Re: VSE related questions - VSAMIO on VSE

2020-02-29 Thread Charles Mills
Amen to every one of your points! Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Friday, February 28, 2020 9:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VSE related questions - VSAMIO on VSE T

DF/EF andd DFP the IBM predecessor was Re: OT Boeing flight software

2020-02-29 Thread Clark Morris
[Default] On 28 Feb 2020 07:24:20 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main idfli...@gmail.com (scott Ford) wrote: >Mike, > >Reminds me of this whole Agile process that’s being used. Incomplete >thinking, not like a lot of old timer Sysprogs, who had to think about , >installation, testing, implementation i

Re: VSE related questions - VSAMIO on VSE

2020-02-29 Thread W Mainframe
Lovely VSE...I am still working on different VSE projects and I am sirry about no Java available. Would be a great improvement...Talking about VSAM, you know just think about Clusters.. Indexes.. Record keys Lol RegardsDan Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, February 29, 2020, 1:

Re: VSE related questions - VSAMIO on VSE

2020-02-29 Thread Tony Thigpen
There was a vendor that promised Java on VSE about 8 years ago. But, just like other things his company promised over the years, nothing ever came of it. Tony Thigpen W Mainframe wrote on 2/29/20 12:21 PM: Lovely VSE...I am still working on different VSE projects and I am sirry about no Java

Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as placeholder]

2020-02-29 Thread Bob Bridges
That's a new one on me. How did tapping instead of dialing save you the fourpence? I'd have thought that whatever allowed the call to go through a) didn't know the difference between tapping and dialing, and b) wouldn't go without being paid. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 3

Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as placeholder]

2020-02-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 13:34:04 -0500, Bob Bridges wrote: >That's a new one on me. How did tapping instead of dialing save you the >fourpence? I'd have thought that whatever allowed the call to go through a) >didn't know the difference between tapping and dialing, and b) wouldn't go >without bei

Re: OT Boeing flight software

2020-02-29 Thread scott Ford
Charles: Like we used to call Production testin, if the code doesnt work its test and if it works its Production. I used laugh at this line a lot. Scott On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 5:57 PM Charles Mills wrote: > What did I hear once? If the prototype is not successful they don't ever do > the perm

Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as placeholder]

2020-02-29 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
The old system would disable the dial if no coin was deposited, however, the hook switch (rest) would still pulse the line. When the handset was lifted a resistance was put across the line allowing current to flow. At this point the line would supply dial tone and listen for dial pulses. The stro

Phones (was -- OT)

2020-02-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 08:00:44 +1100, Wayne Bickerdike wrote: >... >I have had to resort to tone dialers in Indonesia to use a phone >card because they disable the # key . Their phone systems were largely >owned by kleptocrats who realised that phone cards would bypass their >exorbitant phone call ch

Re: OT Boeing flight software

2020-02-29 Thread Charles Mills
Or as I used to say at a vendor I worked for (not any of the last four): "It works! Ship it!" (We referred to that as our "QA Department.") Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of scott Ford Sent: Saturday, February

Re: VSE related questions - VSAMIO on VSE

2020-02-29 Thread Seymour J Metz
Or behind OS/VS1. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Tony Thigpen [t...@vse2pdf.com] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2020 5:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Su

Re: Phones (was -- OT)

2020-02-29 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Gil, I was working in Indonesia and the only way to call home was from the Wartel (Warung Telekomunikasi) ie Phone shop. They allocate a phone booth and you give them the number to dial. It has an electronic display showing the rolling cost. It was around $5 a minute back in 1993. My boss gave me

Re: DF/EF andd DFP the IBM predecessor was Re: OT Boeing flight software

2020-02-29 Thread Seymour J Metz
I don't recall any problems with DFP, but I counted myself blessed that I never installed DF/EF. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Clark Morris [cfmt...@u

Re: DF/EF andd DFP the IBM predecessor was Re: OT Boeing flight software

2020-02-29 Thread Mark Jacobs
We had installed DF/EF and converted our main production catalog to an ICF catalog right before IBM pulled it from the market (if I remember correctly). Thankfully the converted catalog never experienced any problems. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public K

Interesting IBM chip collection

2020-02-29 Thread Andrew Armstrong
Have a look at: https://youtu.be/C0upso-RGF8 ...I didn't realise (had no way of knowing really) that the IBM multi chip modules were so colorful. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to