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> On Mon, 27 Jul 1992, portal!cup.portal.com!TRADER@UUNET.UU.NET said:
>>I'm familiar with using EXCP to do channel I/O. However the IOB
>>structure and EXCP seem to be geared towards devices that do not present
>>asynchronous attention interrupts. In VM environments, it is very easy
>>to setup interrupt handlers with HNDIO.
>>How does one write code in MVS to handle devices such as 3270 terminals
>>that present asynchronous interrupts?
>
>    I fought this war before.  Why can't IBM document how to write
> an I/O Attention routine for MVS.
>
>    Three suggestions:
>
>    Look at CBT tape file 353 from Brian Cook of Morton Thiokol.
> His ETPS program uses an I/O Attention that can talk to local
> non-SNA 3270 terminals before VTAM, JES2 or other sub-systems
> are even started.  His code has broken and been fixed when we
> switched operating systems but it is at least a good sample.
> He at one time even had a one byte overlay of SQA.  He moved
> his program plus one byte to SQA in space only large enough
> for his program. Meaning: Test off hours.
> If you need my copy that runs in MVS/SP 2.2.3, just ask.
>
>    Look at IBM's I/O Attention routines.  I believe that the
> free BTAM one was called IECTATEN or something like it.
> VTAM and JES2 should have I/O Attention routines also.
>
>    The last suggestion is to give up and use VTAM, TCAM, or
> BTAM to talk to 3270 terminals.
>
>    Note: If you can ever get good documentation for IBM, please
> send me a copy.
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If anyone out there does ever get some documentation about handling asynchronous 
interrupts (i.e. attention), please post here or let me know also. 

Thanks in advance.

Ed Evans