Re: VSAM record length 0

2019-12-28 Thread Joe Monk
Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 19:56:15 -0600, Joe Monk wrote: > > >ESDS uses RBA (relative byte address). You cant store a record at RBA 0, > >because that would be the last byte of the previous record. > >

Re: VSAM record length 0

2019-12-28 Thread Joe Monk
length record replaced with a 1 blank record. > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 1:39 PM Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 19:56:15 -0600, Joe Monk wrote: > > > > >ESDS uses RBA (relative byte addre

Re: RCA MCF and jukebox

2019-12-30 Thread Joe Monk
Here's one you'll enjoy: The IBM 2321 Data Cell. It was a device that used magnetic tape strips (2" wide and 13" long) arranged in a circle. Each "segment" of the circle was called a "cell". https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_2321.html Joe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

2019-12-31 Thread Joe Monk
I use zoc7. Joe On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 11:49 leeb < 02ae733369f7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Huh, OK. Does 'x3270' include c3270 these days? I'm not near my work > machine > so can't check. > > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:44:04PM -0500, Matt Hogstrom wrote: > > Your command ‘brew

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

2019-12-31 Thread Joe Monk
I use zoc7 for tn3270 on my mac. Joe On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:49 AM Matt Hogstrom wrote: > Sorry, I was equally fast on send. brew installs x3270 but I believe it > requires X Windows. > > These items are installed using brew install x3270 in /usr/local/bin > c3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

2019-12-31 Thread Joe Monk
Ive emailed that guy about the rewrite he wants to do. Unfortunately its like a brick wall... no response. Joe On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:44 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > There'd be an obvious option (https://www.brown.edu/cis/tn3270/) for a > tn3270 client if you could convince apple to upgrade C

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

2020-01-03 Thread Joe Monk
I use ZOC as well. I found Mocha to be lacking. Joe On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 4:43 AM Jim Taylor wrote: > I agree with the comments about c3270/x3270 but disagree when you say > there aren't any good macOS emulators - I really like ZOC and found it much > nicer to user than PComms on my Windows ma

Re: TN3270 from 3174 -ExSel Problem

2020-01-09 Thread Joe Monk
Dave, What model 3174? Joe On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 2:09 AM Dave Wade wrote: > Gentle Folks, > > > > I have a 3174 with Config C6 configured to connect via TN3270 to various > mainframes including the 43361 at LCM+L. I have two non-IBM terminals > connected. A NOKIA and Memorex Telex and both wi

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] Re: Job Posting

2020-01-10 Thread Joe Monk
Technically it should be five thirds bank. Joe On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 11:53 Mike Schwab wrote: > Fifth is 1/5, Third is 1/3, > Fifth Third might be expressed as 1/5 1/3. > Maybe abbreviate to /5 /3 assuming the 1. > Improperly drop the first / to get the 5/3. > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 12:34 PM

Re: Connect upgrade Secure+ requirement

2020-01-28 Thread Joe Monk
This will tell you: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.csfb200/csffmid.htm You need FMID HCR77A0 or above. Joe On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 11:11 PM Steve David wrote: > Hi All, > > We are upgrading CD from V4.8 to V5.2, currently running in zOS 1.13, but

Re: PDSE V2 data set info

2020-01-28 Thread Joe Monk
In SMF 14/15, there is a field SMF14DSNVER which will tell you the PDSE version... Joe On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 5:40 AM Greg Price wrote: > Hi Robin, > > I'm sure others will jump in if I am not up to date, but AFAIK, you > cannot get these pieces of information without opening the data set and

Re: Connect upgrade Secure+ requirement

2020-01-28 Thread Joe Monk
l support CD V5.2 > > Thanks > Steve > > > On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 16:12, Joe Monk wrote: > > > This will tell you: > > > > > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.csfb200/csffmid.htm > > > > You nee

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

2020-02-28 Thread Joe Monk
The rule now is 1 space after a period. Two spaces after a period was the rule on a typewriter, because the fonts weren't proportional, they were monospace. This led to uneven spacing of words on paper, so two spaces was the rule. Nowadays, on a computer, the fonts are proportional. For instance

