DDD Letter #53

Enterprise Server Software Changes

Date: January 6, 1997

On January 13, 1997, the following software changes will occur on the IBM Enterprise Server.

• SAS 6.09 Extended will be the default for CMS and MVS. SAS is used for statistical analysis, graphing and display of data.

• ISPF Version 3, Release 2 will be the default for CMS. ISPF is used as a full-screen, interactive environment for CMS and MVS/TSO. It includes its own editor.

• GDDM/ICU Version 3 will be the default under CMS.
  • GDDM is a collection of graphics subroutines which are callable from high level languages such as FORTRAN, C, etc.
  • ICU is a chart creation program.

• SCA Version VI.1 will be the default under MVS. SCA consists of of specialized statistical routines not found in SAS, SPSS and IMSL.

• APL2 Release 2.2 will be the default under CMS. This is the latest release of IBM's version of the APL programming language.

• GDQF Version 2 will be the default under CMS. GDQF consists of several programs which may be used to manipulate or convert graphical data from one format to another or for display on different devices.

• C/370 Version 2 will be the default under CMS. This is the latest release of IBM's version of the C programming language.

• The VTAM screen will be temporarily changed to allow for testing of support of different screen sizes.

• New courses will be available for CRWTH (Computer Based Training).

On-line help files on the use of these products will be available on January 13, 1997. To view an entry type:

on the CMS command line and choose the entry for which information is required from the menu.

For more information, contact Mainframe Consulting at 486-0924. The latest documentation for the above software products is available in Room M038.