On 17 Jun 2008 09:39:50 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL >> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:21 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: insane request: force load module to RMODE(24) AMODE(24) >> >> >... The programmer doing this is convinced that a/the >> >major problem is that Enterprise COBOL links as AMODE(31). >> He wants to >> >force the load module to AMODE(24). >> >> Why would anybody want to run in AMODE(24) in this day and age? >> As anybody told the programmer to get into the new millenium? >> >> - > >He is convinced that parts of the code simply cannot use AMODE(31) >without extensive rewriting, which he does not have the time or the >knowledge to do. The assembler is very crufty and "tricky" in the bad >sense of the word. Why can't I use RMODE(ANY), AMODE(31) with QSAM I/O? >(rhetorical question - I do know why - this code may similar tricks such >as using the high byte of a register for flags).
This whole thing sounds like I could have a lot of fun upgrading this application and possibly rewriting the Assembler part in COBOL. I doubt your company would be interested in a cross border consultant even though I am a US citizen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