Re: VSE related questions

2020-02-28 Thread Joe Monk
http://publibfp.dhe.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/iesrre30.pdf Page 169 gives the VSAMIO parameters... Joe On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 3:02 PM Mike Beer wrote: > Hi, > www.bsitcpip.com might be the contact you are looking for concerning your > client. > > This seems to be a complete (but outdated) collection

Re: Problems with ESTAEX invoked in AMODE 64 when assembled without SYSTATE AMODE=64

2020-03-23 Thread Joe Monk
"When you run in AMODE 64 (as indicated by specifying AMODE64=YES through the SYSSTATE macro) and invoke ESTAEX, your ESTAEX routine will get control in AMODE 64." https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.ieaa200/iea3a2_Description3.htm So looks like you have to s

Re: Problems with ESTAEX invoked in AMODE 64 when assembled without SYSTATE AMODE=64

2020-03-23 Thread Joe Monk
the recovery routine. Joe On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 6:32 PM Thomas David Rivers wrote: > Joe Monk wrote: > > >"When you run in AMODE 64 (as indicated by specifying AMODE64=YES through > >the SYSSTATE macro) and invoke ESTAEX, your ESTAEX routine will get > control > &

Re: Free 3270 emulator for Mac OS

2020-03-28 Thread Joe Monk
Ive been trying to get in touch with the guy who wrote the brown university emulator. So far no response... Joe On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 4:04 PM Charles Mills wrote: > Why the determination not to financially reward the developers for their > efforts? Why would I hypothetically write a 3270 emul

Re: Free 3270 emulator for Mac OS

2020-03-28 Thread Joe Monk
Yep ... so as soon as he responds to me we can make that happen. The conversion from Cocoa to the new APIs isnt hard. Joe On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 4:55 PM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 16:47:36 -0500, Joe Monk wrote: >

Re: ESPIE question (does ESPIE "cover" ATTACH'd sub-tasks)

2020-04-01 Thread Joe Monk
I wouldnt think so. Normally ATTACH creates a boundary, and only certain things can cross that boundary, like for instance, an ESTAI. Joe On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:26 PM Thomas David Rivers wrote: > I'm sure many on this list will know the answer to this, > and I've been reading various manuals

Re: Free 3270 emulator for Mac OS

2020-04-04 Thread Joe Monk
x3270 is also in homebrew... https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/x3270 Joe On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 11:43 AM Jack J. Woehr wrote: > On 4/4/20 9:51 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > I tried building x3270 on Mojave from source. > > Also, x3270 is in the Mac Ports tree. https://www.macports.org/ > > Inst

Re: Free 3270 emulator for Mac OS

2020-04-04 Thread Joe Monk
Paul, Just use homebrew ... you'll save yourself a lot of headache. If you dont have it already: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)" then: brew install x3270 Joe On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 12:05 PM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dm

Re: Free 3270 emulator for Mac OS

2020-04-05 Thread Joe Monk
Actually its not. https://github.com/XQuartz/XQuartz/issues/10 Joe On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:09 AM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 08:33:41 +, Martin Packer wrote: > > > >Note: xQuartz hasn’t been updated in FOREVER. While I use i

Re: Memory-Lane Monday: System Zzzzz | Computerworld Shark Tank

2020-04-20 Thread Joe Monk
I can attest to answering late nigh support and not remembering the answer I gave, only to sit in the morning production meeting and silently breathe a sigh of relief when it turned out I gave the correct answer. Joe On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:47 AM Bob Bridges wrote: > Boy, not me. I didn't m

Re: Here we go again

2020-04-21 Thread Joe Monk
9 digits = 999,999,999. There afe only 350,000,000 in the USA. Joe On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 10:08 AM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 08:45:14 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > >My guess is that they needed to update the online applicati

Re: IARST64 problem

2020-04-21 Thread Joe Monk
,SIZE=sizeWhen REQUEST=GET is specified, a required input parameter that indicates the size of the storage to be obtained. The size can be anywhere between 1 and [image: Start of change]128K[image: End of change] bytes. The size is rounded up to a power of 2. So cell sizes are 64, 128, 256, 512, 10

