News - Press Release - October 1997
XDC® X3.3 now available!
I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Extended Debugging Controller's newest release. "X3.3" has a number of incremental improvements over its predecessor. Briefly, they include the following:
- RMODE : The bulk of XDC's load module has been split off into two new load modules named XDC31 and XDCSYSIF which now can be loaded into 31-bit memory. Also, the XDCTFS load module has been recoded so that its residency can be changed from 24-bit to 31-bit. This significantly reduces XDC's total 24-bit memory requirements from 513K to 56K.
Also, if you have been placing the XDC load module into the PLPA, then this reduction includes a reduction in XDC's 24-bit common memory requirements of from 271K to 56K.
- Year 2000 Compliance : XDC is now fully compliant, both internally and externally with year 2000 requirements.
- PSW-Relative Instructions : XDC now fully supports all of the new PSW-relative machine instructions. Also included is support for the Assembler supported "jump mnemonics" associated with the BRC instruction (JE, JNE, etc.).
- Limited Long Names Support : Tachyon Software makes an S/390 cross assembler that runs on PCs but produces object code that is 100% compatible with object code produced by IBM's High Level Assembler. In fact the Tachyon assembler is essentially a well supported PC implementation of HL-ASM. Anyway, when the program that is being debugged has been assembled via the Tachyon Assembler, XDC is now able to use and display all assembly-time labels regardless of length, not just those that are 8 characters and shorter. (The 8-character limitation still applies for code assembled by IBM's High Level Assembler.)
- Miscellaneous Minor Changes : These include some new commands such as:
- LIST CDF : Displays miscellaneous status and state information about XDC's Cross Domain Facility.
- LIST XDC : (Alias: LIST MAINTENANCE) Displays XDC's maintenance levels, SVC numbers, Cole Software contact information, and miscellaneous other information.
- ALARM : Sounds a "hey guy, time to wake up" alarm for a minute or so.
- SET BELL : Has been improved to allow you to better control what messages cause the terminal to beep at you.
For more information on Cole Software or XDC contact Robert W. Shimizu at 1 (800) XDC-5150 or sales@colesoft.com.
