Re: Announcing the 2013 Master the Mainframe contest

2013-10-06 Thread zMan
Damnit, meant to add On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 1:21 PM, zMan wrote: > Speaking of not talking like a mainframer... > > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 11:42 AM, John Gilmore wrote: > >> Some part of David Crayford's problem here is that he does not talk >> like---and a

Re: OpenStack (and the 2013 Master the Mainframe Contest)

2013-10-07 Thread zMan
Phew, sorry, I missed that you were being sarcastic too. I really should have checked -- I remember thinking "Wow, I didn't expect that from HIM!" -- which should have been a clue! On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 10:03 PM, David Crayford wrote: > I was being sarcastic Timothy! I thought that was obvious

Re: How diagnose potential memory leaks with LE?

2013-10-10 Thread zMan
> amount of this storage available gradually diminishes, leaks away, until > processing can no longer continue or performance deteriorates > spectacularly. > > Here, I think, some loss in precision would attend using a generic term > like > 'storage error&#

Re: How diagnose potential memory leaks with LE?

2013-10-10 Thread zMan
Well then...they just don't know how to use the tools they have. Lovely. On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 9:58 PM, David Crayford wrote: > On 11/10/2013 5:47 AM, Charles Mills wrote: > >> FWIW, MS Visual Studio 2010, which I use for editing and alpha testing, >> has >> excellent memory leak diagnosis fac

Re: Datacell strip was Re: shark fin

2013-10-14 Thread zMan
Very SHORT secrets!!! On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Clark Morris wrote: > On 14 Oct 2013 08:16:31 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: > > >A few people might even still have a long, wide strip from a 2321 data > cell. > > > I think I still have one complete with possible atomic energy

Re: John Dvorak explains why the z is "doomed" (indirectly)

2013-10-23 Thread zMan
gt;> much blame for those taking on those tasks. >>>>> >>>>> Adam >>>>> >>>>> Good question. For professional training (which costs $$), it is >>>>>> >>>>> likely >>>>> >>>>

Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers

2013-11-07 Thread zMan
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Re: JCL - What is it and what could it be ?

2013-11-09 Thread zMan
irst? > - > Ted MacNEIL > eamacn...@yahoo.ca > Twitter: @TedMacNEIL > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-

Re: z/OS is antique WAS: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers

2013-11-24 Thread zMan
"Manual assistance"?!? didn't we invent computers, big data > and what not to save menial work. > :) > > ZA > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructio

Re: z/OS is antique WAS: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers

2013-11-24 Thread zMan
ed gy HSM and similar products, that advantage > is shrinking. I'm accustomed to seeing messages on Solaris > analogous to the HSM recall messages I see on TSO. > > -- gil > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subsc

Re: z/OS is antique WAS: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers

2013-12-01 Thread zMan
swered and thought about in the aforementioned algorithm. I do not want > people to shoot the idea down just because I referred to only one example. > I begin to have fun in toying this ides! > > ZA > > ----

Re: Catalog system for Unix Was: Re: z/OS is antique WAS: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers

2013-12-04 Thread zMan
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Re: Base-less programming

2013-12-05 Thread zMan
d "WTF?" - wrong list. Hey, > it's Wednesday. > > -- > 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 a

Re: Lookat

2013-12-12 Thread zMan
> 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

WTO confusion

2013-12-19 Thread zMan
that! -- 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: WTO confusion

2013-12-20 Thread zMan
E1DC CL46'FIRSTONE' > SPAC1DC CL12'' > DC CL2' ' > GRP1 DC CL8' ' > MEM DC CL75' ' > DATECDS 0CL8 > YR DS CL4 > MO DS CL2 > DY DS CL2 > END >

Re: DCF: Can it live again?

