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<h1>What's new in Hercules</h1>
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<h2>What's new in release 2.17</h2>
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<p>Release date: 1 February 2003
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<ul>
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<li>Restructured DASD subsystem: better use of memory,
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compressed FBA support, framework for shared DASD (Greg Smith)
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<li>New dasdcopy utility replaces ckd2cckd and cckd2ckd, and adds
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compressed FBA support (Greg Smith)
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<li>Native support for Mac OS X 10.2 and above (Paul Scott)
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<li>Reworked CTC and LCS emulation (Jim Pierson)
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<li>SMP host integrity fixes (Greg Smith and Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Fixes for compile errors with gcc 3.x (Greg Smith and David "Fish" Trout)
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<li>S/370 dual address space and MVS assist fixes (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Renumbered all messages to consistent format, removed duplicate
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numbers, and began message documentation (Jay Maynard)
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<li>Added options for 1052/3215 consoles and card readers (Jay Maynard)
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<li>Numerous instruction and I/O emulation fixes (Greg
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Smith, Jan Jaeger, Juergen Dobrinski, Bernard van der Helm,
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Andy Norrie, and David "Fish" Trout)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-2.17.tar.gz">hercules-2.17.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 2.16.5</h2>
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<p>Release date: 8 July 2002
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<ul>
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<li>Correct serious CCKD image file corruption error (Greg Smith)
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<li>Allow tape files to be opened for input if on CD-ROM (Volker Bandke)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-2.16.5.tar.gz">hercules-2.16.5.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 2.16.4</h2>
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<p>Release date: 3 July 2002
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<ul>
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<li>Read backward support for emulated tape (Volker Bandke)
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<li>Added 9313, 9332, and 9335 to list of supported devices (Tomas Masek)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-2.16.4.tar.gz">hercules-2.16.4.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 2.16.3</h2>
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<p>Release date: 2 July 2002
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<ul>
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<li>CTC fix for TurboLinux bug (Jim Pierson)
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<li>3287 printer support via TN3270 (Tomas Masek)
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<li>S/370 extended memory fixes (Tomas Masek)
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<li>ctcadpt.c compilation fix for FreeBSD (Mark Szlaga)
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<li>Fixed 3270 ERASE ALL UNPROTECTED command to not count data read
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(Tomas Fott)
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<li>Fixes to ckdtab in dasdtab.c (Greg Smith)
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<li>Retrofitted cckd chkdsk fixes/enhancements (Greg Smith)
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<li>FBA fixes contributed by Tomas Masek (Greg Smith)
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<li>Compatibility fixes for cckd and 2.17 (Greg Smith)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-2.16.3.tar.gz">hercules-2.16.3.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 2.16.2</h2>
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<p>Release date: 20 May 2002
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<ul>
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<li>Fixed 3350 dasdtab entry (Greg Smith)
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<li>Fixed 370 interval timer error (Valery Pogonchenko)
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<li>Control panel attach command bug fix (David "Fish" Trout)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-2.16.2.tar.gz">hercules-2.16.2.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 2.16.1</h2>
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<p>Release date: 4 May 2002
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<ul>
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<li>fthreads locking fixes (David "Fish" Trout)
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<li>dasdload bug fix (Greg Smith)
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<li>FBA dasd devices allow any size disk (Jay Maynard)
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<li>Control panel attach command bug fix (Kris Van Hees)
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<li>Windows versions (finally) accessible from main page (Jay Maynard)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-2.16.1.tar.gz">hercules-2.16.1.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 2.16</h2>
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<p>Release date: 20 April 2002
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<ul>
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<li>PER support (Jan Jaeger, Paul Leisy)
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<li>S/370 multiprocessor support (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Licensed software restriction (Jan Jaeger, Jay Maynard)
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<li>Performance mods (Gabor Hoffer, Juergen Dobrinski, Greg Smith, and Paul
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Leisy)
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<li>Interrupt subclass priorities (Greg Smith)
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<li>dasdcat program (Malcolm Beattie, Roger Bowler)
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<li>Updated TCP/IP documentation (Roger Bowler)
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<li>CTCI support for Windows (David "Fish" Trout)
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<li>Print to unix pipe (Roger Bowler)
