gmane.comp.emulators.turnkey-mvs

BETA News 10-12-10

halfmeg — 2010-12-10T23:46:57

As some may know there is some renewed activity concerning the attempt to get TK3UPD out of BETA status.

Posts in h390.mvs concerning a modification to SORT to enable use of 3350 and 3390 DASD .  That has not been without it's problems and full use of DASD more modern than 2314 has been limited by the design of the original sort programs.  Even so, DASD sort capacity and LRECL size have been increased by quite a bit.

Other items that I am also wanting to incorporate or am waiting on :

Feedback ( some already received ) from saucyjacks work with JES3 and CTC enabling ( some Herc mods required - not necessarily a show stopper ) between 2 MVS instances.

MP working properly ( Herc fixes ) and/or ZAP but leaving with excessive CPU looping ( not my favorite idea ).

Clean up/fix of BRODCAST, LOGREC, a couple of JES2 and JES3 datasets.

Adding some HELP info, perhaps some additional Documentation as well.

Some other assorted items.

The down side is there are still real life demands which will take their toll

KICKS 1.1.2 is now available

mfnoel — 2010-12-06T23:26:41

KICKS 1.1.2 is now available
at http://home.gci.net/~mike-noel/KICKS/kicks-download.htm 
What's New? ENQ/DEQ and GETMAIN/FREEMAIN api's, a few unrelated tweaks to the COBOL preprocessor, plus the usual fixes. See ...TESTCOB and ...TESTGCC files ENQDEQ and GETFREE for usage.
Other than hot fixes as necessary this is probably the last code update for the year. I'm shortly off on Xmas vacation and after that (mid January) I'll focus on improved documentation and examples.

Merry Christmas!
 and a Happy New Year!

$SFE not valid in mvs0080?

Harold Bell — 2010-12-06T12:36:56

I am getting an undefined op code error in mvs0080 with the following statement:

$SFE  ATTR=SKIP,COL=YELLOW

My level of understanding concerning the 3270 is abysmal.  Any help would be 
appreciated.  Thanks.  Buddy

valid color literals for $SFE ATTR=SKIP,COL=YELLOW

Harold Bell — 2010-12-06T11:46:06

I am putting the finishing touches on a java web applet to produce assembler 
code for insertion into mvs0080 to make a netsol screen.  I am trying to get 
color to work and cannot find an "official" list of possible color literals that 
might appear in the statement

 "$SFE   ATTR=SKIP,COL=YELLOW"

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.  Buddy

cobuclg and example - symbol not found - tk3upd

Harold Bell — 2010-12-01T02:04:07

I am trying an example cobol program I found on Jay Moseley's site and get the 
following message in the printout when it fails to execute.

    1     //COBUCLG JOB (001),'COB HELLO 
WORLD',                                  JOB   19
          //             
CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1)                        00020000
    2     //HELOWRLD EXEC 
COBUCLG,CPARM1='LIST,LOAD,NODECK'                       00030000
    3     XXCOBUCLG PROC SOUT='*',
          XX             UNT=SYSDA,
          XX             CBLPARM='SUPMAP'
    4     XXCOB     EXEC PGM=IKFCBL00,
          XX             REGION=4096K,
          XX             PARM='NODECK,LOAD,SIZE=2048K,BUF=1024K,&CBLPARM'
    5     XXSYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=&SOUT
    6     XXSYSLIN   DD  DISP=(,PASS),UNIT=&UNT,SPACE=(80,(500,100))
    7     XXSYSUT1   DD  UNIT=&UNT,SPACE=(460,(700,100))
    8     XXSYSUT2   DD  UNIT=&UNT,SPACE=(460,(700,100))
    9     XXSYSUT3   DD  UNIT=&UNT,SPACE=(460,(700,100))
   10     XXSYSUT4   DD  UNIT=&UNT,SPACE=(460,(700,100))
   11

COBUCL?

mfisher_ix — 2010-11-26T23:27:40

Hello,

I wonder if you could help mediate a conflict at my Tur(n)key site.

