-
- Recent Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
-
How do you usually explain the importance of COBOL to non-mainframe people?
by Prakash Jha » Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:43 pm » in Languages » IBM COBOL, GnuCOBOL (OpenCOBOL), OOCobol. - 1 Replies
- 6828 Views
-
Last post by zum13
Mon Sep 15, 2025 5:37 am
-
-
- 2 Replies
- 8421 Views
-
Last post by Robert Sample
Thu Sep 11, 2025 8:19 pm
-
- 0 Replies
- 12486 Views
-
Last post by Kapil Sharma
Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:30 am
-
-
How do you usually explain the importance of COBOL to someone from a non-mainframe background?
by Akshya Chopra » Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:20 am » in General » Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs. - 0 Replies
- 9661 Views
-
Last post by Akshya Chopra
Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:20 am
-
-
- 6 Replies
- 19315 Views
-
Last post by Priyank Sharma
Sat Jul 26, 2025 1:36 pm
-
-
COBOL + DB2: Peak-hour performance bottlenecks.
by Pathi Kumaran » Sun Jul 06, 2025 11:23 am » in General » Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs. - 2 Replies
- 11928 Views
-
Last post by zum13
Sat Jul 26, 2025 3:09 am
-
-
-
FTP from mainframe to Windows – PDS not transferring right
by Ranjeet Gena » Sun Jul 06, 2025 12:23 pm » in General » Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs. - 1 Replies
- 11273 Views
-
Last post by zum13
Sun Jul 06, 2025 4:41 pm
-
-
- 2 Replies
- 13436 Views
-
Last post by Robert Sample
Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:45 pm
-
- 1 Replies
- 13554 Views
-
Last post by Anuj Dhawan
Wed Apr 30, 2025 8:07 pm
-
-
FASYMLIB in Endevour.
by Priyank Sharma » Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:09 am » in General » Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs.
Rating: 3.8% - 1 Replies
- 13166 Views
-
Last post by Anuj Dhawan
Wed Apr 30, 2025 5:37 pm
-
-
-
Happy Holi!
by Anjali Chopra » Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:12 am » in General » Suggestions & Feedback : About the website. » Thought of the Day, General Talk & Jokes. - 0 Replies
- 30255 Views
-
Last post by Anjali Chopra
Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:12 am
-
-
-
DSN=DUMMY versus DSN=FILENAME
by Nikhil Aryan » Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:54 am » in Job Vacancies and Interview Questions. » Interview Questions.
Rating: 11.5% - 4 Replies
- 54482 Views
-
Last post by zum13
Mon Feb 17, 2025 12:41 am
-
-
- 1 Replies
- 21029 Views
-
Last post by zum13
Mon Feb 17, 2025 12:34 am
-
-
Happy Republic Day India!
by Anjali Chopra » Sun Jan 26, 2025 8:21 am » in General » Suggestions & Feedback : About the website. » Thought of the Day, General Talk & Jokes. - 2 Replies
- 20486 Views
-
Last post by Nikhil Aryan
Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:14 am
-
-
-
difference between KEEP and PASS while using in JCL
by Nikhil Aryan » Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:23 pm » in Job Vacancies and Interview Questions. » Interview Questions.
Rating: 7.7% - 2 Replies
- 21240 Views
-
Last post by Nikhil Aryan
Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:13 am
-
-
- Topics
- Posts
- Last post
-
-
Site Announcements and Rules.
Announcements: A member should be concerned about. And the Rules you should follow.
Subforums: Downloads. , Applications - 140 Topics
- 583 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Spool retention & archivi…
by Anuj Dhawan View the latest post
-
-
- 104 Topics
- 681 Posts
-
Last post
by Anuj Dhawan
View the latest post
-
-
You are a Guest.
This Forum is for the guests or the users who are not registered on this board. This part allows guests to post in. - 61 Topics
- 223 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Find the size of a PS fil…
by Robert Sample View the latest post
-
-
- Topics
- Posts
- Last post
-
-
IBM COBOL, GnuCOBOL (OpenCOBOL), OOCobol.