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<li>Preliminary Lan Channel Station (LCS) support
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<li>HTTP server (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Various fixes (as recorded in CHANGES) (Paul Leisy, Matt Zimmerman,
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Greg Smith, Volker Bandke, Bernard van der Helm, David "Fish" Trout)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-2.16.tar.gz">hercules-2.16.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 2.15</h2>
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<p>Release date: 04 December 2001
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<ul>
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<li> Autoconf added to ease portability (Matt Zimmerman, Fritz Elfert,
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Willem Konynberg)
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<li> Numerous instruction fixes (Paul Leisy)
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<li> TUN/TAP support for Linux kernels beyond 2.4.6 (Matt Zimmerman)
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<li> Timer fixes (Greg Smith)
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<li> Synchronous I/O (Greg Smith)
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<li> Support for IPL from CD-ROMs as with HMC (Jan Jaeger)
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<li> CTC hang at shutdown fixed (Jan Jaeger)
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<li> CTC TCP/IP now works with VM/ESA (Kris Van Hees)
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<li> Compressed CKD endianness and RAS fixes (Greg Smith)
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<li> Hot reader support (David "Fish" Trout)
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<li> Machine checks now reported for host exceptions, loops, and wait states
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(Jan Jaeger)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-2.15.tar.gz">hercules-2.15.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 2.10</h2>
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<p>Release date: 02 February 2001
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<ul>
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<li> z/Architecture support (Jan Jaeger)
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<li> TUN/TAP support for CTC (Roger Bowler)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-2.10.tar.gz">hercules-2.10.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.71</h2>
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<p>Release date: 18 January 2001
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<ul>
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<li> Compressed CKD DASD support release 2, with improved performance, shadow
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file support, and better reliability (Greg Smith)
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<li> Hercules Emulated Tape format support (Leland Lucius)
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<li> Make HET bzip2 compression optional, analogous to CCKD bzip2 (Jay
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Maynard)
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<li> Fix for track overflow record zeroing (Roger Bowler)
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<li> Clarified licensing discussion in FAQ (Roger Bowler)
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<li> Treat printer X'37' CCW as NOP (Jay Maynard, suggested by Brandon Hill)
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<li> Treat X'E503' MVS/XA assist instruction as no-op (Jay Maynard, suggested
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by Brandon Hill)
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<li> Read commands from hercules.rc at startup (Willem Koynenberg)
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<li> New tapelist program prints contents of 80-byte record tapes (Jim
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Morrison)
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<li> Increased MAXDBLK from 3000 to 40000 and MAXTTR from 10000 to 40000 in
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dasdload (Volker Bandke)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.71.tar.gz">hercules-1.71.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.70</h2>
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<p>Release date: 3 December 2000
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<ul>
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<li>New file hercwin32.zip contains build scripts for Win32 version (Volker
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Bandke)
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<li>More performance enhancements (Juergen Dobrinski)
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<li>ALS-1 and ALS-2 support completion (Roger Bowler and Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Pick up correct float.c module (Jay Maynard)
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<li>Distribute Windows binaries as well as Linux (Jay Maynard)
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<li>Fix orienting bug in CKD DASD search CCW processing (Bob Abeles)
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<li>Obtain TOD clock lock when accessing or updating 370 interval timer (Bob
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Abeles)
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<li>Change license to the QPL Open Source Definition-compliant license (Roger
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Bowler, Jay Maynard, and Jan Jaeger)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.70.tar.gz">hercules-1.70.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.69</h2>
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<p>Release date: 29 October 2000
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<ul>
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<li>Correct AXR and SXR instruction results when significance exception
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raised (Peter Kuschnerus, with help from Mario Bezzi)
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<li>Correct CD and CDR instruction condition code logic (Peter Kuschnerus)
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<li>Do not generate support for square root instructions in 370 mode (Peter
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Kuschnerus)
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<li>Floating point arithmetic tuning (Peter Kuschnerus)
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<li>Performance optimization fixes (Juergen Dobrinski)
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<li>Spelling corrections (Adam Thornton)