The grumpy MVS operator (my alter ego) would like the COBOL programmers to stop commandeering his console by using the UPON CONSOLE clause in DISPLAY and ACCEPT statements. He says he'll shoot anyone who ever uses these clauses, "for the good of the state".

On the other hand, the antiquarian COBOL programmer (also me) would like to run an interactive COBOL program containing DISPLAY and ACCEPT statements. He says it's his laptop, and his hobby.

I think Mike Murach has shown the way to a peaceful resolution, but am not too clear on the details. Pages 530-531 of Murach's Mainframe COBOL show the TSO commands to allocate SYSIN and SYSOUT, and to call a COBOL load module.

Since the Tur(n)key #3 has no COBUCL job, I'm sure you can see my questions coming from a mile away. If these questions don't bore you too much, I'd like to know:

1) How to code COBUCL. I've seen Jay Moseley's version, but am not sure if it needs any alterations to

TK3upd Documentation

Joe Smith — 2010-11-22T19:05:24

Is there a list that documents what was added to or changed in tk3upd?

ISPF ISPTLIB profile table format

Carlos Aguilera Sr — 2010-11-15T12:11:49

It should be PO FB LRECL=80

 

Carlos Aguilera Sr.

1401 Liggates Rd.

Lynchburg, VA 24502

434-401-4828

Carlos-FiVMtmHp2a9Wk0Htik3J/w< at >public.gmane.org

ISPF ISPTLIB profile table format

Wally Mclaughlin — 2010-11-15T03:58:11

Does anybody know what the format of an ISPF ISPTLIB table such as
ISPPROF looks like? 

 

I'm trying to create a profile table using an external program that will
be compatible with ISPF.

 

I know that each table entry looks something like: 

 

Varnamel dc    al1(variable name length)

Varname  dc    cl8'variable name'  

Vardatal dc    al2(data length)

Vardata  dc    clnn'data'     

 

But I'm stuck on what the format of the somewhat complicated header is.


 

 

Thank you for your help. 

 

Wally Mclaughlin

JRP

Carlos Aguilera Sr — 2010-11-14T18:30:38

What do I need to do to the configuration file to get JRP to work.

 

I am using Windows XP with the Hercules GUI.

 

TK3UPDT has a defined 3780 RJE printer, it also has a 3284 printer define at
1C7, but Hercules does not recognize 3284 as a valid device, also the RJE
printer is a BSINC definition but there is no port number I can use, maybe
it has but I do not know which it is or the device number to use.

 

I am a tiny bit confused, please help. :-)

 

Thanks

 

Carlos Aguilera Sr.

1401 Liggates Rd.

Lynchburg, VA 24502

434-401-4828

Carlos-FiVMtmHp2a9Wk0Htik3J/w< at >public.gmane.org

Receive command terminated

Carlos Aguilera Sr — 2010-11-14T12:26:08

INMR909A You may enter DSNAME, SPACE, UNIT, VOL, OLD/NEW, or
RESTORE/COPY/DELETE

 

What did you actually responded to this message?

 

Carlos Aguilera Sr.

1401 Liggates Rd.

Lynchburg, VA 24502

434-401-4828

Carlos-FiVMtmHp2a9Wk0Htik3J/w< at >public.gmane.org

Receive command terminated

hrrrrrr — 2010-11-13T22:06:43

I have this situation when trying to receive a member from a RECFM=FB DSN into RECFM=U DSN.

Anyone know how to handle it?


RECEIVE INDD(ABCLIB)                                                          
INMR901I Dataset MY.DSN.ABCLIB from AAA1234 on NODENAME                  
INMR154I The incoming data set is a 'PROGRAM LIBRARY'.                         
INMR906A Enter restore parameters or 'DELETE' or 'END' +                       
INMR908A The input file attributes are: DSORG=PARTITIONED, RECFM=U, BLKSIZE=279
INMR909A You may enter DSNAME, SPACE, UNIT, VOL, OLD/NEW, or RESTORE/COPY/DELETE
INMR060I RECEIVE command terminated.  Output dataset unusable. +               
INMR158I A Program Library or member can only be received into a Program Library
READY                                                                          
END

