'Whinge' similar to 'complain'. Spellings vary :-) You're right about the AMODE/RMODE, though. I had them reversed. AMODE 31, RMODE ANY, although it was AMODE 31, RMODE 24 in one circumstance I'd have to think about.
Rupert On Mon, 16 Dec 2019, 21:00 Steve Smith, <sasd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Indeed it can. And for the majority of programs that don't color too far > outside the lines, they don't need to be reassembled anyway. > > btw, that AMODE/RMODE combo is illegal. I think the Binder corrects it > without much complaint. > > I don't get British spelling, shouldn't that be "whigning"? (if y'all > insist on having a silent 'g' in there). That's rhetorical; the spelling > is "whinging" regardless. > > sas > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 3:48 PM Rupert Reynolds <rreyno...@cix.co.uk> > wrote: > > > Another question, purely out of interest: > > Can the old MVS/SP code still run unchanged? > > I reminisced with a friend about the day he whinged about a 64k code > > segment size on Intel micros and I out-whinged him with a 4k code CSECT > :-) > > > > Can a modern z/OS installation still assemble, link and run the old > stuff, > > such as the typical local utilities we all saw: > > > > MYPROG CSECT > > MYPROG RMODE ANY > > MYPROG AMODE 24 > > STM 14,12,12(13) > > USING ... > > > > If so, that's quite an achievement, both in the changes and the > flexibility > > of the original design! > > > > Rupert > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > sas > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
