If you look at the POP, the chapter on ¡®basic I/O ?functions¡¯, there is a chart (in my POP, fig 15-5) that shows the bit assignment for CCW command codes.? The particular code in question is X¡¯18.¡¯ If this is a fmt 0 CCW, that is supposed to be interpreted as a TIC (which is valid) and in the case of a fmt 1 CCW, it is invalid. The message does not indicate the CCW format being used (it should) but, if it is a fmt 1 CCW, the message is correct. IBM (and anybody else) cannot add arbitrary CCW command codes here ¨C the figure indicates where they are allowed. So, this is not a ¡®new¡¯ command code that Hercules cannot understand, it is an error!??