Hi Folks,
I have been working on updating some old programs to run on z/OS.
Origin of these programs is CBT Tape File 830 (use the one on the
Updates page). These are old Xephon program contributions written from
the mid-1980's thru the mid-1990's. There are a lot of them, and many of
them are useful today. Some of them address different issues than what
is already on the CBT Tape.
I am picking some of these programs, one by one, to try and get
them to work under z/OS. Some of them are handier tools than the ones
we already have; some do similar jobs, but they are nicely written. The
destination for the "fixed programs and packages" is CBT File 836. You
are welcome to look at the current version of File 836 that I have
posted, on the www.cbttape.org Updates page.
Since there are many members in CBT File 830, each representing an
article in the MVS magazine, it would be nice if some people would help
us find programs that are useful to them, and would fix them to run on
z/OS. Usually not too much fixing is needed. Assembler programs need
to have "register equates" (e.g. macro YREGS from SYS1.MACLIB) added to
them. YREGS was not available 25 or 30 years ago. Looking at this
material is a big job for me, and I'd appreciate it if you'd help
yourselves by picking a few programs for yourself, getting them to work,
and sending the results to me, to be posted in your name, on File 836.
This material is no longer controlled by the (now defunct) Xephon.
Control of them was given to Bob Thomas of Enterprise System Journal,
and when he stopped publishing the magazines, he gave support control of
the materials to www.cbttape.org. You can now use all these materials
in good conscience.
So please give it a try, and see if you can get some of the
material to work for yourselves, and help others by sending the (fixed)
code back to me. This will be much appreciated by all.
All the best of everything to all of you........
Sincerely, Sam
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