KICKS progress

mfnoel — 2010-11-10T04:05:56

I've posted another KICKS KooKbooK recipe, #12, "Using Alternate 3270 screen sizes in COBOL and GCCMVS programs". The recipe index page is
http://home.gci.net/~mike-noel/KICKS/KooKbooK.htm

adding a new user with tk3upd

Harold Bell — 2010-11-09T22:28:10

I am trying to add a new user with a batch job but when I go to logon tso I get 
"unknown input, reenter blah blah".  The jcl seems to be correct but I am not 
shure of the control card.  I am using:

"  ADD (PAY01 * * FSILOGON) OPER ACCT JCL MOUNT SIZE(4096) UNIT(3350)"

The printout indicates that it was succesfully added.  Thanks for any help.

Buddy

State

Simon Williams — 2010-11-08T14:32:40

I have finally got round to giving the Turnkey 3 Update Beta  a go and 
have achieved some success, particularly in that I now have a viable JES3 
installation.  I fed back my experiences to Carlos and he has asked me to share 
them with the group.

I was a standard Turnkey 3 system, built from the starter system using the 
sysgen instructions on the CD.  The machine I am running on is a Toshiba i686 
laptop with Nvidia graphics running Debian Squeeze (all packages up to date as 
of Saturday).  My Hercules is 3.07 as packaged for Debian.  I had added extra 
printers, readers, terminals, tapes drives and lots of DASD to the Turnkey 
3 system and had the number of CPUs set to 2, but the sysgen was standard (as I 
have not yet managed to find instructions for rerunning the sysgen for an 
existing system).  Everything worked reasonably well, although I had not got 
startrek to work under TSO, it just told me it didn't exist!

Once I had loaded the updates (just unzip the downloaded archive into

KICKS progress

mfnoel — 2010-11-04T07:00:30

I've posted another KICKS KooKbooK recipe, #11, "Designing and implementing simple KICKS GCCMVS programs". The recipe index page is http://home.gci.net/~mike-noel/KICKS/KooKbooK.htm

tk3upd and scsi tape

Harold Bell — 2010-11-02T16:44:07

Are there any changes to scsi tape in tk3upd I should be aware of?  I am 
following the same procedure with tk3upd as I did when running tk3 when writing 
tape but when I use "devinit 400 /dev/nst0 --blkid-24" at the hercules console 
the herc instcnt freezes and I have to close the terminal window in which it is 
running.  Thanks for the help.

Buddy

State of turnkey?

Carlos Aguilera Sr — 2010-11-01T13:33:59

 

"There have been further enhancements and updates to TK3 on the way to
becoming TK4. A work in progress can be downloaded at:"

http://www.4shared.com/file/RfClJ57w/tk3upd.html

 

Carlos Aguilera Sr.

1401 Liggates Rd.

Lynchburg, VA 24502

434-401-4828

Carlos-FiVMtmHp2a9Wk0Htik3J/w< at >public.gmane.org

KICKS 1.1.1 is now available

mfnoel — 2010-10-31T17:34:04

KICKS 1.1.1 is now available
at http://home.gci.net/~mike-noel/KICKS/kicks-download.htm What's New? GCCMVS support and LE Cobol support, plus the usual fixes...

How to shutdown MVS if sys Console is disconnected

2010-10-30T03:03:55

Dear All, 

I am very new to Hercules and Turnkey MVS. After reading through manuals and helps on internet I could finally get my Turnkey MVS working on my machine. 

The problem I am facing is, if even by mistake I disconnect the sys console window of Turnkey MVS, I am left with just Hercules running and no interface with MVS so that I can properly shut it down. 

Can you please let me know if there is any way to get back the sys console window OR properly shutdown MVS without sys Console. 

(I may be sounding an idiot, but I don't know where to ask the question but here)

Regards, 

A new MVS fan

DL/I on MVS 3.8J

Carlos Aguilera Sr — 2010-10-28T15:42:41

Hi:

 

Has anyone done anything with DL/I on the latest TK3 release?

 

Please let me know

 

Thanks

 

Carlos Aguilera Sr.

1401 Liggates Rd.

Lynchburg, VA 24502

434-401-4828