Defining Operational Characteristics; Receiving And Sending Broadcast Messages - IBM System 360 User Manual

If you choose password KEY, you do not have to specify an account
number and procedure name because there are only one account number and
one procedure name associated with KEY.
Note: In some instances your. installation may require a modification in
the way that you enter the LOGON command; for example, you may have to
precede LOGON with a quotation mark ("LOGON). Your installation's
management is responsible for advising you of such a change.
Defining Operational Characteristics
Operational characteristics can be divided into terminal characteristics
and a user profile. Terminal characteristics identify:
• How you can request an attention interruption.
• Whether the keyboard is to lock up if you do not enter anything for
a
while~
• What the length of the line that can be displayed or printed at your
terminal is.
A user profile identifies:
• What your character-deletion and line-deletion characters are.
• Whether you want to receive prompting messages.
• Whether you will accept messages
fro~
other terminals.
Your installation establishes default terminal characteristics for
all the TSO terminals. If you want to change any of those
characteristics for the duration of your session you can use the
TERMINAL command. After your session is over the defaults selected by
the installation will again be valid for the terminal. For example,
assume that the default for the number of lines of continuous output
that are printed before you receive an automatic interruption is 50.
You can use the TERMINAL command to request that 100 lines be printed
before you receive an interruption. When you log on for your next
session, 50 lines will again be the default.
The system has a user profile for you. When you log on that profile
will be in effect. If you want to change any item in your profile,. you
can do so with the PROFILE command. Any change you make becomes part of
your profile. That is, the next time you log on that
cha~ge
will be in
effect. For example, assume that the line-deletion character in your
profile is a percent
(%)
sign. You can use the PROFILE command to
change it to a number
(#)
sign, throughout the.current session, When
you log on for your next session your line deletion character will be
the number sign. If you want to change it back to the original percent
sign you must again use the PROFILE command.
Receiving and Sending Broadcast Messages
There are two types of broadcast messages you can re.c~ive: notices and
mail. Notices are messages sent ~ the system operator to all users.
Mail consists of messages sent by the oper..ator or other user directly to
you. You can send mail to other users and to the system operator.
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