Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-26 Thread zMan
d email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the messag

Re: System z StackExchange proposal

2014-05-08 Thread zMan
om Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, &

Re: Just a Question On Texting

2014-05-08 Thread zMan
v.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Vendor Source Code

2014-05-08 Thread zMan
gt; > > Mark Post > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a m

Re: Vendor Source Code

2014-05-08 Thread zMan
ing vendors are willing to offer is escrow. On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 8:36 PM, zMan wrote: > What Charles said. In spades. I knew a vendor who had a product that they > kept writing binary patches for, because while they had the source code, > they'd lost the build process (knowle

Re: System z StackExchange proposal

2014-05-08 Thread zMan
u, May 8, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Christopher Hodgins < chris.hodg...@uk.ibm.com> wrote: > Hi zMan, > > I've been answering similar points in the CICS-L mailing list, so I'll > link you to the full discussion in the archives below. To briefly > summarise though, the

Re: Vendor Source Code

2014-05-08 Thread zMan
per contract stipulations. > > Lastly, bankruptcy is typically financially oriented. Contract language > for > "real" property is handled differently than financial obligations. Again, > I, unfortunately, learned this first hand. BTW, IMHO, any vendor that is > wor

Re: Vendor Source Code

2014-05-09 Thread zMan
You could guess, but I'd recommend you don't. I don't believe it to be true, no matter what they claim. On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Mitch wrote: > Mark: > > I absolutely agree. And for the likes of the larger ISVs, I would guess > all of their product source code is in escrow and kept up

Re: IBM still looking at more challenges than opportunities

2014-05-15 Thread zMan
till-looking-at-more-challenges-than-opportunities-141439978.html > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > --

Costs of core

2014-05-29 Thread zMan
I remember my father telling me that core -- REAL memory, a MAN'S memory (yeah, yeah, sexist) -- was $1/byte. Obviously that would have changed by the time it all went solid-state, but does anyone remember whether this was correct or not? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'

Re: Costs of core

2014-05-29 Thread zMan
; record and retain any communications sent from or received at this email > address. > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of zMan > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:56 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject

Re: Costs of core

2014-06-04 Thread zMan
XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru S dowego, nr rejestru przedsi > biorców KRS 025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Wed ug stanu na dzie > 01.01.2014 r. kapita zak adowy mBanku S.A. (w ca o ci wp acony) wynosi > 168.696.052 z ote. > > > ---

Re: XR vs SR

2014-06-04 Thread zMan
y about. > > Bob Shannon > Rocket Software > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- &q

Re: setprog command RACF issue

2014-06-25 Thread zMan
ndicated in the book. > > -- > Walt > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > --

Re: setprog command RACF issue

2014-06-25 Thread zMan
sut2 dd sysout=(a,intrdr) > //sysut1 dd data,dlm=qq > $vs,""setprog blah,blah,blah""" > qq > > John Clifford > IBM consultant in OKC > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:55 AM, zMan wrote: > > > So revealing more of my vast ignoranc

Re: Beginners question about SHARE

2014-07-23 Thread zMan
; > > >-- > >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---

Re: Beginners question about SHARE

2014-07-30 Thread zMan
ha...@opm.gov writes: > > Confessions of a first-time SHARE attendee > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO I

Re: Beginners question about SHARE

2014-08-01 Thread zMan
position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > -- > For IBM-MAIN sub

Re: Beginners question about SHARE

2014-08-03 Thread zMan
flaming someone for pointing it out. On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net> wrote: > In > , > on 08/01/2014 >at 11:52 AM, zMan said: > > >Now who's confused? Where did Charles even suggest that anyone here > &g

Re: Convert to base64 help

2014-08-07 Thread zMan
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Re: Convert to base64 help

2014-08-08 Thread zMan
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net> wrote: > Nobody can help you without details: context, input and output. > ...except, of course, all the people on the list who already solved his problem. Hint: read the thread BEFORE answering, you'll look f

Re: Convert to base64 help

2014-08-09 Thread zMan
Hm, I saw the OP return saying "That solved it, thanks!" -- or was that on the assembler list only? On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 9 Aug 2014 00:09:58 -0400, zMan wrote: > > >On

Re: Is there a CPU cost to using key9 storage while running with key8

2014-08-13 Thread zMan
ecially those from irresponsible companies. > > ------ > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I

Re: Any standard IBM tool to set ISPF statistics in a batch step?

