Hogstrom
-Capabilities-to-Accelerate-Mainframe-Application-Modernization Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Aug 29, 2023, at 11:53 AM, Rick Troth wrote: > > "Nor is the watchdog happy about the tax agency’s continued use of COBOL, > which t

Re: Strange results for the PS1 prompt with z/OS Unix

2023-08-20 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Gratz. We’ve all been there Matt Hogstrom +1 (919) 656-0564 > On Aug 20, 2023, at 12:35, Tom Longfellow > <03e29b607131-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > changing the \\ to \ in only one system is unacceptable to me. Even if it > works, I would not use

Re: Strange results for the PS1 prompt with z/OS Unix

2023-08-18 Thread Matt Hogstrom
taste and workflows. I hope this helps at least in providing a pointer or two. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It ma

Re: Strange results for the PS1 prompt with z/OS Unix

2023-08-17 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Did you modify the TERMINFO ?I ended up creating one with xterm which is not standard Matt Hogstrom +1 (919) 656-0564 > On Aug 17, 2023, at 13:40, Paul Gilmartin > <042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:42:28 -0500, To

Re: Strange results for the PS1 prompt with z/OS Unix

2023-08-17 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Is this sh, bash, … ? Is the TERM environment variable the same on both systems ? Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Aug 17, 2023, at 11:31, Tom Longfellow > <03e29b607131-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > I am confused and am throwing out a Hail Mary for h

Re: Has anyone

2023-08-17 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Sounds like emacs Once opened I couldnt wait to get out Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Aug 16, 2023, at 17:42, Phil Smith III wrote: > >> I once spent an agonizing half-hour trying to help a Unix programmer >> code a program in a language I know using some kind of U

Re: Has anyone

2023-08-15 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I also use Office 365 … best bet for families with kids that need access as well. Side note, I also pay for Creative Cloud which is far more economical than the individual bits. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Aug 15, 2023, at 11:18 A

Re: z/OS users

2023-08-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I guess it all comes down to what is the OP trying to determine and the use of “Users” is ambiguous if you’re really counting people impacted. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Aug 14, 2023, at 11:18 AM, Farley, Peter > <031d

Re: Cloud may be overpriced compared to on-premises systems

2023-08-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
into the cloud offerings. Agree on the religious undertones comment. Many people wanted to be the cool kids and move to the cloud. Those architects are likely long gone but the impact of those decisions live on. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook

Re: Google has 5,500,000 mainframes WAS: Definition of mainframe?

2023-07-31 Thread Matt Hogstrom
+1000 Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jul 31, 2023, at 17:08, Tom Brennan wrote: > > Yes, a z16 is actually a mainframe. Why? Because I know it when I see it. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archi

Re: Google has 5,500,000 mainframes WAS: Definition of mainframe?

2023-07-31 Thread Matt Hogstrom
In conversations with customers today, it’s generally z/OS running on IBM Z hardware. We could start adding in z/VM, TPF, … but z/OS, in my experience, is what industry folks mean when they say mainframe. Good luck trying to find a legal definition, too much nuance. Sometimes analysts will lu

Re: Curved Flat Screen

2023-07-25 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Hz is about refresh speed and is more relevant for gamers Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jul 25, 2023, at 2:04 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > That's a strange ad: it keeps giving the "resolution" in Hz, inste

Re: Curved Flat Screen

2023-07-25 Thread Matt Hogstrom
P6ZR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1> its a bit pricy and its on the computer the kids use for gaming … they love it. For working, I prefer the Dell 4914dw Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jul 25, 2023, at 1:29

Re: Curved Flat Screen

2023-07-25 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Not sure what they use but I use a Dell 4919dw Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognitive, but,

Re: Will z/OS be obsolete in 5 years?

2023-07-19 Thread Matt Hogstrom
open source to create our products and we also contribute back to open source.” I thought that was a good clarification of the RedHat business model. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jul 19, 2023, at 12:01 PM, Tom Brennan wrote: > >

Re: Userid schemes

2023-07-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
personnel. I guess quantity has a quality all its own. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jul 14, 2023, at 9:15 AM, David Spiegel > <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH, &g

Re: Userid schemes

2023-07-13 Thread Matt Hogstrom
A place I worked used initials followed by a 5 digit employee ID. xxn Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jul 13, 2023, at 8:09 PM, David Spiegel > <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >> "

Re: Userid schemes

2023-07-13 Thread Matt Hogstrom
On my systems my ID is IMAHOG. Although, it’s really pronounced like Hōkstrum. Never have trouble in Sweden with people mispronouncing my name :) Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jul 13, 2023, at 6:41 PM, David Spiegel > <00

Re: "National" characters

2023-07-11 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I think “Special" is a more accurate term today. For instance, I’ve used them to force some members to the top of a list based on sort order. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jul 11, 2023, at 12:50 PM, Gibney, Dave > <03b5

Re: Code Page for dataset names

2023-07-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 >> On Jul 7, 2023, at 19:14, Paul Gilmartin >> <042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> > On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 18:11:39 -0400, Matt Hogstrom wrote: > >> Speculation on my part but I think CP1047 was cre

Re: Code Page for dataset names

2023-07-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
SAS C back in the late 80’s and had to use ‘(|’ for [ and ‘|)’ for ] and it was a PITA the code that way. Your reference for the hard coded values is fabulous … so much knowledge scurried away in our memories and long lost documents. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jul 7, 2023, at 15

Re: Code Page for dataset names

2023-07-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
ing else, it was an interesting question that made me consider that code pages could have an effect. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Code Page for dataset names

2023-07-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
them. Thanks for your comments and feedback. Always interesting how a thread will go on such a topic as this. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jul 5, 2023, at 3:00 PM, John McKown wrote: > > All JCL is CP-037. This predates any i

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