Re: ESTBYTES Quandary

2020-04-22 Thread Joe Monk
JES2 limits do not apply to STCs. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/bit.listserv.ibm-main/1YPjynrHqBo/EN7BpmG6AQAJ Joe On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 7:58 AM Mark Jacobs < 0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > We've been trying to enforce limits on how much spool space a single

Re: Here we go again; Memory Lane

2020-04-23 Thread Joe Monk
You might like this website: https://mrxhist.org Joe On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 3:48 PM Christopher Y. Blaicher < cblaic...@syncsort.com> wrote: > At one point I worked on a Memorex 1380 (for Memorex). It was a > programmable telecommunications front end like the IBM 3705. > I wrote SDLC code for

Re: DLS180I DRIVE IS ALREADY ALLOCATED or BOXED

2020-04-27 Thread Joe Monk
More tape drives. Joe On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 1:06 PM CarlosM Martinez wrote: > DLS180I DRIVE IS ALREADY ALLOCATED or BOXED > > Hello all does anyone here know the resolution for the above message > during a backup VSAM files job? > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: C

2020-04-27 Thread Joe Monk
Not according to the MVT Cobol compiler manual... "The AFTER ADVANCING option is used for output destined to be printed or punched. When this option is used, the first character in each logical record for the file must be reserved for the control character. When the AFTER ADVANCING option is used,

Re: Request for help with CBT961

2020-04-28 Thread Joe Monk
Maybe this will help: //***FILE 961 is from Yves Colliard and contains a collection of* FILE 961 //* ISPF commands which can be added to your session. * FILE 961 //* * FILE 961 //* YCLMAC - A collection of user l

Re: Colossus, Strangelove, etc. was: Developers say...

2020-05-11 Thread Joe Monk
An even better story ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adolescence_of_P-1 Joe On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:31 AM Bob Bridges wrote: > I'll cheerfully leave political partisanship aside. But if I may > attribute this equally to both sides (and thus avoid partisanship), I'm > with Joel ~and~

Re: 3270 terminals: CUT vs. DFT

2020-05-11 Thread Joe Monk
Alex, What you have in that interface is a simple protocol translator ... translating bi-directional TN3270 to 3270 Data Stream. That is great to drive a 3270 dumb terminal. The first thing you need is to emulate a real control unit ... like a 3174 or 3274. If you read the product letter: https:

Re: 3270 terminals: CUT vs. DFT

2020-05-11 Thread Joe Monk
iscussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Joe Monk [joemon...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 8:00 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: 3270 terminals: CUT vs. DFT > > Alex, > > What you have in that interface is a simple protocol translator

Re: 3270 terminals: CUT vs. DFT

2020-05-12 Thread Joe Monk
gt; > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Joe Monk [joemon...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 9:43 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU &g

Re: Is there a vertical split in ISPF?

2021-04-16 Thread Joe Monk
ISPF SPLITV only works on 3290s. Joe On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 3:43 PM Bob Bridges wrote: > Somewhere in the dim reaches of my past I think I saw mention of the > ability to split an ISPF screen vertically rather than horizontally. I've > never tried it, and I'm not sure I didn't just imagine

Re: Format PDS unloaded on an CD

2021-04-19 Thread Joe Monk
OK ... maybe now we're getting somewhere... I think we are having a case of deja vu here. Going back thru the archives I found where the exact same dataset was created in 2007: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Day Sent: Thu

Re: Format PDS unloaded on an CD

2021-04-19 Thread Joe Monk
x27;t know how and with > what format. You are correct. > > Would you recommend me to take any other action to solve the problem? > > Thank you very much in advance. > > Kind Regards > > Hilario > > El lun, 19 abr 2021 a las 14:23, Joe Monk () > escribió

Re: Format PDS unloaded on an CD

2021-04-19 Thread Joe Monk
ments] > > > Hello Joe, > > The files were downloaded from a Z / OS in 2007. I don't know how and with > what format. You are correct. > > Would you recommend me to take any other action to solve the problem? > > Thank you very much in advance. > > Kind Re

Re: Format PDS unloaded on an CD

2021-04-20 Thread Joe Monk
The BDW/RDW are there... 0094A0 FFF8 7FE4 7FE0 The 7FE4/7FE0 are the BDW/RDW. Joe On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 3:47 PM Michael Stein wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 08:38:25PM +, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > IEBCOPY will work if no records are missing. I don't know