2014-09-30 Thread zMan
and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > &

Re: 'Inexperienced' RBS tech operative's blunder led to banking meltdown

2012-07-01 Thread zMan
> it turns out they read the manual and do not have a clue beyond that. And then they get on IBM-MAIN and ask incoherent questions... -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" --

Re: 'Inexperienced' RBS tech operative's blunder led to banking meltdown

2012-07-01 Thread zMan
"Is this for a school project?" But yeah, it is at risk of turning into anti-foreigner rants. I'm out. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Sad News About Rick Fochtman

2012-07-02 Thread zMan
that were relevant to me even when the subject didn't seem like it would be. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruction

Re: Quantas hit by leap second issue?

2012-07-04 Thread zMan
and "USS" would be a case of a ... (Somebody had to say it!) -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send e

Re: Quantas hit by leap second issue?

2012-07-05 Thread zMan
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:02 AM, John Chase wrote: > Hmmm ISTR Qatar being pronounced "Cutter" in recent news reports. > I've not heard their airline's name pronounced, properly or improperly. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar, of course, includes pronunciation.

Re: COBOL packed decimal

2012-07-14 Thread zMan
a > 0.18% probability of containing a valid packed decimal value (taking into > consideration only the two (2) preferred sign representations). OK, I'll byte...what are the six? I know of three (C, D, F). Would love a reference so I can understand this better. -- zMan -- "I've got a m

Re: Yahoo Password Breach: 7 Lessons Learned - Security - Attacks/breaches - Informationweek

2012-07-15 Thread zMan
_2012-07-13_html&elq=ce8b95a547134f1eb898ba0413ba0b0c> > They missed "Don't use Yahoo" :-) -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Yahoo Password Breach: 7 Lessons Learned - Security - Attacks/breaches - Informationweek

2012-07-15 Thread zMan
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Scott Ford wrote: > Hey zMan, > > Very true..but still I think Yahoo has a responsibility to their customers > Absolutely. Though this gets into a related issue: what do free services "owe" their customers? I'm not satisfied with the

Re: Yahoo Password Breach: 7 Lessons Learned - Security - Attacks/breaches - Informationweek

2012-07-16 Thread zMan
but this is clearly different, since no human would ever use keys that large!) Or are you thinking of machine-to-machine interactions, which might indeed use very long keys (though I don't want to have to deal with them when they

Re: Yahoo Password Breach: 7 Lessons Learned - Security - Attacks/breaches - Informationweek

2012-07-16 Thread zMan
ve you heard from Joe?". Who has people in that category?! Mind you, if someone got hacked through browser spoofing in an Internet cafe *while overseas*, it would be a lot more plausible. The fact that this isn't the normal MO suggests that the much-vaunted browser spoofing isn't nearly

Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

2012-07-22 Thread zMan
. > Can you elaborate? Why would orderly shutdown not be A Good Thing? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email t

Re: Friday: What you've been waiting for! Build an 80 column punched card reader!

2012-07-30 Thread zMan
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > Is motor oil not "motor oil" until it's installed in a motor? > Is cat food not "cat food" until ...? cf. "baby oil" vs. "whale oil" ... when you get right down to it, English isn'

Re: Friday: What you've been waiting for! Build an 80 column punched card reader!