OS/VS COBOL, COBOL II, Enterprise COBOL for z/OS. OpenCOBOL and OOCobol. - 270 Topics
- 1425 Posts
-
Last post
Re: MFED vs native z/OS compi…
by hollow_rowan69 View the latest post
-
-
-
TSO, ISPF & REXX (Do you still do CLIST?!).
Time Sharing Option, Interactive System Productivity Facility and REstructured eXtended eXecutor
Moderator: mickeydusaor - 141 Topics
- 728 Posts
-
Last post
Re: REXX EXECIO vs LINEIN — w…
by enrico-sorichetti View the latest post
-
-
-
Assembler & PL/I.
HLASM for MVS. PL/I for MVS & Enterprise PL/I for z/OS.
Subforum: C, C++ and Java for Mainframes. - 82 Topics
- 268 Posts
-
Last post
Re: difference between PL/1 a…
by zum13 View the latest post
-
-
- Topics
- Posts
- Last post
-
-
IBM DB2 and IMS DB/DC
RDBMS from IBM and IBM's Hierarchical DBMS and Transaction Manager (IMS DC). - 208 Topics
- 848 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Modify only the specific …
by LearnMainframe View the latest post
-
-
-
Other Databases on zOS.
Datacom, IDMS, Adabas, Oracle, FOCUS, NOMAD, TOTAL/SUPRA/ULTRA, Model 204, SQL/DS. - 25 Topics
- 61 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Can some plz tel me about…
by Rahul View the latest post
-
-
- Topics
- Posts
- Last post
-
-
JCL - Job Control Language.
JES2/3, JCL, utilities. - 220 Topics
- 1076 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Graceful shutdown & resum…
by hollow_rowan69 View the latest post
-
-
-
CICS, Middleware and MQ Series.
Customer Information Control System. Middleware and MQ Series.
Subforum: SMS & VSAM and BDAM, BSAM, QSAM, BPAM, ISAM, OAM. - 255 Topics
- 1076 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Use SMF to chase CPU spik…
by hollow_rowan69 View the latest post
-
-
- Topics
- Posts
- Last post
-
-
File-AID and IBM File Manager.
File-AID from Compuware and File Manager from IBM. - 35 Topics
- 174 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Creating XREF for IMS DBD…
by zum13 View the latest post
-
-
-
IBM DFSort, ICETOOL, ICEMAN, ICEGENER.
IBM's Sort Product, ICETOOL, ICEMAN and ICEGENER. - 103 Topics
- 466 Posts
-
Last post
SORT to split file by record …
by Ankit Gupta View the latest post
-
-
-
SyncSort, SyncTool, SyncGener.
SyncSort's Sort Product, SyncTool for z/OS, SYNCINIT and SYNCLIST. - 50 Topics
- 254 Posts
-
Last post
Re: SORT performance variance…
by hollow_rowan69 View the latest post
-
-
-
Testing Tools, Mainframe Application Testing, Abends Solution & QA.
Mainframe Application Testing, Offline testing and Tools. Xpediter, IBM Debugger.
Subforums: Application Change Control Software for MVS, OS/390 and z/OS. , Scheduling Software for MVS, OS/390 and zOS - 141 Topics
- 553 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Testing field migrations …
by BearGFR View the latest post
-
-
- Topics
- Posts
- Last post
-
-
Introduce Yourself and Share Your IT Experience.
Meet and greet the other members here and introduce yourself to the world, the way you want -- pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable! - 146 Topics
- 441 Posts
-
Last post
Re: MyOggradio
by BobP View the latest post
-
-
- 747 Topics
- 843 Posts
-
Last post
Re: IBM z/OS 3.1, an AI-infus…
by zum13 View the latest post
-
-
Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs.
Other Mainframe related questions which attracts you and there is no suitable Forum you find for it and related FAQs.
Subforums: Programming Algorithms. , zLinux, USS and other Operating Systems for Mainframes. - 388 Topics
- 1693 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Secure credential storage…
by hollow_rowan69 View the latest post
-
-
-
Suggestions & Feedback : About the website.
