Something I've been wondering for a while is: We have a license for High Level Assembler for z/OS on our box, does that also cover using High Leve l Assembler for z/VM on the same box, or does that require a second license? If it's all covered by one license, is there any special proces s to get the VM version shipped as "already licensed"?
Brian Nielsen On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:07:48 -0400, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: >On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:41:23 -0400 (EDT), Jim Hughes wrote: >> >> Is High Level Assembler a "free" part of z/VM 5.4?? I don't see the >> bills and I am very curious. We are running on a z/890 if it matters. > >As Dave Jones has said, no, High Level Assembler is not a "free" part >of z/VM 5.4. Some products, such as DIRMAINT, ship with >z/VM but they cannot be legally used until you obtain a separate license . >But High Level Assembler does not even ship with z/VM. >There is, of course, the ancient (circa 1975) Assembler XF >(the ASSEMBLE command), which does ship with z/VM. And its functionalit y >can be extended by means of macros to define newer instructions. >I have such a MACLIB linked on my home page: > > http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/index.htm > >However, if you need things that go beyond the newer instructions, >such as multiple location counters, symbols longer than eight characters , >etc., then Assembler XF simply will not do. > >-- > .''`. Stephen Powell > : :' : > `. `'` > `- >======================== ========================= ========================
