Re: Running out of twinax consoles...

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

  Oh! Oh! I have a better one!  Just DLTPGM QSYS/QDBOPEN, or even 
better, DLTPGM QSYS/QDMCOPEN.

  Sorry, but RNMOBJ QSYS/CRTDEVDSP *CMD DAFT is pretty much... well the 
new name says it all.

  Although I would not want a Twinax Console, I do agree they are very 
reliable.  They are more reliable than anything with a disk drive in my 
experience.  A Twinax Console located near a system on a standalone port 
with a short manufactured cable is probably going to be trouble free for 
a decade or more, even in harsh [esp. dusty] environments.  We had some 
last for many more years than that, and I have no idea how many years 
prior to my arrival that the same hardware was in operation on various 
S/38 in the labs.  I would expect those here defending a Twinax Console, 
are not suggesting that everyone should be setting up Twinax devices 
across an enterprise.

Regards, Chuck

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> <<SNIP>>
> Or that QAUTOCRT is a joke.  Test that by renaming CRTDEVDSP,
> swapping out the system console from one model to another
> (like, from a 3180 to a 3197, because yet another system
> console died) and finding out that you have no system console.
> Now you can get into the myriad of problems caused by faulty
> twinax cable ends, balun wiring, maxed out number of splices,
> etc dealing with twinax wiring.