Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-21 Thread Lynd, Eugene C.
What about The Source Recovery Company? I've heard their presentations at Share (and Guide, I think, back in the day). Not sure they're still around but there is a Web site: http://www.source-recovery.com/ Gene Lynd --

Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-20 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:23:51 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Alas, no. They give you could that, with luck, will compile into the same object code, but it is *not* the source code, and you will have lost the labels, variable names and comments. ... And I would guess

Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-20 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
Subject: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's We have a large number of modules that have link dates in the 80's and 90's (still running, can that be done on windows and Unix platform?). We want to reverse the modules to be able to go to LE and maybe even make changes. Does

Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-18 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/14/2008 at 02:55 PM, Tom Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: And you can recover your source by using the services of a 3rd party, Source Recovery Company: http://www.source-recovery.com/ They take load modules and give you back source code! Alas, no. They give you could

Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-14 Thread Tom Ross
The LE conversion guide show you how to rebind the programs without recompilation. In essence, map the program, code REPLACE statements for all of the runtime CSECTs, and rebind using the LE link library. There is no need to code the REPLACE statements, just use the sample linkage editor control

Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-13 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:00:34 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... the disassembled code was unreadable to them. Which means that they are claiming to also be unable to read/use a Cobol created PMAP (a task which I would expect that a Cobol PROGRAMMER [as opposed to a CODER]

Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-13 Thread Knutson, Sam
http://www.source-recovery.com/ This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the

Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-12 Thread Hal Merritt
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stocker, Herman Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 10:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's We have a large number of modules that have link dates in the 80

Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-12 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 11:50 -0400 on 10/10/2008, Stocker, Herman wrote about No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's: I have suggested the disassembler but the development people were not happy with the output, Cobol people do not like assembler, go figure:-) they are not assembler programmers

No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-10 Thread Stocker, Herman
We have a large number of modules that have link dates in the 80's and 90's (still running, can that be done on windows and Unix platform?). We want to reverse the modules to be able to go to LE and maybe even make changes. Does any one know of any vendors and/or products on the market that can

Re: No Source for load modules not linkedited since 1980-90's

2008-10-10 Thread Chambers, David W.
Does any one know of any vendors and/or products on the market that can be used to reverse engineer these modules - in COBOL. Haven't researched this market in a while. Only one I know of is: http://www.essential-systems.com/resource/index.htm