2013-12-27 Thread zMan
nd BookManager to Linux or OS/2. > > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan

Testing for key 8

2013-12-27 Thread zMan
in key 8?? ? (Pretend that was a monospace font if it isn't in your client!) -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruct

Re: Testing for key 8

2013-12-27 Thread zMan
t to be squeezed out of what you > are doing now. > > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: Testing for key 8

2013-12-28 Thread zMan
, the IPK approach looks a bit better. On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Binyamin Dissen < bdis...@dissensoftware.com> wrote: > On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 18:31:17 -0500 zMan wrote: > > :>Is there a simpler way to see whether we were called in key 8 (not that > :>this is that compli

Re: Testing for key 8

2013-12-28 Thread zMan
lly count on the filtering by the client side - if it > will > be setting a client passed protected storage location or accessing > something > that the client could not directly access it will need to validate the > callers > key itself. > > On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:35:33 -0500 zM

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-30 Thread zMan
> that loaded microcode from main storage. X'B9', iirc. Used by OLTEP > tests, I think. > > Tony H. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to list

Re: OT: Digital Fortress Was:: NSA seeks ...

2014-01-04 Thread zMan
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Re: Scary Sysprogs

2014-01-06 Thread zMan
such places. > > Ed > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >

Re: IBM, Twitter to partner

2014-10-30 Thread zMan
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Re: IBM, Twitter to partner

2014-10-31 Thread zMan
Here's the BBCs take on a day without data sharing: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29802368 > > Shane ... > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@list

Re: IBM, Twitter to partner

2014-11-01 Thread zMan
Ah, thanks. Was just comparing the main topic. You get extra credit for the insight... On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Shane Ginnane wrote: > On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:09:56 -0400, zMan wrote: > > >So, not trying to pick a fight, just confused: What does your reply have > to >

Re: What are STC, JOB and TSU?

2014-11-20 Thread zMan
r > > > > -- > 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&#x

Re: How much storage is left?

2014-12-06 Thread zMan
this message in your possession, custody or control. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "

Re: Another z13 questions

2015-01-15 Thread zMan
iał Gospodarczy Krajowego > Rejestru Sądowego, nr rejestru przedsiębiorców KRS 025237, NIP: > 526-021-50-88. Według stanu na dzień 01.01.2015 r. kapitał zakładowy mBanku > S.A. (w całości wpłacony) wynosi 168.840.228 złotych. > > > -

Re: Compile COBOL Programs In 64 Bit.

2015-01-20 Thread zMan
> touts that > as a merit of PL/I. > > -- gil > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >

Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely

2015-01-23 Thread zMan
/ archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@list

Re: bloomberg article on ASG and Chpater 11

2015-03-07 Thread zMan
, including folks having to requisition rubber bands and having them shipped from HQ *in lots of 10*. Given that Art's wife was apparently equally loony and was CFO, I guess the bankruptcy isn't a surprise. The good news: http://www.asg.com/Company/Executive-Management.aspx no longer shows

Re: bloomberg article on ASG and Chpater 11

2015-03-07 Thread zMan
gt; company. It was truly weird. > > > > > Mitch > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: zMan > To: IBM-MAIN > Sent: Sat, Mar 7, 2015 8:11 pm > Subject: Re: bloomberg article on ASG and Chpater 11 > > > A friend used to work at ASG, is out

Re: Yahoo thinks IBM-MAIN is spam

2015-04-28 Thread zMan
he message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> > I'm thinking Yahoo has it right > > Regards, > Tom Conley > > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >

Re: 'Hacking The Mainframe': What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Its Favorite Tech

2013-04-14 Thread zMan
iller said: > > >It wasn't always blinking lights that the public and Hollywood equated > >to computers. I think that of the movies I have seen, most of them > >focused (pun not intended) on spinning reel-to-reel tape drives. > > ---

Re: Packed decimal and sign nibble

2013-04-24 Thread zMan
SA > > -- > 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

Re: Crypto Facility performance.

2013-04-27 Thread zMan
M, which means a physically secure, tamper-detecteing device >> like the Crypto Express. This is what the auditors are measuring the >> systems against. >> >> Todd Arnold >> > > --**--**-- > 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: Crypto Facility performance.

2013-04-27 Thread zMan
uch person replace the entire z with a > counterfeit look-alike ... > > -- gil > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: Crypto Facility performance.

