Hello! This challenge is a bit the same as last year except it has a few more data types to learn. Bits, Nibbles, Bytes, Hexadecimal, EBCDIC, ASCII, and BCD. Last year we didn’t learn about Nibbles (4-bits) or BCD. Time for something new! z/OS its default encoding is EBCDIC. EBCDIC stands for Extended Binary Coded Decimal Character Interchange Code. … Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #08
Hi there! Today we’re going to learn a bit more about data sets. This will be a somewhat longer challenge, but hey, what has to be done has to be done. That’s a fully correct English sentence. Data Sets IBM Master the Mainframe Part Two – Challenge #07 Create a data set using JCL DD … Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #07
Hello and welcome to a new episode of fixing things! Today we’re going to fix some bad JCL our intern Kevin has made last week. Oh Kevin, such a nice guy but sometimes works way too fast. It’s now up to us, senior developers, to fix his mistakes. JCL: Identify and Correct a Syntax Error … Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #06
