REXX SURVEY

Dear IBM-MAIN followers, Till Winkler is currently conducting a survey on the usage of REXX. If you are using REXX, please participate and forward this link: https://rexxcommunity.limesurvey.net/418844?lang=en The results will be

Re: Whatever happened to TheAmericanProgrammer.com ?

The wayback machine has a copy: e.g. https://web.archive.org/web/20080509235900/http://www.theamericanprogrammer. com/programming/index.shtml best regards Mike -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Richard Zierdt Sent: Montag, 10. Februar 2025 17:39 To: IBM-

Re: How to identify caller of subroutine in REXX

Which REXX on what operating system do you use? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Weizman arbel Sent: Donnerstag, 6. Februar 2025 08:27 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: How to identify caller of subroutine in REXX is it possible to retrieve the nam

Re: Copy of MVS

There is a 2024 update: TK5 https://www.prince-webdesign.nl/tk5 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Mittwoch, 5. Februar 2025 19:47 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Copy of MVS Are you thinking of theMVS 3.8 turnkey system

Re: SMTP Mail on Unix without SMTP Gateway

Good morning, In the simplest form you need to have TCP/IP access to a mail (SMTP) server. Without taking into account encryption or authentication the basic process is simple: - connect to the server via PORT 25 (other ports for other protocols) - send HELO my_identification - send MAIL FROM: sen

Re: REXX and RESTAPI calls

REST is just a series of HTTP or preferably HTTPS calls. Usually you have to register and you will have some kind of access code. In the first call this access information is transformed into a session token that must be used for any further transaction. The data returned is very often in JSON, bu

Re: Regina rexx translate error

Hi, the error message indicates that the first single quote might be ` (accent aigu) instead of a single quote. This character has a special meaning in Linux. Best regards Mike -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of ITschak Mugzach Sent: Donnerstag, 1. Aug

Re: Mainframe history - 12 inch floppies?

Thank you for mentioning author and title. I found this short bio: Raj Mohan Joshi, a renowned lecturer of biotechnology, has had a brilliant academic record. He has worked with various institutes and has participated in many national and international conferences. He is widely travelled. He has

Re: GG22-9036

There seems to be a source: https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/9854/Washington-Systems-Center-Techn ical-Bulletin-Services-Required-for-an-Event-Driven-Program/ -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of esst...@juno.com Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2023 15:

AW: Markup languages: LaTeX and internal links

Hi Bob, LaTex can be expanded by using packages. One that might help is you this one: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Hyperlinks Best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Bob Bridges Gesendet: Sunday, January 01, 2023 17:20 An: IB

AW: Location of forms code in z/OS manuals

Hi, Students of Rony Flatscher (Professor at the WU, Vienna) worked on several interesting REXX projects. One of the was the use of PDF files out of Rexx. https://wi.wu.ac.at/rgf/diplomarbeiten/ Look for author Dobrea Rony's Bean Scripting Framework allows the easy integration of Java into ooREX

AW: Assembler courses

This could be interesting: https://github.com/adelosa/learnasm370 best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Mike Hochee Gesendet: Saturday, September 17, 2022 20:11 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: Assembler courses Hey Gary,

AW: NOTSP The Latin of Software Code Is Thriving - The New York Times

HI, Other candidates could include PL/I - which is/was very common in Europe - and REXX and maybe APL. Applications that were created many years ago work with virtually no modifications. Best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Timothy

AW: Own your own Z13 and Z16

FICON and SYSPLEX support? 😉 -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von René Jansen Gesendet: Friday, July 01, 2022 14:21 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: Own your own Z13 and Z16 *that* is very funny coming from Lenovo. I want one with the Z Se

AW: [EXTERNAL] z16 video

This video (w/o the youtube subtitles) would have been a very good presentation during the z16 launch event. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Pommier, Rex Gesendet: Wednesday, April 06, 2022 18:39 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: [EXTE

AW: looking for 'how to' developing Rexx host command

There seems to be a newer offering for OS/2 https://www.arcanoae.com/ -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Paul Gilmartin Gesendet: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 18:06 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: looking for 'how to' developing Rexx host co

AW: looking for 'how to' developing Rexx host command

https://www.ecomstation.com/ is the current OS/2 -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Paul Gilmartin Gesendet: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 18:06 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: looking for 'how to' developing Rexx host command On Tue, 22 Mar