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<li>Fixed version number (Jay Maynard)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.69.tar.gz">hercules-1.69.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.68</h2>
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<p>Release date: 8 October 2000
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<ul>
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<li>Rewritten and updated FAQ (Dave Morton)
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<li>Compressed CKD DASD support (Greg Smith)
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<li>Many performance improvements (Juergen Dobrinski, with help from
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Albert Louw and Valery Pogonchenko)
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<li>DASD I/O optimizations (Greg Smith and Malcolm Beattie)
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<li>Simplified building on non-Intel architectures (Jay Maynard)
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<li>Fix for random bug in MP instruction (Mario Bezzi)
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<li>Treat all 3505 card reader read CCWs the same (Jay Maynard)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.68.tar.gz">hercules-1.68.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.67</h2>
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<p>Release date: 4 September 2000
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<ul>
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<li>Win32 portability changes (John Kozak)
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<li>Fix for 64K segment length checking in 370 DAT (Jay Maynard, found by
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Mario Bezzi)
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<li>Fix for TPI storing interrupt code when no interrupt pending (Jay
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Maynard, found by Greg Smith)
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<li>Skip to channel 9 and 12 support (Roger Bowler)
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<li>Panel refresh rate speedup and command (Reed Petty)
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<li>Fix storage protection override on fetch (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>SIE support, with S/370 and ESA/390 modes and vector support (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Bugfix for MXR instruction (by Peter Kuschnerus)
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<li>CONCS, DISCS and RCHP instructions (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Fix flags on intermediate subchannel status (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Break SYSCONS output lines when too long (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Floating point instructions SQDR and SQER (by Peter Kuschnerus)
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<li>Lock Page instruction (Jan Jaeger)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.67.tar.gz">hercules-1.67.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.66</h2>
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<p>Release date: 3 August 2000
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<ul>
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<li>Simplify logmsg and DEVTRACE macro definitions (Jay Maynard)
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<li>Prevent incorrect length indication on CONTROL NOP CCW (Jay Maynard)
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<li>Complete 370 HIO processing (Jay Maynard)
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<li>Correct nullification of TPI and TSCH (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Add device locking to MSCH (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Correct TPROT instruction (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Correct address wrapping on assist instructions (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Change interrupt logic to use longjmp on all interrupts (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Clear remainder of ASTE when loading ASTE with ASF=0 in translate_asn
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(Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Add (incomplete) PLO instruction (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Fix CLCL interruption problem (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Fix addresswrap in MVO (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Make ED and EDMK perform a trial run (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Fix address wraparound in MVO (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Fix CR15 corruption in form_stack_entry, fix nullification in
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form_stack_entry and unstack_registers (Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Fix loss of interrupts in PR (Jan Jaeger)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.66.tar.gz">hercules-1.66.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.65</h2>
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<p>Release date: 22 July 2000
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<ul>
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<li> Track overflow processing fixes (by Jay Maynard, suggested by Valery
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Pogonchenko)
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<li> Added TOD clock update to STCK, STCKE, DIAG 204, and TRACE processing
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(by Jay Maynard)
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<li> Fixed READ DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS alternate track values for 3380 and
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3390 (by Peter Macdonald)
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<li> Skeletal CMPSC instruction (by Bernard van der Helm)
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<li> Added support for 3340 and 3375 DASD (by Jay Maynard, with help from
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Rick Fochtman and David Cole)
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<li> Corrected interval timer update increment (by Jay Maynard)
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<li> float.c optimization for new instruction decode and execution (by Peter
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Kuschnerus)
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<li> Fix program check on TIC ccw (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li> Fix program check on NOP ccw (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li> Instruction decode & execution restructure (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li> Added -fomit-frame-pointer to compiles for improved performance (by Jan
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Jaeger)
