From: joemonk64@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 10:04:33 AM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   > Joe Monk  writes:   
   > >On Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 9:41:49 AM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>   
   > >> Spool files are an artifact of the unit record world, thankfully also   
   obsolete.   
   > >>   
   > >All windows printing is done with spool files, hence the existence of the   
   print spooler.   
   > And none of the handling for that is in the NTOS kernel. It's in usermode   
   code like   
   > it should be.   
      
   All spool file handling in MVS is in JES2. Its not part of the nucleus either.   
      
   Access Methods (BSAM, QSAM, etc.) are not in the nucleus either. The nucleus   
   issues CCWs just like everything else.   
      
   Joe   
      
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