Graham, Given the recent discussions on "advertizing" and the fact that I *used* to (a decade ago) work for a 3rd party, what I would like to say, is hard for me to phrase "politically correctly".
First, let me say that from what I have heard RDz would do what you want - but DOES require an upgrade to your laptop. If you get to the stage that you either upgrade or have access to a "private" computer for the 60 day trial, it sure sounds worth it. Having said that, there are 3rd party "solutions" that I think would do what you want on your current laptop. Like RDz, they aren't cheap. However, they do have COBOL and CICS (IBM mainframe compatible) solutions - and certainly do share the same "VSAM-like" files. If it is needed, S/390 Assembler is also available. If you would like me to be "less obscure" and if no one else jumps in with web page references or product names, please feel free to contact me off-list. wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com (trials of 3rd party products are also often available) P.S. It is my impression that it is NOT the Eclipse IDE (alone) cause the memory needs of RDz). "Graham Hobbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Hello Brian, > > Again thanks for the info - you seem to be well aware of this RDz so I'll > try my luck again. > > I don't expect RDz to create VSAM KSDS files for me. My old COBOL/CICS came > with Pervasive's bTrieve into which I fed sequential files and out came > emulated VSAM KSDS's and my COBOL/CICS programs successfully accessed them. > Am hoping to hear that RDz does something like this . . I thought I had read > (but can't find now) that there was a VSAM File Manager 'thing'. Is clear > that with PC DB2 V9 such access is possible. Might you know about this? > > I am at my cottage for the next three months, 1000km from my home, high > speed access and the retailer who sells me laptops from time to time (. . > and there if troubles). > > So getting another laptop with the kind of capabilities you suggest is not > that simple. Dialup speed at the > cottage also probibits much. So a) having an appropriate computer, b) being > able to download the 60 day > trial are problems. > > The local one room library has a Vista Compaq with .5 meg of RAM - they will > find your comments about > RAM/Vista/speed very interesting. It has 'high-speed' capability via what I > don't know yet. But when I tried to download OpenOffice the time window said > it would take three hours. I called my retailer and he said it should be > 3-10 minutes! So this is their 'high-speed' - am looking into it. > > What's crossing my mind is a) make sure RDz does what I want, b) buy the CD > media pack, c) load in onto my average PC, d) plan on not using the IDE > (guessing this to be the hog and not why I need RDz), e) build the permanent > solution when I get home. > > Did I burden you or what:-))). Have you got RDz on a PC? > > Many thanks > Graham > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Westerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 8:41 PM > Subject: Re: RDz > > > > Hi, > > > > You can use it to build applications that access VSAM, but I don't think > > it > > generates VSAM files on your PC if that's what you are asking. There is a > > debugger, and it's pretty nice. > > > > I do agree that you don't want to be running this on a old Pentium 3 or 4, > > you should have at least a Dual Core PC (or laptop), with a minimum of 2GB > > of memory, (if you're running Vista, get 4GB), memory is very cheap (if > > you > > have the free slots), and places like BUY.COM and OUTPOST.COM (as well as > > many others) have sales almost every other week for 2GB at about $50 or > > less, so loading up is cheap, but if you have Win/XP then more than 2GB is > > just a waste. > > > > You are correct in the the $800 is for the entire catalog, (hundreds of > > programs), for the full year, but it's only a good deal if you can use > > them. > > > > I still urge you to do the 60 day trial first to make sure it's going to > > work for you, the Value Option upgrade option only takes a day or two to > > apply for and get, and if you can't tell if it will work for you in the > > first 30 pr 40 days then you probably don't need what it can offer anyway. > > > > Let me know if I can help you. > > > > Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
