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April 2000
SPARTA Chapter President’s Corner
- by Chris Blackshire
In the February 2000 meeting, I announced that after 4 years of being your SPARTA president, I would like to turn it over to someone else. As I have not been able to get a new presidential candidate, here is the 2000-2001 slate of candidates:
President - Chris Blackshire
Vice President - John Bryant
Secretary - Mike Lockey
Treasurer - Duane Reaugh
Communications - Ed Webb
Elections will be at the April meeting and the new officers will take over in May.
The feedback from web publishing the newsletter was very positive and we will continue with only an electronic version.
Next meeting is on Tuesday April 25th at LabCorp. BarBQ, drinks, and dessert will be provided.
Future Speakers
(subject to change)
Apr. 25 Network Performance Measures by Skip Vail of Ganymede Software
May 30 To be announced
We need ideas and volunteers for future speakers. Please consider giving a presentation at a future meeting. Presentations don’t have to be fancy, just informative and interesting. Even a 5 or 10 minute talk can start an interesting interaction. Contact John Bryant at the phone number or e-mail address below.
1999-2000 SPARTA
Board of Directors
Chris Blackshire - President
Northern Telecom 919-992-4602
P.O. Box 13010
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Chris.Blackshire@nortelnetworks.com
John Bryant - Vice President
Glaxo Wellcome Inc. 919-483-9548
M/S D111; 5 Moore Drive
RTP, NC 27709 JEB33378@GLAXOWELLCOME.COM
Mike Lockey - Secretary
Guilford Co. Information Services 336-412-6235
201 N. Eugene St. 336-227-2021 (Home)
Greensboro, NC 27401 MLOCKEY@netpath.net
Mike Killam - Treasurer
SAS Institute 919-677-8000 x7103
SAS Campus Drive 919-493-7434 (Home)
Cary, NC 27513 Mike.Killam@SAS.COM
Ed Webb - Communications Director
SAS Institute 919-677-8000 x4162
SAS Campus Drive 919-362-0232 (Home)
Cary, NC 27513 EDWISTUO@aol.com
Meetings
Meetings are scheduled for the last Tuesday evening of each month (except no meeting in December), with optional dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m.
These monthly meetings are held at LabCorp’s Center for Molecular Biology and Pathology (CMBP) near the Research Triangle Park (see last page). Take I-40 to Miami Boulevard and go north. Turn right onto Alexander Drive. Go about a mile or so. Then turn right into LabCorp complex and turn Left to the CMBP Building. In the lobby, sign in as a visitor to see Brad Carson. Brad will escort you to the conference room.
Call for Articles
If you have any ideas for speakers, presentations, newsletter articles, or are interested in taking part in a presentation, PLEASE contact one of the Board of Directors with your suggestions.
Newsletter Mailings
The SPARTA chapter policy is to mail a copy of the monthly chapter newsletter to each SPARTA member, NaSPA national, each advertiser, persons who have requested a copy, and to other chapters who send us a copy of their newsletter. The newsletter is mailed about the 20th of each month so you can prepare for the meeting. The mailing list is maintained by Mike Lockey at (336) 412-6235; if you have corrections or problems receiving your newsletter, call Mike.
New 1999 CBT Tape
Brad Carson now has copies of version 421 dated August 1999 of the CBT tape. Brad brings cartridges to each meeting and swaps a scratch cartridge for a copy of the CBT. If you need a round tape, contact Brad at LabCorp (Brad_Carson@labcorp.com or 336-436-4065) for details on sending a tape to LabCorp.
The new CBT tape is also available from www.cbttape.org.
Minutes of the March 28, 2000 Meeting
•Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Chris Blackshire, the Chapter President.
•Eleven (11) people were present; ten (10) were members.
•Everyone in the room introduced themselves, told where they worked, and briefly described their job functions.
•The minutes of February 2000 meeting were accepted as published in the March 2000 newsletter.
• There was no Treasurer’s Report. Mike Killam, the chapter treasurer, was unable to attend:
Balance as of February, 2000 $ 97.91
OLD BUSINESS
•Articles are needed for this newsletter. If you would like to write an article for this newsletter, please contact Ed Webb. Keep in mind that you don’t really need to write the article, it can be an article that you read that you would like to share with the membership.
