In this issue, I’ll cover the following: 1. Amdahl New Processors 2. HDS Skyline Processor Groups 3. London class canceled 4. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter, 1997, No. 6 Summary 5. The next TUNING Letters 6. New on our Web Site 7. More on Catalog CPU Overhead 1. Amdahl New Processors On February 9th, Amdahl announced…
In this issue, I’ll cover the following: 1. New Toronto Class! 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter, 1997, No. 5 Summary 3. Update Sheet Available for 2003 LPAR SU/SEC 4. Training Manual for SYSPROGs 5. New APAR for Catalog 6. Update on RCCCPUT 7. Some Funnies 1. New Toronto Class! By popular demand, we are announcing…
In this issue, I’ll cover the following: 1. Our 1998 Class Schedule 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter, 1997, No. 4 Summary 3. See you at CMG! 4. A Second APAR for High RCT Times 5. One More Update on COBOL and CMOS! 1. Our 1998 Class Schedule We’ve picked the dates for our 1998 Sarasota…
In this issue, I’ll cover the following: 1. Catalog CPU Overhead APARs 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter, 1997, No. 3 Summary 3. WSC Flash Update: COBOL and CMOS 4. WE’RE HIRING! 5. IBM Manuals on the Web 6. MVS Expo 7. Our Classes 1. Catalog CPU Overhead APARs In the last two newsletters (and one…
In this issue, I’ll cover the following: 1. IBM Announces New Processors 2. Amdahl Announces New Processors 3. IBM Announces Reversioning of OS/390 4. Additional APAR for DFSMS 1. IBM Announces News Processors On June 9, IBM announced fourteen new 9672-G4 CMOS models (announcement #197-127) and three new Multiprise 2000 CMOS models (#197-128, available July…
In this issue, I’ll cover the following: Update on Changes to LE Modules 2. Feedback From Our Newest Class 3. Update on JES2 Re-Assembly 4. SHARE Conference is August 10-15 5. Corrections to APAR Numbers 6. HDS Announces New Processors 7. New RMF Home Page URL 8. Signature Tag Lines Update on Changes to LE…
In this issue, I’ll cover the following: 1. Low Capture Ratios for Batch 2. Warning about TRUNC(OPT) 3. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter, 1997 No. 1 Status & Contents 4. Warning About Changes to LE Modules 5. SP 4 Withdrawal – Warning: Order HCD Usability Feature 6. Reason #173 to Fear Technology… 1. Low Capture Ratios…
In this issue, I’ll cover the following: High CPU in SMS JES2 Checkpoint Problems With Fast Coupling Facilities OS/390 R2 Double-SYSRES Our Booth at SHARE in San Francisco 1. High CPU in SMS Jim Purdie and Bob Maw of a large Midwestern bank found a rather important SMS APAR recently. APAR OW23856, “Excessive Connect Time…
In this issue, I’ll cover the following: 1. CMOS Update 2. WSC Flashes of Interest 3. Updates to our Web site 4. IBM-MAIN Listserver address 5. IBM Manuals Online 6. Class Brochures now available 7. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter, 1996 No. 6 status 1. CMOS Update My item on “CMOS and COBOL” in the last…
In this first issue, I’ll cover the following: Updates to our Web site. IBM-MAIN Listserver address. CMOS and COBOL microcode changes. IBM’s latest CMOS announcement, the 9672-RY4. A reminder about the newest IBM Capacity Planning Redbook. 1. UPDATES TO OUR WEB SITE During this coming week, we’ll be uploading new course descriptions. The updates to…
