CPYFRMIMPF at V5R3

IBM made some changes in their V5R3 implementation of CPYFRMIMPF. It turns out that they are really starting to obey the CCSID set for the file, so if your system value is set to 65535 (binary/no translation) then you'll really get no translation. Read the below APAR for an explanation, and the PTF that's available to restore the V5R2 behaviour.

IBM eServer iSeries Authorized Problem Analysis Reports (APAR): II13784

IBM eServer iSeries Recommended Fixes - Database: SI16664

PTF SI16664 - Operating System/400

PTF/FIX #: SI16752 - Operating System/400

Linrad home page

Linrad is a software designed radio that runs under Linux. It uses the sound card as a DSP.

USS San Francisco

USS San Francisco SSN 711
USS San Francisco SSN 711
USS San Francisco SSN 711

USS Sanfrancisco crashed into an uncharted undersea mountain south of Guam. These are some photos of the damage. One sailor was killed, 23 seriously injured. Obviously, the crew sailed the boat pack to port.

Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader variant counters.

Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader variant counters.

Found this nice web site for new PB/PL counters. Panzerblitz and Leader are Avalon Hill games from the 70s.

January VHF contest

Just sent in my score for the January VHF contest. Pitiful. It's easily the worst I've done in a long time, but the blizzard and lack of participants didn't help at all. Here's a summary

I use RoverLog by Tom N1MU to log my contests

RoverLog QSOs by Activated Grid:

Grid	QSOs	Grid	QSOs	Grid	QSOs

FN22	9	FN23	8	FN32	12

FN33	3	



RoverLog Score Summary, Using new rover rules:

Band	QSOs	Value	QSOPts	Mults

50	3	1	3	2

144	18	1	18	3

222	0	2	0	0

432	11	2	22	3

903	0	4	0	0

1.2	0	4	0	0

2.3	0	8	0	0

3.4	0	8	0	0

5.7	0	8	0	0

10	0	8	0	0

24	0	8	0	0

47	0	8	0	0

76	0	8	0	0

119	0	8	0	0

142	0	8	0	0

241	0	8	0	0

300	0	8	0	0

LIGHT	0	8	0	0



Grids activated: 		4



Totals:	32		43	12	



Claimed Score: 516

Outsourcing angst

It's amazing the level of vitriol that can be raised over an Indian firm spamming for work.

On the one hand, it's reasonably clear that US programmers are losing jobs to India. Not good for US programmers. But I don't recall the same level of stink when US consultants were taking their jobs in the 90s.

Remembering Columbia

http://history.nasa.gov/columbia/index.html

iSeries blogs

Found David Gibb's site, http://planet.midrange.com/ It collects a bunch of iSeries blogs. Interesting stuff.