2012-07-30 Thread zMan
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < shmuel+...@patriot.net> wrote: > Was what universally true. What he quoted, using your precious non-top-posting. Sheesh. If you're gonna preach it, learn to use it. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and

Re: X86 server

2012-08-14 Thread zMan
y, but with a userid of "justmainframes", your questions are pretty ... basic. And lack context. What are you really trying to do here? What's the goal? You'll get more help if you explain yourself a bit more. --

Re: X86 server

2012-08-14 Thread zMan
gt; In what way? Under Herc? Sure. Under zPDT? Sure. Under FLEX-ES 64-bit? Sure. Legal/available? Different answers for the different combinations... -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"

Re: mvcl/mvcle padding byte

2012-08-16 Thread zMan
@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread zMan
;storage creep" were what I was weaned on. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread zMan
t; intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing > or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is > strictly prohibited. > > ------ > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / ar

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread zMan
um vs. > Boeblingen. > If only there was a way to search the Web for things like this... -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arc

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread zMan
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Alan Field wrote: > There is. It's called GOOGLE :) Seriously? /me checks his phone to make sure it isn't 1995. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" --

Re: "execs" or "scripts"

2012-08-24 Thread zMan
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Re: X86 server

2012-08-24 Thread zMan
n aside, long ago and far away somebody in Boulder does build a > hardware channel emulator for ibm/pc which is used for 3800 testing. > > -- > virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: X86 server

2012-08-26 Thread zMan
effects of the 90s > disastrous failures. > > these large financial institutions continue to be major mainframe > customer market. > > -- > virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 > > -

Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 announcment

2012-08-28 Thread zMan
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Richard Pinion wrote: > Why not ZZtop? > Boo hiss. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acces

Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 announcment

2012-08-29 Thread zMan
-- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 announcment

2012-08-29 Thread zMan
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Chip Grantham wrote: > zMan doesn't speak for me. Nor does he claim to. Or were you disagreeing with the "interesting things to contribute"? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe

Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 announcment

2012-08-29 Thread zMan
evance isn't a lot to ask. Especially since, as I noted, he DOES have value to add -- but it gets lost in the noise. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subsc

Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 announcment

2012-08-29 Thread zMan
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:00 PM, John Gilmore wrote: > Of course "there is some automation in Lynn's email processing", some > at least of it keyword-query driven. > > zMan and others who object to its volume should use a filter to > eliminate what they do not wan

Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 announcment

2012-08-30 Thread zMan
iscussions don't all want to wade through that. So it's best -- courteous -- to post in appropriate places. Lynn Wheeler, we know you're out there. Would that you would weigh in here, explain yourself? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to us

Re: Too true to be funny - 51% of the surveyed Americans think that stormy we...

2012-08-31 Thread zMan
to get products back into the 370 hardware&software pipelines. And...he starts off at least responding to the current topic (even though THAT has wandered far afield), then, as usual, it's off to fantasy-land. Seriously, Lynn: WTF? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm

Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 announcment

2012-09-01 Thread zMan
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iSeries

2012-09-01 Thread zMan
n use by a squatter now). -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 announcment

2012-09-02 Thread zMan
s. I'm constantly amazed by the number of long-time z/OS applications folks who ONLY know COBOL. Given something simple for which Rexx is clearly appropriate, they'll write a COBOL program. As for lagging behind, if Tom Ross's promise is correct, maybe it's all about to become avail

Re: OT, but a perfect story for a Friday.

2012-09-02 Thread zMan
is 1000 pancakes or 1024 depends on who you ask. And in Quebec, they call them crêpes, so it's "kc", not "kp". -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MA

Re: iSeries

2012-09-03 Thread zMan
Would a computer buyer > > impute Serta's reputation to an IBM iSeries? > Yeah, I know. I remember the Lexis/Lexus lawsuit! But it was still funny. If I were in marketing at Serta, I'd've first called the line "Advanced Sleep/400&quo

Re: iSeries

2012-09-03 Thread zMan
uit but lost on appeal. Just figured I'd save a few folks some time. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: zEC12, and previous generations, "why?" type question - GPU computing.

2012-09-05 Thread zMan
uld have happened had IBM used a 370 > instruction set on the PC instead of Intel. "16MB ought to be enough for anybody"? :-) Since IBM wasn't manufacturing the chips, of course that wasn't even on the table, but it's

Re: zEC12, and previous generations, "why?" type question - GPU computing.

