Pinnacle wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Comstock"
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Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [SPAM] z/OS + TSO + ISPF versus z/VM + CMS + ISPF
Raymond Noal wrote:
Dear Lists:
I am cross posting this question to the z/OS and z/VM lists due to the
nature of my question, which is - Will z/OS, TSO ISPF panels and
dialogs work under the z/VM, CMS ISPF
program product? Is there any degree of compatibility between the two
ISPF products? Is there any migration/conversion effort involved in
going from one to the other? (primarily from the TSO to CMS based ISPF
platform)
Most, if not all, of the panel definitions are likely to
work. Your driving execs must be REXX not CLIST, of
course. If your execs issue TSO commands, you will have
to replace them with equivalents. The syntax of EXECIO
is somewhat different, as I recall.
I'll have to disagree with my friend Steve here. If your panels in ISPF
are current, they are likely to contain incompatible syntax and
features, as ISPF on the z/OS side has continued to develop while ISPF
on z/VM has been functionally stabilized for at least the past decade.
I don't believe that anyone would have a list of z/OS features
unsupported under z/VM, as that list would be vast. Panels are only
part of the problem, there have also been massive changes to skeletons
and tables. Unless your z/OS ISPF app is legacy (10 years or more old),
I doubt it would run under z/VM.
Yeah, that was kinda' my assumption: that the app was old.
I agree totally with you if the app uses many modern features.
Good luck,
Tom Conley
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