Max records for file on Advanced/36

[jgm@xxxxxxx]

Russ Khoury wrote:

MI>I'm trying to find the maximum # of records in a file for Advanced/36 w/SSP
MI>only. According to the BLDFILE procedure the records value can be from 1 to
MI>8,000,000. I seem to remember seeing a number in the 4 million range years
MI>ago. I'm pretty sure that the record capacity of the AS/36 is the same as
MI>the original 36. If anyone has bumped into the max or knows, I'd appreciate
MI>it. TIA.
MI>+----------------------------------------------+
MI>| Russ Khoury, Consultant       AS/400, S/36   |
MI>| russk@nis.net                 ------------   |
MI>| Paul Russell Associates, Inc. 201-934-1791   |
MI>+----------------------------------------------+

Jesse McKay replies:

The RRN of a S/36 disk record is 24 bits, as can be demonstrated by the
3-byte record address in an ADDROUT file.  Two raised to the 24th is
16,777,216.  No S/36 file can contain more than this number of records.

Jesse McKay
"S/36 And Beyond!"
E-mail: jgm@nak.com
   N.A.K.Software, Home of "The Squirrel's Nest
Enjoy Chat with Worldlink, Cybernet, Telecafe, & IRC
  199.190.119.2 * http://nak.com * 1-815-795-4894
Webmasters earn more money at http://nak.com/webmastr 

+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com".
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com
|    and specify 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---