AW: Job submission from CMS to MVS

Depending on what you need, LPREFIX on KEDIT might be your command: "The LPREFIX command places the text that you specify into the prefix area of the focus line and then processes all pending prefix commands. The LPREFIX command is equivalent to your moving the cursor to the prefix area of the foc

AW: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

I coined the name "SLES" when working for SuSE some time ago. It stands for "SuSE Linux Enterprise Server". Best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Jeremy Nicoll Gesendet: Tuesday, January 04, 2022 19:15 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Be

AW: Rexx detail, or things I dont do often enough

QUERY RDR gives you more information about the origin. If this is what you are looking for. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Phil Smith III Gesendet: Sunday, August 16, 2020 19:58 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: Rexx detail, or things I

AW: tcpip or telnet

Hi In a linux environment you could use tools like ping and traceroute. You would see, if your target is reachable and how fast the connection is (latency between nodes). The availability (and names) of such (basic) tools depend on your operating system. e.g. some z/OS info: https://www.ibm.com/

AW: Using Windows ssh with z/OS

Maybe using putty might help: https://www.putty.org/ https://www.ssh.com/ssh/putty/putty-manuals/0.68/Chapter4.html Best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Wendell Lovewell Gesendet: Saturday, May 02, 2020 17:54 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSER

AW: Getting COBOL training on an actual mainframe

There seem to be several online trainings: e.g. https://www.interskill.com/course-catalog/COBOL-IBM-COBOL-for-zOS.html Udemy seems to have classes as well: https://www.udemy.com/course/mainframe-the-complete-cobol-course-from-beginner-to-expert/ Some more links: https://www.ibm.com/developerwork

AW: VSE related questions

Hi, www.bsitcpip.com might be the contact you are looking for concerning your client. This seems to be a complete (but outdated) collection for REXX manuals: http://www.rexxinfo.org/All%20IBM%20Rexx%20manuals/ALLIBM_1.HTM And there is even a redbook (with Jeffrey Barnard): http://www.redbooks.ib

AW: TN3270 from 3174 -ExSel Problem

HI, Found that for Alfaskop 41: http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/Alfaskop/Alfaskop_System_41_Terminal_Console_Functions_and_Customizing_Instructions_IBM_3270_Emulation.pdf http://www.datormuseum.se/peripherals/terminals/alfaskop Interesting story: Beginning in the late sixties

AW: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

Ken Iverson, the inventor of APL differentiated also between the "-" as an operator And the "-" as the sign of a negative number. http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/apl/Books/APROGRAMMING%20LANGUAGE best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

AW: Breaking text file at position 72?

Any XEDIT compatible editor (e.g. THE) should do this with a few commands ZONE 1 72 FLOW FILE Best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Charles Mills Gesendet: 10 December, 2018 18:48 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: Breaking

AW: SYSLOG / OPERLOG displaying date.

There is an ISO standard for the date: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Bruce Hewson Gesendet: 10 June, 2018 05:33 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: SYSLOG / OPERLOG displaying date. Knowing which

AW: Netview Submit JCL

Hi, You have an uneven number of " and ' in your command. " or ' have to be in pairs. They can be nested, if necessary. Best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von venkat kulkarni Gesendet: 13 May, 2018 19:07 An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

AW: Theology (was: Many arguments to a Rexx function call)

You could also provide data as XML or JSON objects - which is just a string input for a REXX function. No matter of theology - just what kind of data you have and what makes sense. Best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Im Auftrag von Charles Mill

AW: Mainframe videos?

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RowwNXKEt4k A good video to close with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ot5h08rKg -- Will On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 8:01 AM, Mike Beer wrote: > Hi, > > TAPES: > UNIVAC TAPE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KuoZ6cades > Overland: https://www.yout

AW: Mainframe videos?

Hi, TAPES: UNIVAC TAPE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KuoZ6cades Overland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCBxNhEzIfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEL8wnW5uvs 1401: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O-UaHAWVKU After 4:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIjgZhAjQS4 PUNCHED CARDS: https://w

AW: mainframe distribution

https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zvse/about/history1970s.html more on VSE & BB (Boeblingen) https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/38b9aea1-bdad-4dde-9984-fd18f65bb557/entry/Kein_Alter_49_Jahre_z_VSE?lang=en Best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe D

AW: CGIs and HTML FORMs

Hi, There will be platform-specific considerations, but generally there are 2 ways to pass parameters to a webserver: 1) GET 2) POST Get is easier to user: If you have e.g. a userid and a password then the call could look like this: https://...?user=&password=yyy everything after the que

AW: curious: Popularity & use of C on z/OS.

