On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 11:31 AM Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
> @Peter is (of course!) correct. I just accepted your premise and went from > there. You need a 24-bit GETMAIN for the DCB, but a separate DLL or > anything > like that is a way unnecessary over-complication. > > I wrote a paper years ago on converting A/RMODE 24 DCB I/O programs to > 31-bit. I will send you a copy, and I hereby offer a copy to anyone else > who > wants to write me off-list. > > It is not *directly* relevant -- it is about *converting* an existing DCB > program to 31-bit -- but it does cover what needs to go where relative to > the 24-bit line in the DCB world. > Wouldn't it be nice if IBM were to extend the GENCB macro to include BLK=DCB in addition to BLK=ACB, BLK=RPL, BLK=EXLST, and BLK=NIB? OTOH, does anyone actually use GENCB? > > Charles > -- Money is the root of all evil. Evil is the root of all money. With that in mind, money is made by the government ... Maranatha! <>< John McKown