2012-09-06 Thread zMan
; >> > > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind Regards, > > Leopold Strauss > Research and Development > > ISIS Papyrus Europe AG > Alter Wienerweg 12, A-2344 Maria Enzersdorf, Austria > T: +43 - 2236 – 27551, F: +43 - 2236 - 21081 > @ leopold.strauss@isis-papyrus.**

Re: Who is sending this ftp file

2012-09-07 Thread zMan
frame that can give this information? > > Any help appreciated. > > Thank you > Raj. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with t

Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet

2012-09-15 Thread zMan
-MAIN > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to list

Re: Is there a correspondence between 64-bit IBM mainframes and PoOps editions levels?

2012-09-18 Thread zMan
refer to call the PrOp [...] >> > > Hmmm... maybe I'll start using "ProOps" > Yeah, I learned "PofOp", but I've seen POO, POOP, PoPs, POP, and probably others. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"

Re: Is there a correspondence between 64-bit IBM mainframes and PoOps editions levels?

2012-09-19 Thread zMan
so was made gratuitously complicated [in a fashion > that was without much intellectual interest] by the provincial > mainframe architectures of the time. For the record, MVCIN has been around since the 4300s. (Machines, not 4300

Re: OT - disappearing responses

2012-09-20 Thread zMan
Plus it enables a lot of impersonation."?? Huh? How is a webmail account any more immune to this? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archiv

Re: Why File transfer through TSO IND$FILE is slower than TCP/IP FTP ?

2012-09-21 Thread zMan
MMV. If that's really the case (not saying you're lying, obviously, just that it could be chance/perception), then PComm is designed pretty badly: this only makes any sense if it's doing a DNS lookup repeatedly, which would be dumb. -- zMan -- &qu

Re: Another Light goes out

2012-09-26 Thread zMan
vide any reference for the above? Confusion between UniKix (now Clerity) and Unisys? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access inst

Re: SMP/E or 11 years of stupidity (rant)

2012-09-27 Thread zMan
't have to hunt down some ancient Informational APAR. If there is > some reason IBM "recommends" not applying the affected PTFs, that should be > handled by some means other retaining the element RMID mismatch. > > -- > Joel C. Ewing,Bentonville, AR

Re: Career Advice for the Mainframer - Was RE: Another Light goes out

2012-10-02 Thread zMan
ow things work helps you do a better job: rebutting stupid "PCs are better" arguments, for example. Far too many folks on this list make snide remarks about squatty boxes--and then ask questions to which the answer is GIYF. -- zMan -- "I've got a main

Re: Career Advice for the Mainframer - Was RE: Another Light goes out

2012-10-02 Thread zMan
eant, check yourselves... -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Is there a correspondence between 64-bit IBM mainframes and PoOps editions levels?

2012-10-06 Thread zMan
in 1972, and I believe that > it was available on the 360/50. Congratulations. You're needlessly rude again. Give yourself a prize. If we're going to be picky, "since the 4300" does not require that it have been invented for the 4300. -- zMan -- "I'

Re: Is there a correspondence between 64-bit IBM mainframes and PoOps editions levels?

2012-10-07 Thread zMan
hat's your point? Oh, right, you don't have one. Plonk. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: FW: how do you answer the "My job is too important to follow normal channels for help" statement?

2012-10-11 Thread zMan
manager please; if (s)he wants me to work on it, in violation of company standards, that's fine. Meanwhile, I'm afraid I can't help you." Seems pretty simple...what am I missing? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: IBM, id's to open pmr's, lot$a $$$$ now involved?...

2012-10-11 Thread zMan
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Paul Peplinski wrote: > We have 10 of us that can open SRs (along with SIS, AST, and SRD) but only > one of us has Q&A. We do not have that Enterprise agreement. Or so you think :-( -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I&#x

Re: how do you answer the "My job is too important to follow normal channels for help" statement?

2012-10-11 Thread zMan
ter of telling your boss, "Mr. Bigwig had me do this". What's (S)HE gonna say? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access in

Re: IBM, id's to open pmr's, lot$a $$$$ now involved?...

2012-10-18 Thread zMan
hus stock price. It is a > cycle that cannot continue indefinitely, very similar to a ponzi scheme. > Unfortunately the z customers that are left are ones that will not, or > cannot migrate easily to other platforms, so they make a great cash cow to > milk

Re: IBM, id's to open pmr's, lot$a $$$$ now involved?...

