Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UTKVM1.BITNET!PA7280 From: PA7280@UTKVM1.BITNET ("Benjy Alford 974-6721", 615) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm Subject: Switching MVS & VM from 7 BIT EVEN Parity to 8 BIT None Message-ID: <8909121840.AA09617@jade.berkeley.edu> Date: 12 Sep 89 18:45:23 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: "Benjy Alford (615) 974-6721" Organization: The Internet Lines: 10 X-Unparsable-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 89 12:19:49 LCL Our current network standard says that ASCII tubes should be set for 7 bit Even parity. The VAX & TCP/IP folks are pushing for a policy/standards change to 8 bit none for ASCII tubes on our campus. We are running VM/XA SF2, VM/HPO 5.0 and MVS/XA 2.2 supporting 3270-type access via 7171's and line-mode access via 37x5 EP. I understand how to change the 7171's from 7 Even to 8 None, but what implications are there for the line-mode access? Any pilgrams already done this? Any drawbacks? Benjy Alford University of Tennessee, Knoxville