Re: 9/9/99

[Bob Montague <slew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:15 PM 9/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Perhaps true but..... all data on a mainframe is ended with a card coded
>as /* to the operating system this means end of data. There could be
>other decks behind each ending with a /* and a final card with a /& that
>indicates end of job. So the point being, that what you heard is true
>but only if someone not familiar with job setup is stacking the deck.
>

Early RPG on the 360/20 also used that convention, even on the 2311 disk
platters.
My memory also says that chaining was an input instruction on an E spec
Amazing how much those 16K machines turned out
Bob Montague
slew@accessone.com
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