I picked up MPE pretty quick thanks to a lot of help from all the
people on this list. I'll have to look around for a JCL newsgroup now.

Anyways, Thanks for the info.

-Gehan G.

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Jack Connor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> IBM's JCL is a lot like HP's job language...
>
> !JOB = //JOB
> !FILE = //FILENAME  DD DSN=actual file name
> !RUN  = //STEPNAME  EXEC PGM=
> !EOJ  = //
>
> When I was with HP I used to present Technical Awareness seminars for
> our larger prospects demonstrating the similarities in that aspect of
> the architecture.
>
> TSO is going to be the equivalent of logging on to an HP...it's
> interactive access.
>
> PANVALET doesn't really have a counterpart in the MPE world, but it's a
> file library management system that is used (at least in my experience)
> for source code version management and control...
>
> Jack Connor
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [HP3000-L] JCL VS MPE
>
> I got back into mainframes this week. Unfortunately it's not with HP.
> It is with a large industrial company near chicago. They are sending me
> monday to a class to learn JCL and cobol so I can program on their IBM
> mainframe. i'm not sure what model, they are located states away.
> We just log in via "extra" which is basically like WRQ Reflections from
> what I can tell..
>
> I was hired as an entry level programmer based on my past 'mainframe'
> (HP3k) experience. I was told after classes next week they will assign
> me a mentor and then it's off to the races I go. I hopefully I can learn
> cobol in 2 weeks. It doesn't look too bad. It's pretty structured but
> I'm getting the hang of it..
>
> Anyone out there work with JCL, tso, or panvalet before? Any advice?
>
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