Share your feedback and suggestions about the website here.
Subforums: Polls and Ideas. , Personal Computers - Mainframe related tools. , Thought of the Day, General Talk & Jokes. - 264 Topics
- 2142 Posts
-
Last post
Happy Diwali!
by Anjali Chopra View the latest post
-
-
- Topics
- Posts
- Last post
-
-
AppStore & Mainframes, Simulators and Emulators.
Anything about Mainframes - it's going away to Dinosaur is still roaring! To discuss/develop Mainframes Apps on/for Android Apps, Google Play Store and Mac App Store. Tools related to Mainframes usable on other Platforms like Windows, Android or Mac, Linux.
Subforum: Hercules, z390, zCOBOL, CBT Tape Files. - 25 Topics
- 81 Posts
-
Last post
Re: CBT Tape files
by Md.Imtiaz View the latest post
-
-
-
Tip Of the Day.
A Mainframe-Tip a Day keeps the bugs away!
Subforums: Follow up on Tips , Terminology is Important. - 23 Topics
- 227 Posts
-
Last post
Re: DCB and DSCB.
by Robert Sample View the latest post
-
-
-
User Contributions.
Registered Members can share Internet Links and/or Documents on Mainframe Technologies here.
Subforums: COBOL , JCL , DB2 , IMS DB/DC , VSAM , REXX , SAS , Compiler , Assembler , Miscellaneous , The Books and The History. , Company Profiles. , The People. - 83 Topics
- 122 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Joe Piscopo.
by aliciaazuri View the latest post
-
-
- Topics
- Posts
- Last post
-
-
zCloud Computing and related news
General Cloud Computing Discussion , Discussion on Vendor Specific Cloud Computing Tools for mainframes, Cloud Computing Certifications.
Subforum: SAS & Cloud Computing. - 41 Topics
- 102 Posts
-
Last post
Re: Cloud computing and mainf…
by forgeahead View the latest post
-
-
-
DevOps for Mainframes and related news
General DevOps for Mainframes Discussion, Vendor Specific Cloud Computing Tools for mainframes, DevOps Certifications, IDz, Topaz, IBM DBB, Jenkins - 35 Topics
- 89 Posts
-
Last post
Re: JCL → Jenkins pipeline ma…
by hollow_rowan69 View the latest post
-
-
-
Big Data for Mainframes and related news
Big Data implementation on Mainframes - 20 Topics
- 20 Posts
-
Last post
Mesmerizing plush toy robots …
by Anuj Dhawan View the latest post
-
-
- Topics
- Posts
- Last post
-
- 270 Topics
- 399 Posts
-
Last post
Application Developer – Comme…
by Job Postings View the latest post
-
-
Interview Questions.
All sort of Mainframes Interview Questions. - 222 Topics
- 1033 Posts
-
Last post
Re: DSN=DUMMY versus DSN=FILE…
by zum13 View the latest post
-
-
- Information
-
-
Who is online
In total there are 2508 users online :: 7 registered, 0 hidden and 2501 guests (based on users active over the past 30 minutes)
Most users ever online was 44892 on Sat Aug 29, 2026 2:03 am
-
Statistics
Total posts 15639 • Total topics 4128 • Total members 51980 • Our newest member Jamesfep
Who was here
In total there were 201870 users online :: 2 registered, 0 hidden, 16 bots and 201852 guests (based on users active over the past 24 hours)
Most users ever online was 758416 between Fri 9. Oct 2026 and Sat 10. Oct 2026
Registered users: Anuj Dhawan, Jamesfep
Bots: Facebook [Bot], Google [Bot], Proximic [Spider], UberMetrics [Bot], Bing [Bot], ICjobs [Bot], Tbot, curl [Bot], ADmantX [Bot], DuckDuckGo [Bot], Google Images [Agent], Twitter [Crawler], Trident, Seekport [Bot], Java [Bad bot], Baidu [Spider]
Thanks Toplist — 5
Robert Sample (165), Anuj Dhawan (156), enrico-sorichetti (85), zum13 (44), William Collins (26)