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Offset<br />

-16 (-10) 1<br />

-15 (-F) • 7<br />

-8 (-8) 4<br />

-4 (-4) 1<br />

-3 (-3) • 3<br />

0 (0) 1<br />

1 (1) • 3<br />

4 (4) 1<br />

5 (5) • 3<br />

8 (8) 9<br />

17 (11) • 3<br />

20 (14) 1<br />

21 (15) • 3<br />

24 (18) 1<br />

25 (19) • 3<br />

28 (lC) 1<br />

29 (10) • 3<br />

32 (20) 4<br />

36 (24) 1<br />

37 (25) • 3<br />

40 (28) 5<br />

45 (20) • 3<br />

Bytes and<br />

Alignment<br />

PREFIX<br />

DATA EXTENT BLOCK -- QTAM<br />

Field Description, Contents, Meaning<br />

MESSAGE PROCESS QUEUE<br />

Work area used by I/O support routines.<br />

Direct access device address used by I/O support routines. Format<br />

(BBCCHHR)<br />

DCB modification mask used by I/O support routines.<br />

Length of this DEB.<br />

Reserved.<br />

BASIC SECTION<br />

Reserved.<br />

Address of the TCB.<br />

Reserved.<br />

DEB PROPER<br />

Address of the next DEB in the same task.<br />

Reserved.<br />

Address of the next available record of the process queue on the<br />

direct access device.<br />

Reserved.<br />

Address of the next DEB on the chain of the process program's DEBs.<br />

X'OF'; identifies this block as a DEB.<br />

Address of the DCB.<br />

Reserved.<br />

Address of the beginning of the tuffer request block (BRB) portion<br />

of this DEB.<br />

Address of a dummy LeB.<br />

QUEUE CONTROL BLOCK<br />

Reserved.<br />

Address of dummy last entry in queue.<br />

Reserved.<br />

Address of QPRIRITY subtask.<br />

130 OS <strong>System</strong> <strong>Control</strong> <strong>Blocks</strong> (Release 21.7)

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