Depending on what the purpose of the clear is. Sometimes it was done just to make sure a count was not negative, or to get rid of an x'80' call list delimiter, in which case you're okay. My point is that sure, there a thousand reasons why it might not work, but no inherent reason not to give it a try. There's no guarantee that it WON'T work.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Tsujimoto Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 8:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Old Hashing Routine Charles Mills wrote: >There is nothing about an older program that necessarily means it will not run AMODE 31. A common practice used by older programs is using LA to clear the how order byte, which is a problem if it's a 31-bit address. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
