The IBM Debug Tool data sheet says: Display and alteration of 64-bit 
general purpose registers in assembler expressions is provided on hardware 
that supports 64-bit addressing. Debug Tool correctly displays data items 
according to type, including three floating-point data types: binary 
(IEEE), decimal and hexadecimal.
(and does a whole lot more...) go see:
ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/htp/pdtools/info/DatasheetDT.pdf 
http://www.ibm.com/software/products/en/debugtool/
Sharuff 
[email protected] 

> 
> Date:    Thu, 3 Jul 2014 06:37:41 -0500
> From:    Barry Merrill <[email protected]>
> Subject: TSO Test does not support 65-bit debugging?
> 
> To my surprise even in 2014 the TSO TEST command does not support 
> 64-bit debugging! 
> 
> For example, there is no way to display the contents of a 64 bit 
> register.  TSO TEST only shows the rightmost 32 bits.
> 
> Tactically, in the short term there are ways around this by storing 
> the 64 bit registers into memory for viewing or forcing dumps.
> 
> But strategically as we move on further into the 21st Century this 
> may become this may become a significant problem for supporting 
> assembler modules in MXG as more use of 64-bit environment is required.
> 
> Some modern alternatives to TSO TEST (all at extra cost) are:
> 
> .   HLASM Tookit from IBM
> .   Xpediter/TSO from Compuware
> .   z/XDC from Colesoft Software
> 
> 
> Did IBM really drop the ball on this by stabilizing the TSO commands
> at what is becoming an increasingly ancient level (non-64-bit)?  Or 
> have we missed something?
> 
> Merrilly yours,
> Barry Merrill
> 
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