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<li> Fix STCKE instruction (by Bernard van der Helm)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.65.tar.gz">hercules-1.65.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.64</h2>
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<p>Release date: 4 July 2000
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<ul>
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<li> Added track overflow processing for CKD DASD (by Jay Maynard)
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<li> Makefile change to allow RPM building with RPM_BUILD_ROOT
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(by David Barth)
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<li> Added NetBSD build definitions to makefile (by Soren Jorvang)
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<li> Moved version definition to version.h and removed
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makefile dependency for source modules (by Jay Maynard)
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<li> Package change: tarball now explodes into hercules-<version>
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subdirectory (by Jay Maynard, suggested by Soren Jorvang)
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<li> Fix backward going TOD clock (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li> Suppress superflous HHC701/HHC702 messages (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li> Rework cpu.c to decode instructions by macro (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li> Bypass bug in IBM telnet client (by Jan Jaeger)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.64.tar.gz">hercules-1.64.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.63</h2>
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<p>Release date: 18 June 2000
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<ul>
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<li>3270 CCW processing improvements (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>OSTAILOR generalization, and new pgmtrace panel command (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>VM IUCV instruction correction and DIAGNOSE improvements (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>CPU timer and clock comparator improvements (by Jan Jaeger, after a
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suggestion by Willem Konynenberg)
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<li>3480 READ BLOCK ID and LOCATE CCW support (by Brandon Hill)
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<li>Networking support via virtual CTCA (by Willem Konynenberg)
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<li>Restructured CPU execution, by function call instead of switch statement
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(by Mike Noel)
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<li>Support for IEBCOPY sequential output datasets in dasdload (by Ronen
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Tzur)
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<li>New dasdls command lists the VTOC of a CKD DASD volume (by Malcolm
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Beattie)
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<li>New AWSTAPE handling commands: tapesplt, tapemap (by Jay Maynard)
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<li><code>make install</code> target to install in /usr/bin (by Jay Maynard)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.63.tar.gz">hercules-1.63.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.62</h2>
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<p>Release date: 3 June 2000
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<ul>
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<li>Still more multiprocessor improvements (by Jan Jaeger)
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<lI>Dynamic CPU reconfiguration (by Jan Jaeger)
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<lI>Basic vector facility (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Floating point version 6 (by Peter Kuschnerus)
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<li>READ AND RESET BUFFERED LOG CCW (X'A4') support (by Jay Maynard)
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<li>WRITE SPECIAL CKD CCW (X'01') support (by Jay Maynard)
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<li>FBA DASD model reporting fixes (by Jay Maynard)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.62.tar.gz">hercules-1.62.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.61</h2>
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<p>Release date: 21 May 2000
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<ul>
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<li>More multiprocessor improvements (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>New startall/stopall panel commands (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>STIDP stores processor address in first digit of CPU id
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(by Roger Bowler)
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<li>Correction to IPTE instruction for S/370 (by Jay Maynard)
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<li>Dummy HIO instruction for S/370 (by Jay Maynard)
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<li>Support for emulated 0671 FBA DASD (by Jay Maynard)
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<li>FBA device reserve/release CCW support (by Jay Maynard)
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<li>New OSTAILOR configuration option allows selective suppression
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of program check messages (by Jay Maynard)
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</ul>
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<p>Download
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<a href="hercules-1.61.tar.gz">hercules-1.61.tar.gz</a>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.60</h2>
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<p>Release date: 14 May 2000
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<ul>
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<li>Multiprocessor locking improvements (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Machine check and channel report word (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Store Channel Report Word (STCRW) instruction (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>New attach/detach/define commands to allow dynamic addition
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and deletion of devices from the configuration (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Compare and Swap and Purge (CSP) instruction (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Broadcasted purging (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Fix LASP instruction SASN authorization using wrong AX if bits 29-31
