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COBOL ReSource is a powerful product that provides a very complete VS environment in unix. It contains the genuine Wang COBOL 85 compiler, a robust indexed/consecutive/relative file system ported from the premium Wang XDMS VS product, the genuine Wang Procedure Interpreter, and a host of other components built by Wang from the original VS source code. No other product can offer this level of faithfulness to the original VS software.

COBOL ReSource is a real product, currently maintained, with a growing worldwide installed base. It is presently available for IBM RS/6000 AIX and HP-9000 HP/UX.

for more information, or click here for an interactive guide to what to do about your Wang VS, or view the documentation:

The following screen captures are from telnet sessions on a Windows PC desktop connected to an IBM RS/6000 running COBOL ReSource. (optionally: Open this frame to the full window) Colors and fonts are functions of the telnet client used, not COBOL ReSource.


The familiar VS Command Screen

The Run Program Screen

The MANAGER Utility

COBOL85 Compile in Progress

COBOL Speedometer at 133 Mhz
UP TO 129 TIMES FASTER THAN A VS7380
The RS/6000 running the benchmark shown above is only a 133 MHz PowerPC 604 processor -- just a baby.
 
The MOVE to Edited Numeric, though, is probably the best showcase for RS/6000 performance over the VS because it is a very CPU-intensive operation in each type of system. Since the RS/6000 is running faster than the VS microcycle it will show a greater margin of performance in operations that are the most time-consuming in the VS and somwhat less so in more concise instructions.
 
Now let's take a look at a 200 MHz PowerPC 604e, just a small step up from the previous benchmark:

COBOL Speedometer at 200 Mhz
UP TO 195 TIMES FASTER THAN A VS7380
The RS/6000 running the benchmark above is a 200 MHz PowerPC 604e processor -- very low on the scale of RS/6000 systems that runs up to 32 multiprocessors at 1.3 GHz each in a single box.
 

Click here for an interactive guide to what to do about your Wang VS

 

COBOL ReSource is a tradename of Getronics, Inc., formerly Wang Global, Inc., formerly Wang Laboratories, Inc.

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