"instead of being offloaded on the mainframe in AWS or Transmit format, was converted to ASCII, losing some needed characters, and was then compressed as a tar file. "
So if you understand the implications of that, then you understand why its useless. Joe On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 3:37 PM David Spiegel <dspiegel...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Joe, > Why is it useless? > > Thanks and regards, > David > > On 2020-07-08 16:25, Joe Monk wrote: > > Yep. And its useless. > > > > Joe > > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 1:39 PM David Spiegel <dspiegel...@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi Joe, > >> I GUNZIPd and UNTARd WYLBUR via CYGWIN on Windows 10 Pro. > >> > >> Regards, > >> David > >> > >> On 2020-07-08 14:25, Joe Monk wrote: > >>> Here is some info from a while back ... > >>> > >>> There is definitely interest, but the UCLA version, instead of being > >>> offloaded on the mainframe in AWS or Transmit format, was converted to > >>> ASCII, losing some needed characters, and was then compressed as a tar > >>> file. The result won't unpack under Windows; unpacked files have > >>> unacceptable directory and member names. At this point I'm not aware of > >>> anyone who has successfully assembled any component. If you search the > >>> internet for Wylbur, you'll find a discussion group, with membership > >>> partly overlapping this and the IBM-MAIN groups, according to which > some > >>> people are fairly close to a zOS version. I just got my files unpacked > a > >>> few weeks ago, and will be using a REXX/Regina program to convert them > >>> to something I can actually process under MVS 3.8j. > >>> > >>> And please, don't try to upload the tar/tgz file - it's useless in its > >>> current form. > >>> > >>> > >> > https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhercules-390.yahoogroups.narkive.com%2FygahqIHc%2Fwylbur-orvyl-milten-and-friends&data=02%7C01%7C%7C6ce4721ad7de46a4d74908d8237d19a1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637298367511061503&sdata=hHlHH8doCTvQPoZqlyKvbvHprP8eEnck5JuoWoh3SJk%3D&reserved=0 > >>> Joe > >>> > >>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 1:15 PM Paul Gilmartin < > >>> 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 09:18:01 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I would *think* -- perhaps I am being naïve -- that one could come up > >>>> with an automated fix for that that would do a 90% job, and then fix > the > >>>> last 10% manually. > >>>>> How many lines of source is it (approximately) and in a few words > what > >>>> was the mistranslation error? The usual stuff with braces, brackets > and > >>>> such? > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> Fromf Joe Monk > >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 4:13 AM > >>>>> > >>>>> Theres a big problem with the stanford distribution that makes it > >>>> unusable. > >>>>> Basically, when they did the ASCII<>EBCDIC translation, some > characters > >>>> got > >>>>> mistranslated. So, it will not assemble. > >>>>> > >>>> "they"? > >>>> > >>>> What CCSIDs did they presume? What should it have been? > >>>> Iconv is your friend. Translate back with CCSIDs to undo what they > did, > >>>> then re-translate with the correct pair. > >>>> > >>>> -- gil > >>>> > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO > IBM-MAIN > >>>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >>> . > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > . > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
