Xref: utzoo comp.sys.misc:2488 comp.lang.misc:3515 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!wuarchive!udel!burdvax!ubbpc!wgh From: wgh@ubbpc.UUCP (William G. Hutchison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.lang.misc Subject: Porting IBM BAL to UNIX or emulating Keywords: IBM 360 370 Assembler BAL UNIX conversion emulation simulation Message-ID: <610@ubbpc.UUCP> Date: 25 Sep 89 14:36:52 GMT Followup-To: comp.sys.misc Organization: Unisys UNIX Portation Center, Blue Bell, PA Lines: 24 Here at the Unisys UNIX Portation Center, I get to receive many "interesting" requests. The latest is a request from an educational institution that wants to train students on IBM 360/370 assembly language (BAL) without investing in an IBM mainframe. Does anybody know of a tool that translates IBM BAL to some UNIX-type language like C or Pascal (or even 80386 or 68000 assembler?). How about a 360/370/BAL interpreter? I know there was one in the early 1970s (used in conjunction with a programming text by Stu Madnick et al.), but I suspect that it has fallen into desuetude long hence. Let's not waste bandwidth on discussing whether this educational institution is wise to wish to do this... I just want to know if somebody has heard of such a converter or interpreter. Thanks... -- Bill Hutchison, DP Consultant rutgers!cbmvax!burdvax!ubbpc!wgh Unisys UNIX Portation Center "Unless you are very rich and very eccentric, P.O. Box 500, M.S. B121 you will not enjoy the luxury of a computer Blue Bell, PA 19424 in your own home", Edward Yourdon, 1975.