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are 010 and SASN \= PASN (by Mario Bezzi)
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<li>Fix SAC instruction special operation exception setting secondary
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space mode when ASF=0 (by Mario Bezzi)
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<li>Remove intdrag option and replace drag command by toddrag command
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<li>New extpending flag to improve performance (originally contributed
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by Valery Pogonchenko and enhanced by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Allow longer host name in console connected message (by Jay Maynard)
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<li>Floating point version 5 including fixes by Mario Bezzi
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(contributed by Peter Kuschnerus)
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</ul>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.59</h2>
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<p>Release date: 30 Apr 2000
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<ul>
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<li>Missing interrupt after CSCH instruction
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<li>S/370 DAT support (contributed by Jay Maynard)
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<li>Tape device sense byte improvements (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Read Buffered Log (CCW X'24') for tape devices (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Reject Sense ID CCW for 3420 tape devices (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Suppress unprintable character in HMC messages (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Suppress attention interrupt if subchannel not enabled
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(by Roger Bowler)
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<li>New interrupt drag factor to improve performance (by Roger Bowler)
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<li>New toddrag and intdrag config options and drag control panel
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command allow drag factors to be set (by Roger Bowler)
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<li>Light optimization on CPU critical path (by Valery Pogonchenko)
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<li>Eliminate fetch protection override in S/370 mode
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(by Valery Pogonchenko)
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</ul>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.58</h2>
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<p>Release date: 22 Apr 2000
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<ul>
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<li>Support for CKD DASD volumes exceeding 2GB such as 3390-3
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(by Roger Bowler)
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<li>3274-1D SELECT RB/RMP/RBP/WRT commands (by Roger Bowler)
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<li>Support for 3270 14-bit SBA addressing and inbound SFE order
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(by Roger Bowler)
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<li>Command reject if Write Structured Field CCW issued to a
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3270 without extended attributes (by Roger Bowler)
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<li>Fix missing CSW_IL indication when CCW count exhausted
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(by Roger Bowler)
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<li>Do not set unit exception if CCW count is zero (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Suppress space switch event program check messages (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Branch tracing and cross memory tracing for
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BALR, BASR, BASSM, BAKR, BSA, BSG, SSAR, PC, PT, PR instructions
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(by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>New diagnose instruction to stop CPU (by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>Drag factor option slows down TOD clock, to decrease overhead
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on very slow machines (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Correction to PR instruction (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Correction to LASP instruction (by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>Make CLCLE/MVCLE/CKSM instructions conditional features
|
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(by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Enable channel measurement mode (by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Modify program_check() to handle shadow registers correctly
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(by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Change DAT to favour PSTD in TEA, to give reduction in page
|
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fault path length (by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>Avoid clearing registers at CPU reset (by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>Leave GPR, AR and FPR intact during CPU reset for SADUMP
|
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(by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Zeroize field for called space identification in PC stack entry
|
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(by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>New CCW X'8D' (Write Update Key and Data) required by STOW
|
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(by Jan Jaeger)
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<li>Fix for 0B7 abend in D M=CHP command (by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>Floating point version 4 including fixes by Valery Pogonchenko
|
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(contributed by Peter Kuschnerus)
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<li>Fix incorrect second operand address in MVCIN instruction
|
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(by Roger Bowler)
|
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<li>Correct sign of zero result in SRP instruction
|
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(by Roger Bowler)
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<li>Erase Gap (CCW X'17') for tape devices (by Roger Bowler)
|
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<li>Activate MIPS counter on control panel (by Dutch Owen)
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<li>Suppress tracing of ISK, SCK, and DP instructions
|
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</ul>