SIGNAL can be used nicely to jump out of a (nested) loop to go to a defined end point. If you need to stay in a loop, you might consider using ITERATE or LEAVE. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] Im Auftrag von Jack J. Woehr Ges

Watson - was: IBM does what IBM does best

> WATSON , we don’t know too much [...] how easily it is to use as a > programmer that is. Our company (mindcoa.ch) created a solution based on Watson APIs. We participated in the global IBM Watson Build contest and were able to demonstrate a working Prototype within a very short time. It is

Re: SEC System - Edgar

Hi EDGAR was a fullscreen editor on VM/CMS - the predecessor to XEDIT. https://www-01.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp019.nsf/vLookupPDFs/7%20-%20VM-45-J ahreHistory-EA-J-Elliott%20%5BKompatibilit%C3%A4tsmodus%5D/$file/7%20-%20VM- 45-JahreHistory-EA-J-Elliott%20%5BKompatibilit%C3%A4tsmodus%5D.pdf Best r

Re: Question about question

You might want to try REXXLA - the Rexx Language Association Best regards Mike -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Ten Eyck Sent: 18 September, 2017 16:31 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Question about questio

Re: Migration of Mainframe to other plat form.

Another way to look at is by evaluating: 1) your software inventory - what is installed on the host and what is really used some applications might run on a smaller machine (something like a LinuxOne) 2) talk to your IBM sales rep (enterprise software) 3) consider different scenarios:

Re: Mainframe JOBS in Austin

IBM is currently moving the people back to the office. No more remote work. Mike -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: 3270 emulator display/translation oddity with windows 10

there are some very good emulators available on sourceforge. I like wc3270 http://x3270.sourceforge.net/ Mike -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the me

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

When I see things like this I am always amazed how IT has changed. Acting like that in the previous century was not the way professionals worked. Of course, there was a test, development and production environment. But what really puzzled me was that billing did not work in the way they had ex

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

​>Ah, probably happened when the floor maintenance technician (janitor inold-speak) repurposed a electrical outlet.​ Usually large datacenters test their emergency procedures (at least once a year) - unfortunately the redundant power supply does not always work. And some servers might not resu

Re: Fujitsu Mainframe Vs IBM mainframe

If I remember correctly - the Siemens (later Fujitsu Siemens) offering was "BS2000". Mike -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper

Timothy, thank you for your detailed answer. As a former IBMer I still love mainframes. I started working on a 370/158 some years ago.. Having been in marketing for quite some time (e.g. S/390) I know how difficult it is to do global marketing. I think everyone here in this group wants the IBM

Re: IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper

z/VM still consists of CP + CMS: Use the control program (CP) command language when: - You are a z/VM system operator and you want to control the resources of the real machine located in your computer room. - You are a virtual machine user and you want to control your virtual machine’s conf

Re: IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper

The IBM Q4 results do not mention LinuxONE at all. If it would be reported as z revenue, it should be there, but: Systems gross margin was up year to year due to -*both improvement in z margins, and** **-**the relative strength in that higher margin business.** *That does not look like LinuxONE. I

Re: IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper

Just found a marketing background story on LinuxONE http://www.centerline.net/client-stories/building-a-custom-product-and-brand-to-connect-with-a-new-audience/ Mike -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruct

Re: IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper

Don't know about the rockhopper, but we cabled up an emperor a few months ago. Looks just the same as the z13s sitting beside it. To my knowledge they are the same. It was a great marketing idea to rebrand it. (Why they chose the name of company with bad reputation remains unclear: http://ww

Re: IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper

Link to some pricing info: https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=SP&infotype=PM&htmlfid=LUS12345USEN&attachment=LUS12345USEN.PDF Mike -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: IBM-MAIN subscription (was HMC Mail domain)

There is a lot of things that can happen: - the sender may be blacklisted (i.e. sending IP-address is automatically rejected) - reverse DNS lookup does not work (i.e. symbolical name does not match IP address) - no or incorrect SPF-entry (sender policy framework) - other local filters may inte

Re: Old MVS/SP

You might want to look here: http://hercules-390.github.io/html/ Am 22.12.2016 um 17:14 schrieb W Mainframe: blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Guys, Anyone is

Re: LzLabs in ComputerWorld - Multiprise 3000

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