[Info-vax] Special deals on Tape Drives

[gah4]

On Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 4:49:53 PM UTC-8, Simon Clubley wrote:

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> How many VMS people know about z/OS ? 

Maybe less than know about OS/VS2 or other IBM OS
from the 1970's and 1980's.

About 1979 I wrote a RECFM=D tape on OS/VS2 to transfer
to VAX/VMS.  Even more, with LABEL=(,AL).

There was one complication with that. ASP likes to premount
and verify tapes before starting the job.  The solution was to
use LABEL=(,AL,,DEFER) so ASP wouldn't see the tape before OS did.


> You have just made an argument (in the eyes of management at least) 
> to get rid of those "strange" VMS boxes and replace them with boxes 
> that everyone knows how to manage and write software for. 
 
> z/OS has some unique features you can discuss with any management 
> thinking about getting rid of z/OS. What would you say to that same 
> management when the discussion turns to VMS ?