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<h2>What's new in release 1.57</h2>
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<p>Release date: 30 Mar 2000
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<ul>
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<li>Fix program check 0032 due to wrong stack entry being updated
|
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<li>Fix wrong SSTD loaded by LASP instruction (found by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>Bypass main storage lock in single CP configuration (by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>Fix incorrect condition code in PGIN instruction (by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>Corrections to expanded storage instructions (by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>New STCPS and SCHM instructions (by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>Set more appropriate sense bytes for tape errors
|
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</ul>
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|
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<h2>What's new in release 1.56</h2>
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<p>Release date: 28 Mar 2000
|
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<ul>
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<li>Fix incorrect unit exception on SCSI tape FSB/BSB CCW
|
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(reported by Daniel Rudin)
|
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<li>Fix unit check on AWSTAPE write (reported by Axel Schwarzer)
|
|
<li>Close SCSI tape after tape is ejected
|
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<li>Detect tapemark during SCSI tape FSB/BSB CCW
|
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<li>Suppress HMC response prompt (by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Expanded storage support (by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Move Page Facility 2
|
|
<li>Correct signed length error in MVCK/MVCS/MVCP (by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Undetected CC=3 in SRP instruction
|
|
<li>Wrong remainder in DP instruction when dividend is less
|
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than divisor
|
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<li>Specification exception in DP instruction should have higher
|
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priority than data exception
|
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</ul>
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|
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<h2>What's new in release 1.55</h2>
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<p>Release date: 22 Mar 2000
|
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<ul>
|
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<li>FBA minidisk support
|
|
<li>Additional diagnose functions
|
|
<li>Allow real storage frames to be marked unusable (by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.54</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 18 Mar 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Address wraparound improvement (contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
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<li>Floating point version 3 (contributed by Peter Kuschnerus)
|
|
<li>Correction to SLDA/SRA instructions (contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Recognize tabs and end-of-file character in ASCII cardrdr files
|
|
<li>Hercules-specific diagnose instructions (contributed by Jay Maynard)
|
|
<li>Correct missing timer interrupt when interval timer goes from
|
|
zero to negative (thanks to Valery Pogonchenko)
|
|
<li>Enable HMC system console in S/370 mode
|
|
<li>Correct sign propagation in multiply instruction
|
|
<li>Reduce CPU thread priority (thanks to Steve Gay and Reed H.Petty)
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.53</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 01 Mar 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Add BSF/FSF/BSB/FSB CCW support for tape devices
|
|
<li>Allow final short block in OMA fixed block files
|
|
<li>Allow processing of read-only AWSTAPE files and SCSI tapes
|
|
<li>Skeleton ctcadpt module for future 3088 support
|
|
<li>Correctly nullify IC/NI/OI/XI/CLM/STCM/ICM/TRT instructions
|
|
on page translation exception (thanks to Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Improved floating point support (contributed by Peter Kuschnerus)
|
|
<li>Correct shift result when shift count exceeds 31 (thanks to
|
|
Glen Herrmannsfeldt and Jay Maynard)
|
|
<li>Fix incorrect MVCL cc=3 when destination length is 1
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.52</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 19 Feb 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Prevent incorrect length indication on 3270 Select CCW
|
|
<li>2K storage protection for S/370
|
|
<li>Prevent wait for console port (thanks to Malcolm Beattie)
|
|
<li>Allow keyword parameters in configuration file
|
|
<li>New sysepoch and tzoffset parameters (thanks to Jay Maynard)
|
|
<li>Adjust TRACE and DIAG204 for extended TOD (thanks to Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Set TOD clock in SCK instruction (thanks to Jan Jaeger)
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.51</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 15 Feb 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>3270 read buffer fix for OS/360 NIP
|
|
<li>Floating point instructions (contributed by Peter Kuschnerus)
|
|
<li>Remove 32-bit pointer dependency from dasdload for Alpha
|
|
<li>HMC system console support (contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Correct condition code after decimal overflow (thanks to Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Set reference and change bits for PSA access (thanks to Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>New CRLF option for printer and card punch (default is now LF)
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.50</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 10 Feb 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Remove interval timer debugging message
|
|
<li>Fix hung console resulting from attention interrupt fix in 1.49
|
|
<li>Seek and Set Sector (CCW=27) for Itel 7330 DASD controller
|
|
<li>Correct SIGP handling of non-existent CPUs (thanks to Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Extended TOD clock bit in processor features (thanks to Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Alternate control panel help text (contributed by Dutch Owen)
|
|
<li>Card reader end of file option (thanks to Dutch Owen)
|
|
<li>Card reader ASCII/EBCDIC auto-detection
|
|
<li>Fix SIGP RESTART to target correct CPU (thanks to Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Allow VTOC size and location to be specified for dasdload.
