Ooops. The previous message was intended to be a private reply, but as long as it is public, perhaps David can give everyone a short message illustrating how his Tachyon products can be used in S390 Linux-OS/390 cross-development.
We (STK) have been using the Tachyon Assembler for several years to assemble S390 code on Solaris. I hadn't looked at the Tachyon site in a while, and there is even more good stuff available. Scott Ledbetter StorageTek -----Original Message----- From: Ledbetter, Scott E Sent: September 18, 2002 8:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VSAM or Lightweight Database? David, It was good to run into you at SHARE. Hope all is well. Tachyon OS?? You have been very busy, haven't you? Is this somehow based on Hercules, or is it something you've conjured up yourself? I looked at the web page, and it looks intriguing Scott Ledbetter STK -----Original Message----- From: David Bond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: September 17, 2002 7:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VSAM or Lightweight Database? Paul Raulerson wrote: > I'd like to explore moving some OS/390 VSAM files to Linux on the 390. > Can anyone point me to some appropriate resources? I would like to stay > with VSAM (ISAM, C-ISAM, etc.) files, since some of the code that uses > those files is written in assembler. Record locking would be necessary > however. Paul, You can use the Tachyon z/Assembler to reassemble your programs and produce ELF objects to run on Linux for S/390 or zSeries. You would need to supply replacement macros for the ACB, GET, PUT, RPL and other VSAM services. You might also look at running your programs on the Tachyon Operating System to provide VSAM emulation. David Bond - Tachyon Software LLC - http://www.tachyonsoft.com
