I certainly don't understand all of IBM's Z strategy, but I can tell you pretty good certainty that IBM has zero interest in investing 1ยข in z/OS enhancements to facilitate the use of pre-Z hardware.
Heck, V2R3 doesn't even support a z196! Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Edwards Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2019 8:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: AMODE 32 On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 14:42:47 +0300, Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> wrote: >Sounds like a pretty narrow range of applications, where the existing above >the line is not enough, but an extra 2G will be enough forever. It's sometimes not a matter of "not enough" so much as "capability". E.g. a 32-bit editor is capable of editing either 2 GiB or 4 GiB files, depending on whether it is compiled AM31 or AM32. If you exceed the capability you are forced to use your less-preferred editor. I would like to give users the maximum capability that 32 bits can give. >Why do you feel 64bit is "overkill"? Because it invalidates all old hardware. An AM32 program can still run as AM31 on old hardware, or even AM24 on very old hardware. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