2013-05-08 Thread zMan
e Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of zMan > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 9:56 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Crypto Facility performance. > > zSeries doesn't support Protected Key. Oh, wait,you probably *really* > meant System z.

Re: ternary logic, was: What is... "K" notation?

2013-05-09 Thread zMan
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Re: HOST feature or understand a sentence

2013-05-16 Thread zMan
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Theology question: Parameter formats

2013-06-28 Thread zMan
o they're quite surprised that as z folks, we expect an API to be callable from pretty well any language (modulo pathologies like COBOL's inability to do dynamic memory allocation). -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" --

Re: Theology question: Parameter formats

2013-06-28 Thread zMan
; > 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: Theology question: Parameter formats

2013-06-28 Thread zMan
acter arrays and an explicit length. C programmers are quite used > to this, viz. memcpy() etc. > > Charles > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of zMan > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 12:53

Re: Theology question: Parameter formats

2013-06-28 Thread zMan
tring works in C++ where you can call c_str() to return a > null terminated string. > > On 29/06/2013, at 9:15 AM, zMan wrote: > > > Right, but these kids don't seem to be. The argument I'm getting is "OK, > > but even if we pass an explicit length, peopl

Re: Great quote on http://slashdot.org (changes frequently)

2013-06-29 Thread zMan
INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > > 741598. > > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Ha

Re: EXECIO - Was: Great quote on http://slashdot.org (changes frequently)

2013-06-30 Thread zMan
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Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread zMan
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Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend

2013-07-04 Thread zMan
@TedMacNEIL > > -Original Message- > From: zMan > Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 16:30:43 > To: > Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > Subject: Re: Question on how to debug S0C7 (data exception) abend > >

Re: The amazing disappearing mainframe.

2013-07-13 Thread zMan
' labor market. > > Careful fella, I resemble that. > Timothys platitudes notwithstandng, the market here is a shot duck. > > Shane ... > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: The Rubicon has been crossed: no more hardcopy IBM publications from the IBM Publications Center

2013-07-24 Thread zMan
ructions, >> send 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 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: Blame the COBOL, how cliché

2013-07-24 Thread zMan
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Re: z/TPF question

2013-08-09 Thread zMan
ive 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 /

Re: Why computer languages need to have specific parsing rules and exact semantics.

2013-08-09 Thread zMan
n Monday and find the system reporting the time as 0130 on > Sunday. (If the coding is correctly designed, there is no such thing as > a semiannual "time change".) > Windows 95 did that, IIRC... -- zMan -- "I've got

Re: Why computer languages need to have specific parsing rules and exact semantics.

2013-08-12 Thread zMan
cated to 80 characters. Someday I'll get in a PMR > mood. Data integrity, as I see it. > > -- gil > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@li

Re: Parsing

2012-11-26 Thread zMan
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Lindy Mayfield wrote: > Granted a punch card in no matter what language would most likely be 80 > bytes long. Before someone else points it out: unless it's a 96-column S/3 card, or a 90-column Remington-Rand card :-) -- zMan -- "I've go

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread zMan
price increase was bad. > > > http://paritynews.com/business/item/502-microsoft-goes-after-enterprise-customers-raises-licensing-prices -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread zMan
ant "legal code", then are you saying that Polish law requires portability? If so, would that we had such consumer-protective laws here! -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread zMan
ow customers > rigths. Would it be posible to demand from customer to wear a tie + red > shoes when using the software ? OK, but since they control the activation, I'm not sure how the EULA comes into play... -- zMan

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread zMan
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:33 PM, R.S. wrote: > BTW: the thread is becoming off-topic. This groups is about mainframes. > True, my bad. Thanks. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -

Re: Who loaded me?

