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mainframe EBCDIC FAT (Announce)

posted by kerravon , Ligao, Free World North, 22.01.2025, 07:29

> There is also a mainframe emulator - mfemul - available
> (on the PDOS/386 disk, and can run on Windows) which can
> be used instead of Hercules/380.
>
> I need to fix the memory leaking before I can get gcc 3.2.3
> to recompile itself to prove the integrity. Currently it
> crashes (with 333 wait state) after compiling 2 source files.

Problems solved!

A 35+ year quest to get MSDOS (or similar) onto the
mainframe has now been done.

gcc 3.2.3 can recompile itself byte-exact under Hercules/380

zpg.zip and herc32.zip or herc64.zip from https://pdos.org

BFN. Paul.

Complete thread:

• mainframe EBCDIC FAT - kerravon, 23.07.2024, 16:01 (Announce)
  • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - mbbrutman, 23.07.2024, 18:12
  • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - glennmcc, 23.07.2024, 18:29
    • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - kerravon, 24.07.2024, 01:22
      • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - glennmcc, 24.07.2024, 04:00
        • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - kerravon, 24.07.2024, 07:51
          • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - glennmcc, 26.07.2024, 19:27
            • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - kerravon, 29.07.2024, 04:51
  • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - rmcconne, 23.07.2024, 21:49
    • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - kerravon, 24.07.2024, 01:36
  • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - kerravon, 16.01.2025, 11:11
    • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - kerravon, 22.01.2025, 07:29
      • mainframe EBCDIC FAT - kerravon, 07.09.2025, 13:24