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Re: Testing EBCDIC? (was: Re: Dropping 5.5 support from my modules.)

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From:
Steve Peters
Date:
December 3, 2007 09:45
Subject:
Re: Testing EBCDIC? (was: Re: Dropping 5.5 support from my modules.)
Message ID:
fd7a59d30712030902s14989cebl4d132a2865ea882b@mail.gmail.com
We have had some MPE/iX folks providing patches from time to time, but
its been a while (read over a year) since we've had any patches from
them.

Steve Peters
steve@fisharerojo.org

On Dec 3, 2007 10:41 AM, Gerard Goossen <gerard@tty.nl> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 11:31:02PM -0600, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > Acquiring an IBM mainframe emulator appears to be as simple as
> > downloading and installing a package.  See:
> >
> > http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules/
> >
> > Acquiring the tools to build Perl and the expertise to troubleshoot
> > problems in this environment may be more difficult.
>
> This appears to be only an mainframe emulator without any OS at all, but
> if somebody known how to set it up, has used it to test Perl 5.
>
> Also from what previous messages on p5p: The only one doing testing on
> EBCDIC is Chun Bing Ge, but that doesn't happen in a very structure
> way, and nobody else has access to test accounts or something like that.
>
> --
> Gerard Goossen
> TTY Internet Solutions
>
>

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