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Date:         Thu, 10 Dec 1992 15:03:16 CST
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From:         Gary Garland Gregory - Systems Programmer III
              <SGGGG@TTUVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Disable CICS System Transactions

*** Resending note of 12/10/92 14:59
      Texas Tech University - P.O. Box 43051
      Lubbock, Texas 79401  - (806) 742-1016

Howdy!

THE REQUEST
Does anyone have a 'down and dirty' program that will disable CICS
system transaction (e.g.: CSSC, etc).


THE REASON BEHIND THE REQUEST
We have CICS logoff our terminals (automatically) beginning at 4:00 p.m.
everyday. (Don't ask me why we can't do it during the day - I just
inherited this system.)

MORE JUSTIFICATION
As we all know you can't disable a CICS system transaction nor can you
perform CEDA via console or sequential terminal so the only alternative
is flipping the PCT bit off or do as we do every day COLD start one of
our regions which re-installs the transaction as disabled. We have an
automated operations system that enables the transaction at 1600 hours.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks In Advance.

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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:53:50 CST
From:         Larry Holder <##09@UTMARTN.BITNET>
Subject:      dynamically replacing a pct entry.

> ................................
> have written a program that changes the program name in the pct entry
> for the appropriate transactions,while the files are closed
> so that they point to another program that displays a user friendly
> screen saying that the application is not available. I had also
> considered permanently changing the transactions to point to programs
> that check file status and then pass control to the program I really
> want to execute (XCTL). But that would generate overhead every time an
> AID key is hit.
>
> Does anyone have an idea about what the cleanest way to do this would
> be. I am conserned that the directly updating the pct entry my not be
> possable in later CICS releases.
>
You may wish to read about the Global User Exit XZCATT, which gets
control at task initialization but before the transid invoked is
actually given control.  You can, at this point, alter the transid
to another, based on whatever criteria you choose.  If intercepting a
transid is your aim, then this is the cleanest way I know of.
I wrote a couple of programs that enable a user to switch between
two pseudo-conversational transactions, and XZCATT is the mechanism
I used to intercept.  Any overhead is quite minimal.  Look in your
Customization Guide for more details...

Larry Holder,  Sr. Programmer/Analyst            Bitnet: ##09@UTMARTN
The University of Tennessee at Martin            Phone:  901-587-7890
Martin, TN  38238                                Fax:    901-587-7841

VM/ESA 1.0, VSE/ESA 1.1, CICS/VSE 2.1, COBOL2, DL/I, SQL/DS, QMF
CICS monitor: Landmark TMON, VSAM compression: Legent EXTEND/DASD
IBM 9221-150, 9336 FBA, 7171, RISC/6000
PSW (Personal Status Words): Saved by grace (Romans 1:16 & 8:38)
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:38:47 -0500
From:         jack.hamilton@AMAIL.AMDAHL.COM
Subject:      SimXfer/CICS
Comments: To: apple!akronvm.bitnet!cics-l@juts.ccc.amdahl.com

Does anyone have any experience with the SimXfer/CICS product from SimWare
Inc.?  I have a few questions about it, like how well does it work, what are
its strengths, what are its weaknesses, etc.
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Date:         Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:51:53 CST
From:         Larry Holder <##09@UTMARTN.BITNET>
Subject:      RETRIEVE question

I have a transaction "A" that does a START of transaction "B" passing
data with the FROM option; after the START command is issued, "A" does a
WAIT EVENT (on an ECB which "B" will post after it does some initial
housekeeping).
The problem is, when the RETRIEVE command in "B" is reached, the
transaction freezes (I checked with CEDF).  Using TMON, its disposition
is "CECB" meaning it is waiting on a system-level event.
What is it that "B" could be waiting on ???