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.49</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 05 Feb 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Alternate control panel (contributed by Dutch Owen)
|
|
<li>Present attention interrupt when console connects
|
|
<li>Fix dasdload CVOL logic (thanks to Jay Maynard)
|
|
<li>Fix dasdload initialization of empty PDS
|
|
<li>Allow device size to be specified for dasdload
|
|
<em>Note: the volser record in the pack layout file must
|
|
be changed to specify the device type and cylinder count;
|
|
the device type is no longer specified on the command line.</em>
|
|
<li>Add dummy Set Clock instruction (does nothing except set cc 0)
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.48</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 31 Jan 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Fix dasdload to handle note lists (prevent 32D abend)
|
|
<li>I/O interrupt performance enhancement
|
|
<li>Correctly detect overflow in signed Add/Subtract instructions
|
|
<li>Fix track overflow problem
|
|
<li>3270 Read Modified CCW
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.47</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 23 Jan 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Allow tn3270 or telnet client to connect to specific device number
|
|
<li>Align control panel instruction counter (thanks to Mario Bezzi)
|
|
<li>Ensure panel display does not corrupt TEA (by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>STIDP incorrectly propagates high order bit of CPU model
|
|
(fixed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Fix byte-ordering problem with CKD DASD header on non-Intel
|
|
machines (reported by Adam Thornton)
|
|
<li>STIDC instruction
|
|
<li>Extended TOD clock (STCKE and SCKPF instructions)
|
|
<li>3211 Load FCB and Diagnostic Read CCW
|
|
<li>3270 Read Buffer CCW
|
|
<li>Fix console.c to inhibit input while console has status pending
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.46</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 11 Jan 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>HSCH instruction
|
|
<li>SIGP instruction
|
|
<li>Suppress tracing of page faults
|
|
<li>Display control registers and access registers after program check
|
|
<li>Add regs parameter to program_check function calls
|
|
<li>New panel command to perform store status function
|
|
<li>Suppress tracing of CCW file protect and end of cylinder errors
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.45</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 08 Jan 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Make MVCL/CLCL interruptible (contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Diagnose 204 (contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Read Channel Subsystem Info (contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Fix incorrect register count in TRACE instruction
|
|
<li>Correct nullification of STM/LM/LAM/STAM/STCTL/LCTL/STCM and SS
|
|
instructions whose operands cross a page boundary
|
|
<li>Suppression on Protection with Virtual-Address enhancement
|
|
<li>Select correct address space for MVCS/MVCP (fixed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Correct registers after CLCL/CLCLE with non-zero condition code
|
|
<li>Defer clock comparator interrupt while instruction stepping
|
|
<li>Remove 32K limit on data chained write CCWs for non-CKD devices
|
|
<li>Correct overrun error on data chained write for FBA DASD
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.44</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 01 Jan 2000
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Support for 9336 FBA DASD
|
|
<li>Read Replicated Data command for FBA DASD
|
|
<li>Prevent recursive program check after instruction fetch error
|
|
<li>Operand tracing for MVCL/CLCL and RRE instructions
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.43</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 27 Dec 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>New control panel command: devlist
|
|
<li>Write Update Data (X'85') CCW for CKD devices
|
|
<li>Makefile changed to use $(CC) instead of cc
|
|
<li>Fix dat.c to prevent ASN translation specification exception
|
|
(program check X'0017') if subspace group facility is installed
|
|
and ASF is one
|
|
<li>Fix cpu.c to clear ILC before fetching instruction to prevent PSW
|
|
being backed up if access error occurs during instruction fetch
|
|
<li>Correct program check ILC when instruction is nullified
|
|
<li>Obtain CPU model number for STIDP from configuration file
|
|
(contributed by Jay Maynard)
|
|
<em>Note: if upgrading from an earlier release, you must change
|
|
your hercules.cnf file to add a valid CPU model number after the
|
|
CPU serial number</em>
|
|
<li>Prevent wait after devinit (thanks to Jay Maynard)
|
|
<li>Open printer with O_SYNC to ensure buffers flushed
|
|
(suggested by Daniel Seagraves)
|
|
<li>Fix xmem.c to prevent loop in program_call when loading 4-word ETE
|
|
(thanks to Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Improved TLB lookup (contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.42</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 16 Dec 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>New makefile builds both S/370 and ESA/390 executables:
|
|
hercules-370 and hercules-390 (contributed by Jay Maynard)
|
|
<li>3480 Set Path Group Id and Unassign CCWs
|
|
(contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>CFC and UPT instructions (contributed by Peter Kuschnerus)
|
|
<li>Card punch support
|
|
<li>Erase (X'11') CCW for CKD devices
|
|
<li>Correct setting of translation exception address
|
|
<li>Correct file mode when opening printer file
|
|
<li>Correct condition code for shift arithmetic instructions
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.41</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 07 Dec 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Set reference and change bits correctly for main storage accesses
|
|
by channel, dat, xmem, stack, block, and service modules (thanks
|
|
to Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>New devinit command (contributed by Jay Maynard)
|
|
<li>Reject control panel virtual storage display command if CR1=0
|
|
<li>Fix dasdload to correctly write EOF record for empty file
|
|
and to correctly fill block overhead fields in format4 DSCB.
