Thus it was written in the epistle of bArtoque,
> Only thing I'm still wondering about is, does the PRI=152 eventually decay
> or not within the queue... is it really fixed?

Yup.  No decay.  Give it a try and watch it with Glance or SOS.  Here's the
relevant section from the :HELP ALTPROC,PARMS text:

                    o An absolute priority will set the priority
                      of the process to a specified, non-decayable
                      value.  The process remains in its queue
                      or workgroup and retains the timeslice value
                      associated with that queue or workgroup.
                      the priority specified need not fall between
                      the base and limit priorities of the work-
                      group.  A process can be placed at a fixed
                      priority by moving it to a workgroup with
                      the base and limit set to the desired value.
                      Specifying an absolute priority value requires
                      SM capability.

HTH,
Ted
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