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Started by ucbvaxGtut
Sat, 24 Apr 1982 19:38
IBM software advances
Author: ucbvaxGtut
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1982 19:38
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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