I discovered that Fujitsu makes a form of their EBCDIC OS BS2000/OSD for x86 machines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS2000/OSD It would seem to me that an organization that really wants Perl EBCDIC support to continue would easily have the means to devote an x86 as a smoker machine. Without a commitment for a smoker, the plug will soon be pulled on Perl support.Thread Next