Re: 3592 hardware compression

2021-04-22 Thread Joe Monk
3592/TS1130 compression is 3:1. That means you can write 3TB on media that only holds 1TB of info. You should be able to read it on a TS1130 and spin it off uncompressed to another tape volume. Joe On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 3:32 AM (K.K.Paradox)T.Kobayashi < kobaya...@paradox.jp> wrote: > Hell

Re: Diagram of MVS Control Blocks

2021-04-23 Thread Joe Monk
That's the symbol for a removable disc pack. Joe On Fri, Apr 23, 2021, 16:29 Tom Brennan wrote: > Oh... maybe a drum? > > At first I was thinking of that old IBM robot that grabbed spools of > very wide tape and unrolled them to read. > > On 4/23/2021 2:23 PM, Tom Brennan wrote: > > I see the n

Re: 3270 emulator for Mac

2021-05-03 Thread Joe Monk
I use zoc. Joe On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 6:40 PM Gary Weinhold wrote: > Is there a good 3270 emulator for an Mac laptop? We're looking at Mocha > but it appears to have limited functionality. > > > Gary Weinhold > Senior Application Architect > DATAKINETICS | Data Performance & Optimization > Pho

Re: Datacentre Rack power clarification

2021-05-05 Thread Joe Monk
Yes. Take the value in watts of each power supply. Divide watts by volts to get amps. Then just add up the amps. Example: I have a rack of 12 servers. Each server has 2 770w power supplies. My voltage is 208vac. 770w / 208 vac = 3.7 amps. So each power supply can draw a MAX of 3.7 amps. 3.7 A *

Re: Datacentre Rack power clarification

2021-05-05 Thread Joe Monk
Last I checked, PDUs are not sold by watts, but by volts/amps. Joe On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 5:52 AM Wayne Bickerdike wrote: > Amps are not power. Watts are. > > On Wed, May 5, 2021, 20:08 Joe Monk wrote: > > > Yes. Take the value in watts of each power supply. Divide watts b

Re: Datacentre Rack power clarification

2021-05-06 Thread Joe Monk
"A/C power consumption is not that easily derived, unlike DC. I'll continue to use the laws of physics." It is very easily derived. I do it all the time... If I want to know how much power a rack is using, I measure the amps on each leg of the PDU, then multiply by the volts. If the rack has a s

Re: COBOL Translator name ("TNAME") ECBL, CBL370, etc

2021-05-12 Thread Joe Monk
Like this? http://gsf-soft.com/Documents/PRODCODES.html Joe On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 10:40 AM Roland Kinsman wrote: > The COBOL compiler puts information in the object code identifying the > compiler with an abbreviation, for example, ECBL for Enterprise COBOL, > CBL370 indicates COBOL for MVS

Re: COBOL Translator name ("TNAME") ECBL, CBL370, etc

2021-05-12 Thread Joe Monk
muel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Joe Monk [joemon...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 12:33 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Question about SIE

2021-05-17 Thread Joe Monk
Hello! In the IBM vm environment on z/arch under SIE, what is the correct response to STFLE for a non-enabled or present facility? Zero or NULL? If a person were to try to do RRBM, should facility bit 66 be enabled or what? Thanks, Joe --

Re: Question about SIE

2021-05-18 Thread Joe Monk
Sorry, I meant the correct response from an STFLE, not to. So you are saying that the hardware should return '0' is the facility is not enabled, and '1' if it is. Joe On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 7:09 AM Peter Relson wrote: > "NULL" is not an architectural concept. > > I don't even know what a "res

Re: [External] Re: access to 9-track reel tape drive

2021-06-06 Thread Joe Monk
"There is another requirement here: to read REAL tape using PC tools. How to read? a) dataset by dataset b) whole tape => AWS tape image" Radoslaw, Hercules has a really cool utility called TAPECOPY! It reads a real tape and copies it to an AWSTAPE format disk file. Of course, being written by ma

Re: ISPF startup processing

2021-06-09 Thread Joe Monk
Yes there is a relationship between ZSTART and ISPSTART. Have the user try ISPSTART PANEL(ISR@PRIM) NEWAPPL(ISR). The doc says about ZSTART: "ISPF attempts to retrieve and validate profile variable ZSTART. If this variable is valid (of the format ISPF|| command delimiter|| comand stack) ISPF exe

Re: Java 8 (latest!) and TLSv1.3 - anyone got it working?