Larry Holder,  Sr. Programmer/Analyst            Bitnet: ##09@UTMARTN
The University of Tennessee at Martin            Phone:  901-587-7890
Martin, TN  38238                                Fax:    901-587-7841

VM/ESA 1.0, VSE/ESA 1.1, CICS/VSE 2.1, COBOL2, DL/I, SQL/DS, QMF
CICS monitor: Landmark TMON, VSAM compression: Legent EXTEND/DASD
IBM 9221-150, 9336 FBA, 7171, RISC/6000
PSW (Personal Status Words): Saved by grace (Romans 1:16 & 8:38)
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:52:00 CST
From:         Larry Holder <##09@UTMARTN.BITNET>
Subject:      CEDF and Cobol II Working Storage

> About two weeks ago I posted a query regarding working storage areas for
> Cobol II programs not showing up on CEDF (PF5 option).  Well I finally
> figured out what my problem was and am posting it if anyone is curious.
> ...I had not looked at the translator options yet and since everything
> seemed to work as far as compiles, hadn't assumed any problems here.
> BUT, I finally checked the appropriate manual and noticed the "Cobol2"
> option on the translator(XOPTS).  I immediately added it and that solved
> the problem of getting the "WORKING STORAGE NOT AVAILABLE" message on
> CEDF.  Just a dumb oversite on my part.

Well, put me on the "dumb" list, too, because I did not run across it
either.  Thanks for taking the time to pass the info along, because the
inability to alter working storage during testing was the pits.
As you said, everything compiles and works ok, so nothing seems amiss
until you get into EDF.  When we converted our compilation JCL over from
old COBOL, we just left the XOPTS as they were...Informal headcounts at
GUIDE (at least in the VSE project) seem to indicate that a lot of shops
have yet to cross over to COBOL II, which may account for not much
discussion springing forth from your original question to the list.
On behalf of our shop, however, many many thanks !!!

> I've been working on a number of Cobol II questions/problems.  Most I
> think I've worked out.  However, I was wondering if most folks use the
> defaults for IGZTUNEV...

For better or worse, we're using the defaults.
We cataloged in PRD2.CICSR the IGZETUN.OBJ which results from the
assembly of the following:
         PUNCH 'CATALOG IGZETUN.OBJ REPLACE=YES'
         IGZTUNEV SYSTYPE=CICS
         END

We've been running with COBOL2 for about a year now, and are quite
happy with it (and now that XOPTS is fixed, even happier).  We've only
put on a couple of PTF's and minor ones at that.
For those that haven't made the jump yet, CICS/VSE 2.2 user exploitation
of 31-bit applications will require COBOL II, as the old COBOL programs
will remain 24-bit bound.

Larry Holder,  Sr. Programmer/Analyst            Bitnet: ##09@UTMARTN
The University of Tennessee at Martin            Phone:  901-587-7890
Martin, TN  38238                                Fax:    901-587-7841

VM/ESA 1.0, VSE/ESA 1.1, CICS/VSE 2.1, COBOL2, DL/I, SQL/DS, QMF
CICS monitor: Landmark TMON, VSAM compression: Legent EXTEND/DASD
IBM 9221-150, 9336 FBA, 7171, RISC/6000
PSW (Personal Status Words): Saved by grace (Romans 1:16 & 8:38)
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:54:08 EST
From:         ABRC000 <ABRC@CATCC.BITNET>
Subject:      dynamically replacing a pct entry.

We have an application (I.S Payroll Personell) that requires that we
close the cics vsam files during the day to do processing.  When someone
tries to use the transaction while the files are closed they get a dfh
abend message ERRX which is produced by the application. We do not have
the source for the part of the systems that generates this message. I
have written a program that changes the program name in the pct entry
for the appropriate transactions,while the files are closed
so that they point to another program that displays a user friendly
screen saying that the application is not available. I had also
considered permanently changing the transactions to point to programs
that check file status and then pass control to the program I really
want to execute (XCTL). But that would generate overhead every time an
AID key is hit.

Does anyone have an idea about what the cleanest way to do this would
be. I am conserned that the directly updating the pct entry my not be
possable in later CICS releases.

I am running CICS/VSE 1.7 and we will be going to 2.1 next year.
Thank's in advance.

*****************************************************************
* Rodney Clayton         Howard County Public Schools           *
* Systems Programmer     ABRC@CATCC.BITNET                      *
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:14:56 EST
From:         scott_ankrum@VNET.IBM.COM
Subject:      (U) dynamically replacing a pct entry.
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        ABRC000 <ABRC@CATCC.BITNET>
   Ref: ABRC000 <ABRC@CATCC.BITNET>
        Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:54:08 EST

I'm not sure just how user friendly you want the message to be.
Does the user type the transaction ID in? That is, would the user
recognize the transaction ID? If so, just disable the transaction
with CEMT. The user will see a message that says something like:

     Transaction ABCD is disabled.