•The SPARTA Web page is now available. To access the SPARTA Web page, point your Web browser to this site: www.netpath.net/~mlockey/sparta.html. Please send any comments or suggestions about the Web page to Mike Lockey (mlockey@netpath.net). Be sure to check the Web page every once in a while to see any new or changed information.
NEW BUSINESS
•Future Speakers and Topics:
April 2000 - Network Performance Measures by Skip Vail of Ganymede Software
May 2000 - TBA
Other ideas:
- UNIX Services for OS/390
- Workload Manager
- SAP
If you have suggestions about speakers and topics, contact John Bryant.
•The April meeting will be at LabCorp in the RTP.
•Food for the April 2000 meeting will be barbecue and sodas.
•Thanks to Brad Carson of LabCorp for hosting the February meeting.
•Thanks to Duane Reaugh and DTS Software for hosting the March 2000 meeting.
•Annual dues of $20 are due in January 2000.
•To save duplicating and mailing costs, the newsletter will be put on the web site. The newsletter can be viewed and/or printed before the meeting.
•The current SPARTA ListServ is located at ECU and was set up when Brad Carson worked there. Since Brad no longer works at ECU, there is no one to administer the ListServ. We need to find another server for the SPARTA ListServ. Brad mentioned that there might be a free ListServ available for SPARTA to use; he will look into this.
•Chris Blackshire gave the nominating committee report. Chris reported that he has nominees for every office except President.
If you are interested in any office, please contact Chris. Nominees are:
President open
Vice President John Bryant
Treasurer Duane Reaugh
Secretary Mike Lockey
Communications Ed Webb
The election for officers takes place at the April 2000 meeting.
•The business portion of the meeting ended at 7:35 PM.
•Duane Reaugh, Ed Webb and Mike Lockey reported on SHARE 94 which was held March 5-10, 2000 in Anaheim,CA.
Duane discussed the following topics:
OS/390 V2R9
DFSMS 1.5
OS/390 V2R10
DFSMShsm
Work Load Manager
Some of the topics Ed discussed:
OS/390 MVS program opening
OS/390 MVS/SCP opening
UNIX on OS/390
MVS/SCP Free-For-All
OMVS & BPXPRMxx PARMLIB member
WLM User Experience
OS/390 Goody Bag
OS/390 R8 User Experience
TCP/IP for OS/390 System Programmers
Softcopy librarian Tool
VPS 1.8 Update
RMM from CA-1 Migration Experience
OS/390 Maintenance Philosophy
OS/390 Software Delivery Strategy
OS/390 System Programmer Productivity Tools
JES2 Q and A
Fully Wired SYSPROG
What’s Inside Your ICF Catalog
PMO/QFETCH to LLA/VLF Migration
Bit Bucket x’13’
Recommended APARs
Mike discussed the following topics:
TCP/IP V3 to OS/390 CS V2R5 Migration
Implementing TCP/IP for OS/390: A Step
by Step Approach for MVS Systems
Programmers
TN3270(E) on the Mainframe
CICS Web I
•The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM.
Items of Interest
SMFDUMP Utility Needs a Fix
contributed by Ed Webb
We found an error in the CBIPO/ServerPac SMFDUMP utility in our migration to OS/390 R8. Here’s the code correction just after the second (yes, second) DEQDONE label:
* Following line commented by @02 change
* WTO TEXT=(MSG1,MSG2),MF=(E,MSG007) ISSUE MSG @D7C
WTO TEXT=((MSG1,),(MSG2,)),MF=(E,MSG007) @02
Basically there need to be some additional parentheses in this multi-line WTO, or it will not assemble correctly in OS/390 R8 (and will not give you an obvious error - there’s a zero code MNOTE but unless you look you’ll never see it).
Check the Assembler Services Reference book for V1R3 to be sure the syntax is correct at V1R3 (we only have OS/390 V2 books online).
OS/390 TCP/IP Migration Flash
contributed by Ed Webb
Here’s an IBM WSC Flash of interest N3192, Communications Server for OS/390 V2R7 TCPIP Migration Tips:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/PubAllNum/N3192#Header_2
Be Careful What You Ask For
contributed by Ed Webb
(Ed. note: Here’s are excerpts from a recent note from IBM to a SHARE presenter)
....