2021-06-18 Thread Joe Monk
Ummm Java 8 is the latest... Joe On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 1:45 PM Phil Smith III wrote: > Michael Knigge wrote: > > >on a z/OS 2.4 system with latest Java installed (1.8.0_291) we have a > Tomcat application server and try to establish a TLS 1.3 connection. It > doesn't work. TLS 1.2 is working

Re: Java 8 (latest!) and TLSv1.3 - anyone got it working?

2021-06-18 Thread Joe Monk
According to Oracle, the latest Java is version 8 update 291... https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp Joe On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 4:59 PM Phil Smith III wrote: > Joe Monk wrote: > > >Ummm Java 8 is the latest... > > > > Then shame on IBM. Java 8 is ancient, came

Re: Coding for the future

2021-06-19 Thread Joe Monk
Actually its probably added by a rule in Office 365. Joe On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 8:04 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > > (where does "EXTERNAL:" in the Subject: come from? > > Brain-dead e-mail software. There's a race to the bottom. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

Re: IEHPROG Alias Load module

2021-06-30 Thread Joe Monk
It's IEBUPDAT that has the ALIAS function Joe On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:18 AM esst...@juno.com wrote: > Hello, > . > Many, Many, Years ago I seem to recall the utility IEHPROG > provided ALIAS function for assigning an ALIAS to a LOAD module. > Does any one remeber the syntax and control state

Re: IEHPROG Alias Load module

2021-06-30 Thread Joe Monk
vid > > On 2021-06-30 21:21, Joe Monk wrote: > > It's IEBUPDAT that has the ALIAS function > > > > Joe > > > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:18 AM esst...@juno.com > wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> . > >> Many, Many, Years ago I s

Re: Help with IGZESNP and its purpse

2021-07-05 Thread Joe Monk
I'm pretty sure modules with igz prefix are cobol 2. Joe On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 01:16 Lizette Koehler wrote: > Dear list > > > > I have a series of jobs with S806 on module IGZESNP > > > > Not much info on its purpose when I google it > > > > I am guessing by the name it might be a cobol module

Re: Help with IGZESNP and its purpse

2021-07-06 Thread Joe Monk
> Classification: Confidential > > Are CEE.SCEERUN, CEE.SCEERUN2 in LNLKSTxx? > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Joe Monk > Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 8:19 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Help with IGZESNP

Re: IKJEFT01 and highest condition code

2021-07-19 Thread Joe Monk
Usually, you have to do the work from a REXX or CLIST. Then you can capture the highest CC in a variable and return it... Joe On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 7:57 AM Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > Usually when you run multiple TSO commands in batch, IKJEFT01 returns CC > of last command. > However I'd lik

Re: IKJEFT01 and highest condition code

2021-07-19 Thread Joe Monk
Only a script can do this. IKJEFT01 continues if there is an issue, but only shows the final CC. Joe On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 9:10 AM Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > Obviously yes, but the goal is to run all the commands and get the > highest CC. > And do not dance with special rexx routine which exe

Re: Windows FTPS client

2021-07-29 Thread Joe Monk
Does the same FTP server have access to both Z/os and OMVS datasets? Maybe there is a different FTP address to get to OMVS files, which would communicate with the ZFS filesystem? Joe On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 9:43 AM Ward, Mike S wrote: > I did, I can access the z\OS datasets, but I can't figure

Re: JCL SPIN not working

2021-07-29 Thread Joe Monk
Try $Tstc12345,SPIN,DDNAME=TLVLOG Joe On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 1:49 PM Roberto Halais wrote: > Hello! > > I have a stc which has the following jcl in it: > > //KLS1 JOB JESLOG=(SPIN,100K),MSGLEVEL=1 > .. > //TLVLOG DD SYSOUT=&SOUT,SPIN=(UNALLOC,100K) > > The SPIN would normally function

Re: z/OSMF Certificates

2021-08-13 Thread Joe Monk
This is being caused because you are trying to access something by IP, but the certificate was issued to your DNS name. Try using the DNS name, and the problem will go away. Joe On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 7:59 AM Shaffer, Terri < 017d5f778222-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > So I am no

Re: TCP/IP Sysplex Distributor Options

2021-08-21 Thread Joe Monk
Round robin DNS isnt a good choice here. That means that when a DNS server gives out the IP of the offline server, it will be retained by the client for the TTL period. Thus if the TTL period is 15 minutes, then 25% of the user base wont be able to access the app for that amount of time. Probably n

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Programs that work right the first time.

