Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

"REXX variables are limited to 31-bit storage" Is it really 31-bit or rather 24-bit? I'm asking because many moons ago I tried to use some REXX variables coming from RMM and due to large number of tape volumes (~25000) the script did not work. I asked on IBM-MAIN and people here explained it i

Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

Definitely 31bit. See the IRXSHVB data area mapping (used by the REXX variables access interface). Rob Scott Rocket Software Sent from Outlook for Android From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Radoslaw Skorupka <0471ebeac2

Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

I don't mind flaunting my ignorance, but does python on z provide access to other functions and programs? In other words, what are the python equivalents for things like: attach attchmvs attchpgm bcpii bpxwunix call dsnrexx ftpapi irrxutil link linkmvs linkpgm Is there a python/rexx mapping (offi

Re: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!

Yeah, glad he’s gone! Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, June 29, 2024, 1:29 AM, David Crayford <0595a051454b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Johnson was a clueless idiot. Thank god he’s gone. The nines are marketing bollocks. It doesn’t matter how robust single system av

Re: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!

This is interesting. Somebody hates America.  http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive2.cgi?noframes;read=71293 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, June 29, 2024, 10:58 AM, Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Yeah, glad he’s gone! Sent from Yah

Beagle is Johnson (Was: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!)

Methinks Beagle and Johnson are one and the same person. Beagle's first post appeared the day after Johnson was excommunicated... On 6/29/2024 12:47 PM, Dave Beagle wrote: This is interesting. Somebody hates America.http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive2.cgi?noframes;read=71293 Sent

Re: Beagle is Johnson (Was: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!)

On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 at 18:28, Ed Jaffe < 05acc3c79bf7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Methinks Beagle and Johnson are one and the same person. > Yeah, I thought that was obvious. Certainly a number of people are treating them as the same person. > Beagle's first post appeared the da

Re: Beagle is Johnson (Was: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!)

What’s hilarious is Crayfish calls Johnson an idiot and the moderator does nothing. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, June 29, 2024, 6:47 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 at 18:28, Ed Jaffe < 05acc3c79bf7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Methinks Beagle and

Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

I believe that being Rexx is a standard part on both z/OS & z/VM. Correct me if I’m wrong but Python is not, only in a Linux or such OS. I’ve been around over 40 years using both OS’s and only my very old fashioned manager at Seton Hall University asked to have a quick Python thing written to

Re: Beagle is Johnson (Was: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!)

Yes, this isn’t garbage. A family member worked for AWS in San Francisco and yes that statement is definitely not trash. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 29, 2024, at 18:50, Dave Beagle > <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > What’s hilarious is Crayfish calls Johnson an id

Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

> On 06/29/2024 12:52 AM CDT Rob Scott > <0618c90e6fdf-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > I have been using REXX for over 30 years and I pretty much agree with > everything Dave says here. > > Having Python " automatically there " on a customer system will make it used > much mo

Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

Ed, I'm honestly unsure what point your making here. That sounds pissy and I don't mean it to be--just honestly confused? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of EDWARD GOULD Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2024 7:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS

Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

*you're. I'm tired. -Original Message- From: Phil Smith III Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2024 10:48 PM To: 'IBM Mainframe Discussion List' Subject: RE: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News Ed, I'm honestly unsure what point your making here. That sounds pissy and I don't mean it to be--jus

Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

Hi Howard, You said: "... G_d Rest his sole. ..." Were his feet or shoes tired? Regards, David On 2024-06-29 18:57, Howard Rifkind wrote: I believe that being Rexx is a standard part on both z/OS & z/VM. Correct me if I’m wrong but Python is not, only in a Linux or such OS. I’ve been around

MP3000 available

We are finally disposing of our MP3000. It still powers on and Warp runs OK but a disk error prevents initailization. To complywith licensing restrictions and internal confidentiality, we will pull the disks and destroy them. It is located in Ottawa, Ontraio, Canada. Gary Weinhold Senior App