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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
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 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.