2012-10-18 Thread zMan
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of zMan > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 11:38 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM, id's to open pmr's, lot$a now involved?... > > "RA"? I suspect "

Re: Looking after Steve Samson's book

2012-10-19 Thread zMan
st book "'MVS Performance Management - > z/OS Version 1" (I've got the OS/390 one thanks to CBT Tape) > > I know that he was retired since some years and that his selling web site > is "out of duty" but is anybody could tell me where and how I could get

Re: Nested enclaves and POSIX(ON)

2012-10-22 Thread zMan
to avoid any > >misunderstanding of this personal action. > > IMO there is no need to explain. Feel free to comment or not. > > -- > Tom Marchant > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Topicality (was "Nested enclaves and POSIX(ON)")

2012-10-22 Thread zMan
Having said that, the obvious caveat is, "Unless the list owner wants it that way". I'd submit that Darren's involvement has been too sporadic to make that assumption. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"

Re: Correction to Carmine's Book Cost

2012-10-29 Thread zMan
- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Strange z196 LOAD behavior

2012-10-30 Thread zMan
; fax +48 (22) 829 00 33, www.brebank.pl, e-mail: i...@brebank.pl > Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego > Rejestru Sądowego, nr rejestru przedsiębiorców KRS 025237, NIP: > 526-021-50-88. Według stanu na dzień 01.01.2012 r. kapitał zakładowy BRE > Banku S

Re: Strange z196 LOAD behavior

2012-10-30 Thread zMan
tarted yet > when the error occurs. > > Regards > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > > W dniu 2012-10-30 16:43, zMan pisze: > >> Maybe you have no hardware :-( >> >> Seriously, sounds APARable. Imagine this fun dur

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 25 Oct 2012 to 26 Oct 2012 - Unfinished

2012-11-01 Thread zMan
s, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: The Internet

2012-11-03 Thread zMan
forge.com/ > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to

Re: The Internet

2012-11-03 Thread zMan
And the other one is: Did you hear about the new drink that's taking New York by storm? It's called a "Sandy" -- it's basically a watered-down Manhattan. Ba da BING... On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > Sick I like it..Sandy does Jersey -- zMan

Re: TACM - A Fix please

2012-11-05 Thread zMan
050 > ** > > 060 TO 006F SAME AS ABOVE > > > > The data set PNGG00.OMPACK.CART0.DAILY is not visible on "Data Set List > Utility". > > > > Regards > > Theo > > > > --

Re: Hey IBM

2012-11-06 Thread zMan
That's "Mr. IBM" to you, Regus... Oh, and the middle name is pronounced "hyphen", not "dash". -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM

Re: CPU Utilization

2012-11-07 Thread zMan
ved this message in error, please immediately notify the sender > and/or Syncsort and destroy all copies of this message in your possession, > custody or control. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

IBM Systems Magazine, Sep/Oct 2013

2013-09-11 Thread zMan
with Toole?! I can't believe this is considered good journalism. I'd much rather have seen more hardware pr0n, or even the "balanced design" picture one more time... -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"

Re: UK NHS £10bn project failure

2013-09-22 Thread zMan
t; > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > --

Re: New Z "announcement"

2013-10-01 Thread zMan
MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: New Z "announcement"

2013-10-01 Thread zMan
> > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afr

Re: Quote on Slashdot.org

2013-10-04 Thread zMan
- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afrai

Re: Quote on Slashdot.org

2013-10-04 Thread zMan
Oops, forgot to close the tag... On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 7:50 PM, zMan wrote: > Not to be confused with the language "PL/I". > > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < > shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net> wrote: > >> In <056141446420906

Re: Announcing the 2013 Master the Mainframe contest

2013-10-06 Thread zMan
the Python programming language. Who on earth is going > to risk their job using something like that? > > --**--**-- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.e

Re: Quote on Slashdot.org

2013-10-06 Thread zMan
*shrug* not the official name, certainly not current. But you *were* talking Multics era, so arguably OK. Hey, I *said* I was being pedantic... On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net> wrote: > In > , > on 10/04/2013 > at 07

Re: Announcing the 2013 Master the Mainframe contest

2013-10-06 Thread zMan
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