|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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|__________________________________________________________|

      T. Scott Ankrum -- IBM, General Sector Division, Bethesda
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Organization: SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 09:52:17 CST
From:         John Wm Province <JWP518W@SMSVMA.BITNET>
Subject:      CEDF and Cobol II Working Storage

About two weeks ago I posted a query regarding working storage areas for
Cobol II programs not showing up on CEDF (PF5 option).  Well I finally
figured out what my problem was and am posting it if anyone is curious.
We are a VSE shop and have upgraded to ESA. Along with this upgrade we
decided to migrate to Cobol II, so it is still new to us.  The install
process brought the libraries down but it is necessary to do some of the
Cobol II customization as part of the CICS tailoring.

I had not looked at the translator options yet and since everything
seemed to work as far as compiles, hadn't assumed any problems here.
BUT, I finally checked the appropriate manual and noticed the "Cobol2"
option on the translator(XOPTS).  I immediately added it and that solved
the problem of getting the "WORKING STORAGE NOT AVAILABLE" message on
CEDF.  Just a dumb oversite on my part.

I've been working on a number of Cobol II questions/problems.  Most I
think I've worked out.  However, I was wondering if most folks use the
defaults for IGZTUNEV.  I'm not sure if I understand completely what
Cobol II is doing with these parameters as it is allocating resources.
Cobol II also puts out some nice diagnostic messages when jobs blow up;
is there a Cobol option to get the IGZxxxI system console log messages to
come out on the system printer (Listlog in the VSE world) without LOGging
the entire job stream?  We're not getting these when jobs cancel.

John Wm Province
SouthWest Mo State Univ
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:46:42 -0500
From:         BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      Comparative Literature Call: Correction

The deadline for abstracts and proposals for the 1994 conference in Edmonton
announced is March 23, 1993, not April...
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Date:         Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:36:00 CST
From:         TB0WPW1@NIU.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Closure dates at Folger Shakespeare Library

This may be first President for some time who can read!
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Date:         Sat, 19 Dec 1992 11:47:27 -0500
From:         BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      Job announcement: History of Medicine Library

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From:         Peter_Hirtle@OCCSHOST.NLM.NIH.GOV
Subject:      Vacancy announcement
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         [The following announcement is being sent to CADUCEUS,
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         to post/cross-post]

                     NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

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     The National Library of Medicine (NLM) invites applications or
nominations for the position of Chief of the Library's History of
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be filled at the GM-14 or GM-15 level.  The History of Medicine
Division/ (HMD) is responsible for programs and services related to
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     The Chief of HMD oversees the complex acquisition, cataloging,
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     Interested individuals should contact James H. Cassedy,
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Date:         Fri, 11 Dec 1992 08:55:20 -0800
From:         rhahn@VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU
Subject: Re: Closure dates at Folger Shakespeare Library

What a shame for me.  I was planning to use the Folger for research on
those very days!  Can you get me an invitation to the luncheon?
Roger Hahn, UC Berkeley
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Date:         Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:09:42 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      NEH Summer Seminars

A list of the 1993 NEH Summer Seminars for College Teachers (U.S.) is
available via anonymous ftp from ftp.msstate.edu or isis.msstate.edu in
docs/words-l/Misc with filename neh.seminars.  (Note that is the letter l,
not the number 1, in the subdirectory words-l.)  If you decide to apply for
one of the seminars, please tell NEH that you got the information on internet.
Thanks.

Natalie Maynor, Professor
English Department
Mississippi State University
(maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Subject: American Antiquarian Society Fellowships
Date: 16 Dec 92 13:52:15 GMT
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The deadline for resident fellowships for research in early American
history and culture is January 15, 1992.  Contact John B. Hench, American
Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Mass. 01609 USA;
tele[hone (508) 752-5813 or (508) 755-5221.
From: TB0WPW1@NIU.BITNET
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Subject: RE: double jointed babies
Date: 15 Dec 92 17:11:00 GMT
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I have been getting more response to 'double jointed
babies' on this list than on any other but they have
taken an odd direction.  To repeat an earlier
clarification: the 'double jointed babies with
springs between their legs to make them go along'
comes from an English manuscript play written in
about 1650.  The babies are clearly toys and are
once said to be 'new fangled'.  They are being sold
to a stupid man from the country along with
quantities of tobacco, Jews harps, and similar as
part of a plot to remove from him a large amount of
cash.
William Proctor Williams                TB0WPW1@NIU
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From:         Ted <TCJONES3@UA1VM.BITNET>
Subject:      Closure dates at Folger Shakespeare Library

Surely Jimmy Carter knew the name Shakespeare.  Yea, Clinton.
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:08:26 +0100
From:         Walter Felscher <iikfe01@MAILSERV.ZDV.UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE>
Subject:      Re: NEH Archival Research Opportunity

In -508, Kleisthenes changed Solon's constitution.