|
|
<li>Diagnose functions MSSFCALL and SCPEND (contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Corrections to service.c and assist.c (contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
<li>Alpha platform portability definitions (contributed by Jay Maynard)
|
|
<li>3480 Assign CCW (thanks to Rick McKelvy)
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.40</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 30 Nov 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>New DASDISUP program performs OS/360 IEHIOSUP function
|
|
<li>Correct SCSW handling for suspend/resume
|
|
<li>Forward space file CCW for tape devices
|
|
<li>3480 load display CCW (contributed by Jan Jaeger)
|
|
and sense path group id CCW (thanks to Rick McKelvy)
|
|
<li>Correct handling of OMA tape headers to correctly recognize
|
|
tape mark and to align headers to 16-byte boundary
|
|
<li>EBCDIC character translation of CCW data displays
|
|
<li>Fix command reject for CKD read commands outside the domain
|
|
of a locate record
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.39</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 24 Nov 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Concurrent sense
|
|
<li>I/O initial status interruption
|
|
<li>Channel program suspend/resume function and RSCH instruction
|
|
<li>Read Device Characteristics CCW for 3480
|
|
<li>Fix incorrect command reject on Sense Subsystem Status CCW
|
|
<li>Increase 3270 write buffer size to prevent console I/O error
|
|
when using Zap function of ZZSA
|
|
<li>Fix <i>very</i> nasty error in dat.c causing wrong bytes to
|
|
be fetched or stored when operand crosses page boundary
|
|
<li>Remove temporary fix to ckddasd.c introduced in 1.37
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.38</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 22 Nov 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>New panel commands to allow storage alteration
|
|
<li>Fix incorrect I/O parameter on attention interrupt
|
|
(thanks to Jan Jaeger for reporting this bug)
|
|
<li>Clear PMCW correctly during I/O reset
|
|
<li>Change 3270 control unit type to 3274-1D
|
|
<li>Fix restart command broken by 1.37
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.37</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 19 Nov 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Storage range display
|
|
<li>EBCDIC character translation of storage displays
|
|
<li>New breakpoint command (contributed by Dan Horak)
|
|
<li>Messages go to log file as well as screen if stdout is redirected
|
|
<li>Fix missing interrupt caused by channel.c failing to obtain device
|
|
lock before setting interrupt pending
|
|
<li>Fix incorrect cond code 1 in attention SCSW built by console.c
|
|
<li>New Read Channel Path Information service call
|
|
<li>Temporary fix to ckddasd.c multitrack search
|
|
<li>Addition of Read Device Characteristics and Sense Subsystem
|
|
Status commands for CKD devices
|
|
<li>New DASDPDSU program to unload PDS members from a CKD volume
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.36</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 12 Nov 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Clear subchannel instruction
|
|
<li>Correct fault causing control panel display corruption
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.35</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 09 Nov 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Improved control panel user interface
|
|
<li>New control panel commands: start, stop, restart, ipl, loadparm
|
|
<li>New loadcore command to load disk image files
|
|
<li>S/370 interval timer
|
|
<li>Allow 31-bit mode linkage in lock instructions
|
|
<li>Support for PCI in ESA/390 mode as well as S/370 mode
|
|
<li>Correct problem causing false channel protection checks
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.34</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 29 Oct 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>New DASDLOAD program to create a CKD volume from unloaded PDS files
|
|
<li>Correct CKD module to prevent record not found error on
|
|
multitrack Read Count CCW
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.33</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 26 Oct 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Write support for SCSI tapes and AWSTAPE files
|
|
<li>Correct handling of REWIND command for AWSTAPE files
|
|
<li>Correct nasty bug in Subtract Logical instruction (thanks
|
|
to Roland Goetschi for finding this bug)
|
|
<li>Ensure unique TOD clock values for Store Clock
|
|
<li>Correction to unstacking process for PR instruction
|
|
<li>Implementation of Read Multiple CKD command
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>What's new in release 1.32</h2>
|
|
<p>Release date: 18 Oct 1999
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Support for virtual tapes in OMA (Optical Media Attach) format
|
|
<li>SCSI tape support (read-only)
|
|
<li>Minor corrections to CKD DASD support
|
|
</ul>
|
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