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In article <8907181349.AA21623@rice.edu> Eric Job <ERIC%ETSU@rice.edu> writes:
>(1) Concerning the system connection block at the lower left of the
>    screen, I was under the impression that the little block there
>    (beside the square-4 and the little-A) would contain a little
>    stick-figure man while in VTAM. [...]

This is only true for SNA terminals (those with a little B instead of a
little A). Non-SNA 3270s are always solid-box.

>(2) I would like to customize in my USSTAB message 10 so I can
>    design a logo screen.  I thought that I was doing this right,
>    but nothing ever displays.  I have this in my VTAMUSER LOADLIB,
>    the LOADLIB is globalled, the USSTAB= parameter of the LOCAL
>    MACRO for the terminal points to the table...but still no
>    message 10.  So I might be missing something.  Any ideas?

About all I can add is that the USSTAB is only loaded when a major node
is activated and no other active major node references the desired
table. About the only way I've found to assure that is to take the VTAM
machine down and back up.

>(3) I couldn't find any documentation that told me what to expect
>    while operating in VTAM mode.  I've discovered SYS REQ and
>    can LOGON APPLID(VM) and LOGOFF APPLID(VM) and so forth, but
>    if there's a document that explains what-does-what here, I'd
>    like to see it.

The only commands here are either those in your USSTAB or those that
USSTAB commands can be mapped to via USSCMD processing. I don't recall
that I've ever seen a concise description here either; I'd start in the
section of the VTAM docs that describes USS tables.

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