Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 9:59 am
I am positive you have it at least half correct!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:Drlkeeney wrote:Dusty, are you an old RADAR man?
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 10:00 am
If he was young he would not know what a T2 was.JPG40504 wrote:I am positive you have it at least half correct!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 10:07 am
rlkeeney wrote:If he was young he would not know what a T2 was.
Ahh!, but he fer sure knows what a magnetron magnet is!:D
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 11:02 pm
OK Steve, let's see how much useless information we've retained. A little mainframe trivia here. First to reply gets a, gets a, well I don't know what.cooch366 wrote:This is a GREAT thread. I too was a COBOL / Assembler / RPG programmer in the 70's & 80's. Is it me or are there a lot of us in the Shopsmith family? HMMMM.. May be related to us being very analitical.
What is the MVS JCL command to translate EBCDIC to ASCII or vice versa?
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 11:31 pm
We never used ASCII!:)tomsalwasser wrote:OK Steve, let's see how much useless information we've retained. A little mainframe trivia here. First to reply gets a, gets a, well I don't know what.
What is the MVS JCL command to translate EBCDIC to ASCII or vice versa?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 5:26 am
Don't know the commands but we still use an IBM main frame where I work. Probably a lot newer than the ones you are talking about. THey stil use Cobol, JCL, and EBCDIC.tomsalwasser wrote:What is the MVS JCL command to translate EBCDIC to ASCII or vice versa?
I win (nothing)
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 6:35 am
WOW you got me thinking, and can't come up with anything. So just like my lottery tickets. I lose....tomsalwasser wrote:What is the MVS JCL command to translate EBCDIC to ASCII or vice versa?
Out of retirement?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 6:41 am
Maybe I polish up my resume (do they still use these, or is there some new fangled app, ie:FACEaume reTWIT) and start a third career. Are they hiring?:)rlkeeney wrote:Don't know the commands but we still use an IBM main frame where I work. Probably a lot newer than the ones you are talking about. THey stil use Cobol, JCL, and EBCDIC.
Have code will travel....
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 7:39 am
Don't think they are hiring. There are very few people that leave. I only know one that didn't retire.cooch366 wrote:Are they hiring?:) .
The mainframe has been upgraded several times since I started working there. It doesn't resemble the mainframes of old. There are a lot of them still around else IBM would not be supporting them.
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:15 am
I used to deal with receiving tapes, most from other mainframes in and coded in EBCDIC but a few odd balls in ASCII. By placing OPTCD=Q in the DCB section of your JCL the tape would be translated to EBCDIC while it was being read. Also had to create tapes with the same issue. Most were EBCDIC but some places needed ASCII and OPTCD=Q workd on output too. I don't think anybody's making many tapes these days though.
Yes, there does seem to be a lot of untapped Cobol talent here. I second the notion...have code will travel. Or how about holding up a sign "will code for tools".
Yes, there does seem to be a lot of untapped Cobol talent here. I second the notion...have code will travel. Or how about holding up a sign "will code for tools".