The z/OS Enterprise PL/I, Language Reference is the primary reference I have been using for the PL/1 that I’ve had to learn, but it is too modern, and not nearly as fun as theĀ 1970’s era “PL/I structured programming book” I’ve got:
I’m not sure what a disk pack is, but I presume it is a predecessor to the hard drive.
Edit: Art Kaufmann, who I worked with at IBM, knew what a disk pack was (picture above from wikipedia):
“Back in the day, disk drives used removable media called “disk packs.” These were stacks of disks (usually about 2′ across) on a spindle with a plastic cover. See the IBM 2311 and 2314 for examples of these drives. You’d open the drive, lower the pack into place, twist the handle and remove the cover, then close the drive. The big risk was getting dust in when the cover was off; that would cause a head crash. Then some nitwit operator would either put a different disk pack in that drive (ruining that pack) or move the bad pack to a new drive, crashing that one. Or both.”