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    Release Notice          IRMAlink/TSO  Ver. 1.03(PR)           07/06/84
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      This constitutes the Beta Test  Pre-release  of  IRMAlink/TSO,  the 
      high  speed file transfer utility to replace FT78T Ver.  1.25.  The 
      purpose of this release is the testing of the transfer capabilities 
      and  the  menu-oriented  user  interface.  As this is a pre-release 
      version,  some of the  final  features  are  not  yet  implemented. 
      Following is a list of these features. 
      
            -  data sets with other than the default volume-serial are
               not supported. 
      
             - the restart option is not implemented.
     

           
      Due  to the program naming conventions of PC-DOS 2.0 and MS-DOS 2.0 
      the name of the program for IRMAlink/TSO is IRMATSO.EXE. As some of 
      the edit/save features of the menu re-write  the  program  file  in 
      order to save the edited data, the program must NOT be renamed. The 
      program,  IRMATSO.EXE,  may,  however,  reside in a directory other 
      than the current working directory. In this case the save operation 
      will perform correctly as the DOS PATH environment variable is used 
      both by DOS to load the program and by IRMAlink/TSO to re-write it. 
      For example,  the program can be stored in the \BIN directory on  a 
      hard  disk and accessed from all other directories if the following 
      command is first executed:

            PATH C:\BIN


      
                  
      The following have  been  added  and/or  changed  with  respect  to 
      previous releases of IRMAlink/TSO:
             
             - the binary transfer mode has been implemented [1.03(PR)].
      
             - the code table edit option of the auxilliary menu has
               been installed [1.03(PR)].
      
             - CAPS and ASIS have been added as valid keywords in the
               transfer type and operands fields [1.03(PR)].
      
             - a check on the startup of the host application has been
               implemented to prevent the PC from locking up in cases
               where the mainframe program does not start properly
               [1.03(PR)].
      
             - a problem with the last record of a text file not having
               a CR/LF pair causing the record count to be wrong has been
               fixed [1.03(PR)].

    
      
                         
      The release diskette contains the following files:
      
            E78.EXE             3278 terminal emulator.
            FT78T.EXE           File transfer utility.
            IRMATABS.OVR        Conversion codes for FT78T.
            IRMATSO.EXE         PC program component of IRMAlink/TSO.
            IRMATSO.HLP         Auxilliary help panels for IRMAlink/TSO.
            TEST.TXT            Small test file for checkout.
            STD.COD             Default code table for IRMAlink/TSO.
            MKJCL.EXE           PC program to tailor JCL file.
            INSTALL.BAT         PC batch file for installation.
            INSTALL.CTL         Prototype JCL file for MKJCL.EXE.
            IRMATSO.CLI         CLIST component of IRMAlink/TSO.
            IRMATSO.HEX         Hex image of mainframe component of
                                IRMAlink/TSO.
            READ.ME             This update notice.
  
      
      
      
      
      

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