2021-08-22 Thread Joe Monk
Fulton County is 100% Democrat, just like Maricopa County. Joe On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 6:48 PM Bill Johnson < 0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > We know Arizona was fraud, Georgia was fraud. States run by Republicans. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Sunday, A

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Programs that work right the first time.

2021-08-22 Thread Joe Monk
Actually it was Obama who released all the Taliban, in the trade for the traitor Bergdahl. Get your facts straight. https://nypost.com/2021/08/16/taliban-leader-was-freed-from-guantanamo-in-2014-swap-by-obama/ Joe On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 8:30 PM Bill Johnson < 0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@lis

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Programs that work right the first time.

2021-08-23 Thread Joe Monk
| > PolitiFact - Posts correct about Trump administration’s role in releasing > key Taliban leader > > As the Taliban celebrated its rapid takeover of Afghanistan, blame for the > fall of the U.S.-backed Afghan government and/ > | | > > | > > | > > > > &

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Programs that work right the first time.

2021-08-23 Thread Joe Monk
gt; > key Taliban leader > > > > As the Taliban celebrated its rapid takeover of Afghanistan, blame for > the > > fall of the U.S.-backed Afghan government and/ > > | | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail f

Re: Relocatability (was: Load Library Module Length ...)

2021-08-24 Thread Joe Monk
IEHIOSUP only applied to Type IV SVCs, IIRC. Joe On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 10:28 AM Greg Price wrote: > On 8/24/2021 8:23 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > OS/360 and OS/VS1 had SVC transient areas. No adcons were allowed in > type 3 and 4 SVC routines. > > 1024-byte storage areas, perhaps? > > PGM=I

Re: RENT binder option

2021-09-04 Thread Joe Monk
"A module is REFR or RENT - not if it is link-edited as REFR or RENT, but if it never modifies its own storage." Why do you keep lecturing us on things we already know? Jim Mulder knows it best as he is the frickin author of z/OS (well he and Peter Relson). Please stop. "But it is the programme

Re: RENT binder option

2021-09-04 Thread Joe Monk
d to mere systems administration, > then to level-2 and then level-1 tech support, then to help-desk support > - as per Micro$oft Windoze. I thoroughly appreciate your supporting > mainframe systems programming. > > I can now gladly drop out of this thread. > > Cheers, Chris Poncelet

Re: DFSORT and "IF exist"

2021-09-06 Thread Joe Monk
I would suggest using DFSORT with JOINKEYS. See the example on page 15 here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/system/files/inline-files/$FILE/sorttrck.pdf Joe On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 4:24 PM Bernd Oppolzer wrote: > Hi Radoslaw, > > I am not a DFSORT wizard, but: > > this is similar to a INNER

Re: ispf edit macro "HX" line command

2021-09-09 Thread Joe Monk
Actually they are: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.2.0?topic=macros-performing-line-command-functions Here's the HEX command edit macro: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.2.0?topic=statements-hexset-query-hexadecimal-mode Joe On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 2:02 PM Carmen Vitullo wrote: > well, i co

Re: RMF SMF "broken" records

2021-09-16 Thread Joe Monk
I dont understand the problem. On the type 30 record, there are the following fields in the identification section, the location of which can be found in the header (SMF30IOF, SMF30ILN): Offset 0, Length 8 - Job Name Offset 8, Length 8 - Program Name Offset 16, Length 10 - Step Name Offset 32, Len

Re: RMF SMF "broken" records

2021-09-16 Thread Joe Monk
AS... Joe On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 5:32 PM Andrew Rowley wrote: > On 17/09/2021 3:22 am, Joe Monk wrote: > > I dont understand the problem. On the type 30 record, there are the > > following fields in the identification section, the location of which can > > be found in

Re: Has anyone used VSAM repro with encipher?