W.F
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Date:         Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:03:57 CDT
From:         Peter Davis <AXTHEPD@UICVMC.BITNET>
Subject:      Disguised Rioting

      I just finished serving on a dissertation committee in which the subject
 dealt in part with the Boston Tea Party.  The question was raised whether
 such an activity (dressing up in disguises to perform an act of civil
 disobedience) was unprecedented.  Although we all agreed that it wasn't, we
 were absolutely stumped trying to think of earlier examples.  Certainly
 blacking the face was common in 18th century rioting, but are there any
 instances were the participants actually disguised themselves as other
 people? I figured there must be someone on this list who would know of some
 examples, either in the colonies or in Europe.

 Thanks,

      Peter Davis
      U of Illinois
      AXTHEPD@UICVMC.BITNET
From: STEWART@DUKEMVS.BITNET
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Subject: RE: double jointed babies
Date: 15 Dec 92 13:25:00 GMT
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It's clear from the OED that babe was the only word commonly used;
if I recall correctly, "baby" isn't even attested until circa 1720.
It was doubtless a diminutive, I would even conjecture it was
baby-talk. French bebe, by the way, has a completely different
(and later--19th C) derivation.
--Philip Stewart, Duke University
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Date:         Sat, 19 Dec 1992 06:23:45 -0800
From:         rhahn@VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU
Subject: Re: Disguised Rioting

I raised the point about carnivals to suggest that the act of disguise, for
whatever purpose, political action or merry-making, is a way humans devise
to rid themselves of responsibility for being who they are.  I recognize of
course there are other motives for disguise, but this aspect is relevant to
both political rioters and merry-makers.
R. Hahn, History, UC Berkeley, rhahn@violet.berkeley.edu
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Date:         Sat, 19 Dec 1992 14:03:25 +1000
From:         Marion Diamond <med@LINGUA.CLTR.UQ.OZ.AU>
Subject: Re: Disguised Rioting

One interesting example of disguised rioting - beloved of feminists,
structuralists and psychohistorians - is the Rebecca rioters of Wales,
during the 1840s (I think), who dressed up as women.  I think E.P.
Thompson talks more generally about men dressed as women in food rioting.
The argument basically is that women were basic to the establishment
of a moral economy, which controlled/attempted to control food prices
to 'just' levels.
What about Phrygian caps - the cap of liberty - in the French Revn.?
Rebellious convicts raised the 'tree of liberty' in NSW in 1804 -
but I don't know of any disguises.
Marion Diamond
med@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au
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Subject: GREAT BOOK BARGAIN (xposted from ExLibris)
Date: 16 Dec 92 13:41:37 GMT
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From:         Paul r Sternberg <sternbrg@TIGUEX.CS.UNM.EDU>
Subject:      GREAT BOOK BARGIN
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To:           Kevin Berland <BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET>

     Two books recently hit the remainder market that may be
of interest to EXLIBRIS subscribers.  They are the 'new edi-
tions' of Sacheverell  Sitwell's  bibliographys  "FINE  BIRD
Books  1700-1900"  and "GREAT FLOWER BOOKS 1700-1900." While
not as grand as the original editions they are  finely  pro-
duced,  with  many  color plates, and some new commentary, a
new reference list, notes on  the  plates  and  more.  Large
quarto,  about 200 pp. each, dust jacket they were published
in 1990 by Atlantic  Monthly  Press  at  $65.00.   They  are
available  from remainder dealers like E. R. Hamilton (Falls
Village, CT 06013) and others for $14.95.  Or  if  you  know
someone  in the trade who will do you a favor-for half that.
Seems to me like a great buy, sure to be worth $15.00 soon.

Paul R. Sternberg
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Guest of C.S. Dept., Univ. of New Mexico
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