2012-12-04 Thread zMan
Much better Subject: than, "How did I wind up loaded?" :-) -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send ema

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-05 Thread zMan
rtunately maybe better since my only language is United States > English - no snide comments from the Commonwealth please). Indeed. This wasn't a case of poor English -- it was a case of English being poor. What he wrote was grammatical and clear, just ambiguous, due to English lack of

Re: Etymology 101; was Parsing

2012-12-07 Thread zMan
And...there we go again. -- 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: Etymology 101; was Parsing

2012-12-07 Thread zMan
And here I was, laughing about it; everyone take a chill pill. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: OT: IBM #1 in number of patents for 2012. It's 20th year in a row to do so.

2013-01-11 Thread zMan
Heh, I read that as "a PATENT queuing theory". Meta-patent! On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Ed Gould wrote: > John: > > The number is sort of misleading. IBM seems to patent *EVERYTHING* even a > patient queing theory. > We have talked about this before on here.

Re: IBM reveals a monster 36-core mainframe module

2013-01-11 Thread zMan
ast August. > I realize it's not your article AND it's the Inquirer, but: how is IBM "slowly lifting the veil" on something that was announced four months ago, with lots of detail then? I'm confused. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to

Re: Passing of Chris Mason reported

2013-01-21 Thread zMan
whine occasionally about being unable to find work. There couldn't possibly be a connection between their behavior and that problem, of course... -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -

Re: ListServ at uga.edu dead? (RACF-L, Assembler-L, etc)

2013-01-23 Thread zMan
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Re: slightly O/T but interesting

2013-01-23 Thread zMan
where they could be logged on. In those days, no remote > access. Inside, id verified, escorted, watched, etc. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signof

Re: Password (was: slightly O/T but interesting)

2013-01-23 Thread zMan
et locked out and have to wait for a reset!" -- 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: OT -- hackers

2013-01-25 Thread zMan
ee (but would never commit) vandalism against that neighbor you hate: at least there you get to see him be unhappy and deal with it. But messing with someone half a world away that you'll never meet just seems pointless. Better you should take that energy and write some USEFUL code, eh? -- zMan -- &q

Re: OT -- hackers

2013-01-26 Thread zMan
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > John, > > Agree totally, but we need to convince the powers to be that hackers must > be licensed and monitored Hm. That's a stretch; I'm not particularly Libertarian/anti-regulation, but this seems impractical. -

Re: OT -- hackers

2013-01-26 Thread zMan
locksmith <> someone with lock picks and the skills to use them. The latter aren't *illegal*, except in environments where they might be used for ill. Same with hacking skillz... -- zMan -- "I've got a mainfram

Re: OT -- hackers

2013-01-26 Thread zMan
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > zMan, I know but can one stop the people who hack and create viruses , > they are so destructive I don't see how. ObAnecdote (not directly related, but fun): a friend has lock picking skills (and picks). He swears the follow

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread zMan
are.confex.com/share/118/webprogram/Session11089.html. The > handouts are linked on the page. Well, you'd *filter* those, eh? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN s

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread zMan
computers do better than people, > it > is comparing two large numbers for equality ... Wow. That stories a keeper! Yeah, SMF might be better, but that wasn't the OP's question -- I just always resist telling someo

Has IBM forgotten how to trademark?

2013-02-03 Thread zMan
owerful than a 3090...certainly has more memory! -- 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: Has IBM forgotten how to trademark?

2013-02-03 Thread zMan
MA575752 > Trademarks: z/VSE, Registered, 1198808, TMA677185 > > Of course there are doubtless many subtleties involved in trademarks > and trademark searches that I am unfamiliar with, so I will have > missed all sorts of things and their s

Re: Has IBM forgotten how to trademark?

2013-02-04 Thread zMan
never used it. Since those were *very* different industries (OK, both have cables, but), that was clearly an OK confluence of names. Smartphones...not so clear! -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---

Re: z/OS 2.1?

