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Using TSO at CCN

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NETWORK WORKING GROUP                                     R.T. BRADEN
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS #379                                 UCLA/CCN
NIC 11121                                                 AUGUST 11, 1972
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                            USING TSO AT CCN

    IBM's Time Sharing Option ("TSO") is now available at CCN for use via
the Network with Telnet Protocol.  TSO is not yet considered "production"
by CCN, since there are a number of restrictions and glitches to be removed
or documented.  However, TSO is now quite stable and is up on a regularly
scheduled basis; the system will allow an experienced programmer to work
productively at CCN.  To use TSO, you will need a valid CCN charge (billing)
number, and a user-id.  To obtain a charge number (if you do not already
have one), or to obtain a TSO user-id, contact Barbara Noble at (213)
825-7438 or (213) 825-7452.  At present we are not charging for TSO use
(although any batch jobs submitted from TSO will be charged to your account).
Barbara can assign on overhead charge number for experimental use of TSO if
you do not have a paid account.

Modes of TSO Use
----------------

    (1)  Conversational Remote Job Entry
         -------------------------------

         Using TSO you can prepare an OS job stream using the TSO EDIT command,
         SUBMIT the job to batch execution, monitor its STATUS, and ship the
         OUTPUT back to EDIT for examination.  This allows those of you with
         TIP'S to process jobs at CCN without using NETRJS via a friendly
         TENEX machine.  Any batch job can be submitted this way.


    (2)  Foreground Execution
         --------------------

         Many OS/360 programs can be run, with varying degrees of inconvenience,
         directly from the terminal.  There are TSO commands providing the
         facilities of EXEC and DD cards; the output stream can be directed to
         the user's terminal.  There are some important limitations to fore-
         ground operation, however:

              (1)  The foreground region size is limited; at present, it is
                   128K, though this will be expanded.
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