From 585a7a580915f76a852e26f298578c12d450564a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Gauthier Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:51:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] testing different preview styles --- md/MVS/basic.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/md/MVS/basic.md b/md/MVS/basic.md index 06d5f5d..44f3e95 100644 --- a/md/MVS/basic.md +++ b/md/MVS/basic.md @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Here's a copy of the very first BASIC program. A simple mortgage calculator that To run this on MVS, you need a JCL job card deck, to define the batch job to the system. Here's a version that is designed to run interactively. I'm using this JCL, because the program in "monitor" mode is designed to self-terminate after 5000 iterations of a loop. This "interactive" version will produce the complete set of output. -```jcl +
  000001 //@050541 JOB (BASIC),'BASIC INTERACTIVE',NOTIFY=&SYSUID,
  000002 //        CLASS=S,
  000003 //        MSGCLASS=A,
@@ -80,5 +80,6 @@ To run this on MVS, you need a JCL job card deck, to define the batch job to the
  000014 //KEYINPT  DD *
  000015 "THIS IS A TEST"
  000016 // 
-```
+
+ Mainframe batch jobs are designed from the start to produce printed output. They were written in an era where end-user applications presented interactively on a screen were not really an option. The only people who had screens were engineers, system operators, and programmers. Everyone else interacted with computers by way of printed output. To see the output from this program, you can [download it here](http://gmgauthier.us-east-1.linodeobjects.com/docs/mymort1.pdf).