2013-02-06 Thread zMan
eaningful than just going to 2.9.14. I don't, but that's me. -- 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: Rejoice! z/OS 2.1 addresses some long term JCL complaints from here:

2013-02-08 Thread zMan
mers to modify. -- 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: z/OS v2.1 preview

2013-02-08 Thread zMan
user: http://xkcd.com/1171/ -- 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: Rejoice! z/OS 2.1 addresses some long term JCL complaints from here:

2013-02-08 Thread zMan
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 10:01 AM, David Andrews wrote: > On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 09:29 -0500, zMan wrote: > > Does the enhanced symbol support mean that you can use symbols in places > > like this: > > REPRO INFILE(GIMZPOOL) + > > OUTDATASET

Re: DASDCALC

2013-02-14 Thread zMan
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Grinsell, Don wrote: > The issue must be 64-bit vs 32-bit. Who'd'a THUNK it! (Sorry, couldn't resist...) -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -

Re: Article for the boss: COBOL will outlive us all

2013-02-14 Thread zMan
servers; even just with mergers etc., those would be a lot smaller. My SWAG is 3K for each nowadays, plus ~100 TPF; essentially no additional Linux for System z, since the real shops running Linux on z are also running z/VM. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'

Re: SV: Article for the boss: COBOL will outlive us all

2013-02-16 Thread zMan
nable what I need...) Admittedly, COBOL isn't as bad as I'd been led to believe by three decades of avoiding it -- but as the saying goes, "You can write your program in , or you can write a story about your progra

Re: SV: Article for the boss: COBOL will outlive us all

2013-02-17 Thread zMan
Can you do that for fields in an existing copybook? On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 11:36 AM, David Andrews wrote: > On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 16:14 -0500, zMan wrote: > > If this was supposed to be asking "What is it that's awkward to do in > > COBOL?", try calculating the of

Re: SV: Article for the boss: COBOL will outlive us all

2013-02-17 Thread zMan
;m willing to believe that. I certainly don't claim to be a COBOL jock, nor is my most common source for COBOL help. So I should probably just shut up (hey, stop cheering!). -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -

Re: Fortran

2013-02-24 Thread zMan
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 5:09 PM, CM Poncelet wrote: > No, you didn't. The UK built the first electronic computer in 1942, > Colossus I. > One computer doth not an industry make, alas. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and

Re: Me? (was: SAVE macro, I think)

2013-03-03 Thread zMan
0-line module and say "Here, try this..." Sheesh. That sounds like the IBM of old, when they'd do anything to avoid fixing bugs (I remember once saying "'ALL' means 'ALL', damnit!" to a Level 2 rep, who was arguing that the documentation didn't mean

Re: Query for Destination z article -- mainframes back to the future

2013-03-14 Thread zMan
dumb: what's a "squirrel event"? Sounds like something Macy's would advertise... -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archiv

Re: Query for Destination z article -- mainframes back to the future

2013-03-14 Thread zMan
the reserved byte instead, we'd only have needed one format! (Well, until there's 64-bit I/O, anyway). -- 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: AW: USS "date" command, subtract one day

2013-03-14 Thread zMan
HIS way", but I don't understand how a script is different from "one command"? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Query for Destination z article -- mainframes back to the future

2013-03-16 Thread zMan
gt; wires, I suspect!!! > Done by Mexican peasants, paid pennies...but yeah. I suspect shipping it may have cost more than making it at the time. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"

Re: IBM Mainframe (1980's) on You tube

2013-03-20 Thread zMan
but found over 270 ambiguous > definitions... > > > > Groete / Greetings > > Elardus Engelbrecht > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -

Re: New IBM MF

2013-03-20 Thread zMan
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: > Nothing has yet been announced, so if anyone has heard, > they are likely unable to say. > My money's on zB1296CDEF, given the crack the System z marketroids seem to be smoking lately... -- zMan -- "I've got a main

Re: Adobe-PDF

2013-03-29 Thread zMan
nce on the contents of the E-mail or attached files is > strictly prohibited. > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO

Re: 32760? (was: PARMDD?)

2013-03-29 Thread zMan
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Re: 32760? (was: PARMDD?)

2013-03-29 Thread zMan
Uh oh, new GMail "Reply" format will irritate the bottom-posters -- now it's non-trivial to not top-post. Let the flamewars resume. On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:56 AM, zMan wrote: > And this is new how? :-) > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:16 AM, John Gilmore

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