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IBM software advances

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From: ucbvaxGtut
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1982 19:38
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With the recent advances in IBM hardware (the 4300 series,
the Personal Computer), one wonders why there have not been
corresponding advances in JCL.  Dake the DISP parameter for
instance.  For years we've had only three choices: NEW, OLD,
and MOD.  To break from this tedium, these new options have
been proposed:
	
DISP=soap		cleans up your output
DISP=dollar		would return 8 bits
DISP=billygraham	saves your dataset
DISP=rosemarywoods	puts an 18-block gap in your dataset
DISP=dracula		yields an extra byte in each record
DISP=petergraves	causes tapes to self-destruct in 5 seconds
DISP=howardhughes	gives 9 copies of your dataset, all different
DISP=J&B		uses scotch tape
DISP=ali		would punch out your dataset
DISP=postoffice		gives you your output a month late
DISP=wrigleys		chews up your disk pack
DISP=malignant		gives you terminal output
DISP=oldmacdonald	would give you EIE I/O
DISP=invert		allows you to do O/I
DISP=tidybowl		flushes your buffers
	
		--plagiarized from ACM/SIGSOFT, April 1981
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