2021-09-26 Thread Joe Monk
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=encryption-steps-setting-up-icsf Joe On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 8:49 AM Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > IMHO the REPRO ENCIPHER is obsolete. It worked with CCF machines, that > means z900 or older. > z990 introduced CPACF and PCIXCC later renamed to CryptoExp

Re: PL/I vs. JCL

2021-09-27 Thread Joe Monk
PL/I is free format. The default is 2 - 72, but there is a compiler option to change that (SORMGIN). Joe On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 5:09 PM Phil Smith III wrote: > A friend writes: > > In a conversation elsewhere I mentioned the oops between JCL using /* as > end > of dataset and PL/I using /* */

Re: PL/I vs. JCL

2021-09-29 Thread Joe Monk
True, but it is a recommended best practice to start all rexx execs with the /* REXX */ comment. IBM recommends this because REXX execs can be transported to other SAA environments. Joe On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 8:58 PM CM Poncelet wrote: > The "/* REXX */" part is required only if the REXX exec

Re: COBOL issue

2021-10-01 Thread Joe Monk
Depends on the release of the COBOL compiler. Later releases support working-storage items, earlier releases only allow linkage items. Joe On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 8:50 AM Bernd Oppolzer wrote: > Probably asking a COBOL question for the first time :-) > > I am thinking about writing a general sub

Re: PL/I vs. JCL

2021-10-04 Thread Joe Monk
"TSO/E OTOH gives each user her own address space with support directly from the OS. 'TSO' handles only logon/logoff. Like CICS." Oh really? So where does the READY prompt come from before you hop into PDF? And what happens if you type EDIT 'DSNAME'? Whats running the EDIT program? Joe On Mon, O

Re: PL/I vs. JCL

2021-10-04 Thread Joe Monk
USS is a VTAM term for Unformatted System Services. USS has always meant Unix System Services. Joe On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 7:30 PM Mike Schwab wrote: > U.S.S. Unformated System Services, until Unix System Services tried > to take it over. > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 1:24 AM Paul Gilmartin > <00

Re: PL/I vs. JCL

2021-10-04 Thread Joe Monk
alpha bravo charlie delta echo foxtrot golf hotel india juliet kilo mike november oscar papa quebec ("kay-bec") romeo sierra tango uniform victor whiskey xray yankee zulu On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 7:21 PM CM Poncelet wrote: > able baker charlie dog easy fox > > On 04/10/2021 15:10, Paul Gilmartin w

Re: PL/I vs. JCL

2021-10-05 Thread Joe Monk
What is the title of this book? https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=zos-unix-system-services Joe On Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 13:58 Ed Jaffe wrote: > On 10/5/2021 9:56 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > > > Further, the last post here from IBM on the issue said that USS was not > an approved abbrev

Re: Linkling an object from VSE to be used in z/OS

2021-10-08 Thread Joe Monk
The real problem he's going to have is ACONs. Usually they are referenced around a partition, no? Joe On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 9:13 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > What do you consider to be the MVS equivalent of a phase, and what utility > are you using to convert a load module to an object module? >

Re: EXTERNAL EMAIL: Re: System Programmer Titles

2021-10-11 Thread Joe Monk
A systems engineer is basically an integrator. A systems programmer is specialized. Joe On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:56 PM Skip Robinson wrote: > OK, getting serious. I've been in this business for four decades. > Performing essentially the same kinds of tasks for various employers at > various l

SIGP Orders

2021-10-12 Thread Joe Monk
Hello, Looking thru the z/arch POP, I noticed that SIGP order 14 is no longer listed as unassigned, but its definition and functions are missing from the POP. Can someone tell us what this order is for? Joe -- For IBM-MAIN subs

Re: SIGP Orders

2021-10-13 Thread Joe Monk
Alan, It's being issued by z/os 2.4... I see it in the trace... Joe On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 4:11 PM Alan Altmark wrote: > On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:09:23 -0500, Joe Monk wrote: > >Looking thru the z/arch POP, I noticed that SIGP order 14 is no longer > >listed as unassigned

