Lately there have been no usenet postings in any of the groups I follow, >which makes me wonder if my provider is having a problem, or if my
account has expired.
For anyone who worked with IBM OS/VS COBOL, you might have encountered a >first-time switch in the procedure division via the "ON 1" statement.
There are a couple of interesting discussion threads in the GnuCOBOL
forums mentioning "ON 1". I even contributed by locating an online
OS/VS COBOL manual with the full syntax for the ON verb.
Enjoy.
Where did the ON verb dissappear to? >https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/lounge/thread/eeb7391cca/
Converting OSVS-MF Cobo programsl to GnuCOBOL 2.2 (AIX 7) >https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/help/thread/9a15394cc9/
Lately there have been no usenet postings in any of the groups I follow, which makes me wonder if my provider is having a problem, or if my
account has expired.
For anyone who worked with IBM OS/VS COBOL, you might have encountered a first-time switch in the procedure division via the "ON 1" statement.
There are a couple of interesting discussion threads in the GnuCOBOL
forums mentioning "ON 1". I even contributed by locating an online
OS/VS COBOL manual with the full syntax for the ON verb.
Enjoy.
Where did the ON verb dissappear to? https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/lounge/thread/eeb7391cca/
Converting OSVS-MF Cobo programsl to GnuCOBOL 2.2 (AIX 7) https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/help/thread/9a15394cc9/
On 11/11/2021 14:06, Arnold Trembley wrote:
Lately there have been no usenet postings in any of the groups I follow,
which makes me wonder if my provider is having a problem, or if my
account has expired.
For anyone who worked with IBM OS/VS COBOL, you might have encountered a
first-time switch in the procedure division via the "ON 1" statement.
There are a couple of interesting discussion threads in the GnuCOBOL
forums mentioning "ON 1". I even contributed by locating an online
OS/VS COBOL manual with the full syntax for the ON verb.
Enjoy.
Where did the ON verb dissappear to?
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/lounge/thread/eeb7391cca/
Converting OSVS-MF Cobo programsl to GnuCOBOL 2.2 (AIX 7)
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/help/thread/9a15394cc9/
Hi Arnold,
I remember using external switches in COBOL on an ICL 1901A and an IBM
360-30 back in the 1960s...
typically... (COBOL)
IF SWITCH-1
READY TRACE.
If anything hung or crashed, the SOP was for the Operator to set switch
1 and re-run it. There were 24 switches taking one "word" of storage.
typically ... (Operator CLI - later, GEORGE)
ON 1
EXEC <whatever>
On the IBM 360s these switches were held in a byte in the Communication
area of the 8KB OS... (Yes, really... we had 32KB of total memory... and
ran the business (invoicing, stock control, reporting, etc.) in that.
I seem to remember using dials and buttons to set them.
You dialed up the address of the switch byte and then selected the bit
you wanted, which lit up on the console display lights. To set it, you >pressed: System reset, ROAR Reset, and Start. Then checked it was lit.
There were 8 switches available.
Happy Days!
Pete.
On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:10:34 +1300, pete dashwood <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
On 11/11/2021 14:06, Arnold Trembley wrote:
Lately there have been no usenet postings in any of the groups I follow, >>> which makes me wonder if my provider is having a problem, or if my
account has expired.
For anyone who worked with IBM OS/VS COBOL, you might have encountered a >>> first-time switch in the procedure division via the "ON 1" statement.
There are a couple of interesting discussion threads in the GnuCOBOL
forums mentioning "ON 1". I even contributed by locating an online
OS/VS COBOL manual with the full syntax for the ON verb.
Enjoy.
Where did the ON verb dissappear to?
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/lounge/thread/eeb7391cca/
Converting OSVS-MF Cobo programsl to GnuCOBOL 2.2 (AIX 7)
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/help/thread/9a15394cc9/
Hi Arnold,
I remember using external switches in COBOL on an ICL 1901A and an IBM
360-30 back in the 1960s...
typically... (COBOL)
IF SWITCH-1
READY TRACE.
If anything hung or crashed, the SOP was for the Operator to set switch
1 and re-run it. There were 24 switches taking one "word" of storage.
typically ... (Operator CLI - later, GEORGE)
ON 1
EXEC <whatever>
On the IBM 360s these switches were held in a byte in the Communication
area of the 8KB OS... (Yes, really... we had 32KB of total memory... and
ran the business (invoicing, stock control, reporting, etc.) in that.
I seem to remember using dials and buttons to set them.
You dialed up the address of the switch byte and then selected the bit
you wanted, which lit up on the console display lights. To set it, you
pressed: System reset, ROAR Reset, and Start. Then checked it was lit.
There were 8 switches available.
Happy Days!
Pete.
UPSI switches I believe?
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