On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:41:23 -0400 (EDT), Jim Hughes wrote: > > Is High Level Assembler a "free" part of z/VM 5.4?? I don't see the > bills and I am very curious. We are running on a z/890 if it matters.
As Dave Jones has said, no, High Level Assembler is not a "free" part of z/VM 5.4. Some products, such as DIRMAINT, ship with z/VM but they cannot be legally used until you obtain a separate license. But High Level Assembler does not even ship with z/VM. There is, of course, the ancient (circa 1975) Assembler XF (the ASSEMBLE command), which does ship with z/VM. And its functionality can be extended by means of macros to define newer instructions. I have such a MACLIB linked on my home page: http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/index.htm However, if you need things that go beyond the newer instructions, such as multiple location counters, symbols longer than eight characters, etc., then Assembler XF simply will not do. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-