Re: EXTERNAL EMAIL: Re: System Programmer Titles

2021-10-16 Thread Joe Monk
You guys are doing a lot of disservice to IBM customer engineers everywhere. Thomas Watson named the person who services an IBM piece of equipment a customer engineer in 1942. https://www.practicaladultinsights.com/what-does-a-customer-engineer-do.htm Joe On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 6:28 AM Radosla

Re: C signal() and abends not being signaled

2021-10-19 Thread Joe Monk
"When the SIGABND signal is registered with an address of a C handler using the signal() function, control cannot resume at the instruction following the abend or the invocation of raise() with SIGABND. If the C signal handler is returned, the abend is percolated and the default behavior occurs. Th

Question about negative indexes

2021-10-23 Thread Joe Monk
Howdy, I know this will probably be an easy answer for somebody... but I dont deal with AM64 much. If Im in AM64 and I load an index register with -1, does the machine ignore the sign when using it in an RX instruction such as STC? I know it ignores the sign in AM24/31... Thanks, Joe

Re: Question about negative indexes

2021-10-23 Thread Joe Monk
LH is an RX instruction. So, LH 3,=H'-5' would give an addressing exception, no? Because the second operand is treated as coming from storage? So that would be a negative address? If you said LH 3,0(=H'-5',2), that would give you ITEM+5? Joe On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 6:01 PM Bernd Oppolzer wro

Re: Question about negative indexes

2021-10-23 Thread Joe Monk
OK then explain this: LH is an RX format instruction. What are the D, X and B values if the second operand is simply =H'-5'? Joe On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 6:49 PM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:36:54 -0500, Joe

Re: Question about negative indexes

2021-10-23 Thread Joe Monk
27; >4 END > 08 FFFB 5 =H'-5' > > Regards, > David > > On 2021-10-23 20:18, Joe Monk wrote: > > OK then explain this: > > > > LH is an RX format instruction. What ar

Re: Question about negative indexes

2021-10-23 Thread Joe Monk
gt; basic stuff. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of Joe Monk > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2021 8:18 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.

Re: Timeline for mainfram AIX?

2021-11-07 Thread Joe Monk
Yes it looks that way .. . The AIX/370 V2.1 letter says: AIX/370 Version 1 Release 2 will no longer be shipped when AIX/370 Release 2.1 becomes available. https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?appname=skmwww&htmlfid=897%2FENUS291-040&infotype=AN&mhq=free%20bsd&mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&subtype=

Re: Type 1 SVCs

2021-11-26 Thread Joe Monk
Try this in addition: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=routines-programming-conventions-svc Joe On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 6:38 AM David Cole wrote: > @Mike Schwab: I'm sorry Mike, but I do not see what these links have > to do with my questions? Am I missing something? > > Dave > > > >

Re: Where are PSWs and registers saved by the SUSPEND service? (was: Type 1 SVCs)

2021-11-26 Thread Joe Monk
"As I understand it... a type 1 or 6 SVC cannot SUSPEND, WAIT, or PAUSE synchronously at all. If they need to finish something later, they schedule it and quit." Not true. See note 8 in the link below... https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=routines-programming-conventions-svc Joe On Fr

Re: Type 1 SVCs

2021-11-28 Thread Joe Monk
I think he's asking about SUSPEND RB=CURRENT, which suspends the caller of the type 1 SVC, not the SVC itself. Thats why the type 1 SVC must use its exit procedure. So, all of the caller's info should be saved in the normal places before the SVC was issued, with the anticipation for the RESUME to

Re: AWS is down.

2021-12-08 Thread Joe Monk
Gents, please. No body cares. Joe On Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 22:05 Bill Johnson < 0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > No, I quoted IBM I/O claims. Of the mainframe. Even cut & pasted from the > IBM manual. But, we all know you like to always think you’re right. Parsing > stuff is

Re: Replacement for TM instruction

2021-12-09 Thread Joe Monk
Hi, Would this work? MVI B,X'08' MVI A,X'1C' TMA,B BOLABEL A DS X B DS X Joe On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 3:11 PM Ituriel do Neto < 03427ec2837d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > I would like advice because i have a situati

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