<grin> You are about to be amazed. I am and obviously I don't know everything there is to know about the new Tachyon stuff. I am looking at the VSAM emulation and it appears to be single user, but wow, is it nice stuff. :)
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ledbetter, Scott E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:49 AM Subject: Re: VSAM or Lightweight Database? > 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 >