I am with the ISPF development group in RTP, NC. I received an excerpt from your “OS/390 R8 Experience” presentation that you gave at SHARE earlier this month concerning the ISPF Configuration Table and your concern about not being able to install the configuration as an SMP/E USERMOD. We are adding the option to build the configuration keyword source file and load module(s) into an SMP/E USERMOD via APAR OW43412. Coding is complete and we are in the final test phase so a PTF should be available in the near future. This should address your requirement to install and maintain the configuration table with SMP/E. The keyword source is included in the USERMOD so that the source and load module are ‘in sync’ in the target libraries. ....
Feel free to pass this information along to anyone who you think may be interested.
Stan Maleitzke
ISPF Development
Humor
If Operating Systems Ran the Airlines
contributed by Ed Webb
UNIX Airways
Everyone brings one piece of the plane along when they come to the airport. They all go out on the runway and put the plane together piece by piece, arguing nonstop about what kind of plane they are supposed to be building.
Air DOS
Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then they jump on and let the plane coast until it hits the ground again. Then they push again, jump on again, and so on ...
Mac Airlines
All the stewards, captains, baggage handlers, and ticket agents look and act exactly the same. Every time you ask questions about details, you are gently but firmly told that you don't need to know, don't want to know, and everything will be done for you without your ever having to know, so just shut up.
Windows Air
The terminal is pretty and colorful, with friendly stewards, easy baggage check and boarding, and a smooth takeoff. After about 10 minutes in the air, the plane explodes with no warning whatsoever.
Windows NT Air
Just like Windows Air, but costs more, uses much bigger planes, and takes out all the other aircraft within a 40-mile radius when it explodes.
Linux Air
Disgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines decide to start their own airline. They build the planes, ticket counters, and pave the runways themselves. They charge a small fee to cover the cost of printing the ticket, but you can also download and print the ticket yourself. When you board the plane, you are given a seat, four bolts, a wrench and a copy of the seat-HOWTO.html. Once settled, the fully adjustable seat is very comfortable, the plane leaves and arrives on time without a single problem, the in-flight meal is wonderful. You try to tell customers of the other airlines about the great trip, but all they can say is, "You had to do what with the seat?"
What Goes Around Comes Around
contributed by Chris Blackshire
Where do you find a dog with no legs?
Right where you left him.
Why do gorillas have big nostrils?
Because they have big fingers
Why don’t blind people like to sky dive?
Because it scares the hell out of the dog.
What kind of coffee was served on the Titanic?
Sanka.
What is the difference between a Harley and a Hoover?
The location of the dirt bag.
What’s the difference between a bad golfer and a bad skydiver?
A bad golfer goes, WHACK! “Damn.”
A bad skydiver goes, “Damn.” WHACK!
What goes clop, clop, clop, bang, bang, clop clop clop?
An Amish drive-by shooting.
How are a Texas tornado and a Tennessee divorce the same?
Somebody’s gonna lose a trailer.
Membership Information
Membership in the SPARTA chapter is $20.00 per year for January through December. The 2000 chapter dues are due January 1, 2000. Please renew your membership! If you want to join SPARTA, please send your check for $20.00 for the 2000 annual dues to either:
Make check payable to SPARTA. The membership dues are not prorated to simplify our accounting procedures. Please include the membership application form with your check.
As a member, you may request copies of the handouts for any meeting from any officer.
Membership Report as of February 29, 2000
If you have questions about this list, call Mike Lockey at 336-412-6235.
We currently have 27 members in the chapter as follows:
Don’t Forget the Next SPARTA Meeting
Tuesday, April 25, 2000
Location: LabCorp in the RTP
Take I-40 to Miami Boulevard and go north. Turn right onto Alexander Drive. Go about a mile or so. Then turn right into LabCorp complex and turn left to the CMBP Building. In the lobby, sign in as a visitor to see Brad Carson. Brad will escort you to the conference room.
Free Food: Barbecue, Drinks, Dessert
Program:
Network Performance Measures
Speakers:
Skip Vail of Ganymede
SPARTA News
P.O. Box 13194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3194
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