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Re: DEBE?

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On 2021-02-02, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2021-02-01, gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Sorry to be obtuse, but what is DEBE and what does it do?
>>> 
>>> There's some discussion about it's origin upon googling
>>> but nothing to satisfy one's curiosity!
>> 
>> This is one of the most a.f.c-worthy threads in a while.
>> DEBE is a utility you'd run from a mainframe console to
>> do all sorts of handy things like copy files, position
>> tapes, etc.  It stands for "Does Everything But Eat".
>> 
>> I got hold of source code for a similar utility that
>> someone wrote for the Univac 9400, and made some enhancements.
>
> It would be nice to have the documentation for DEBE (and Ditto) I think
> they were both Type-3 (contributed) programs, and there doesn’t seem to
> be doc for most Type-3s. Does anyone have the source?

Being the pack rat that I am, I probably have an assembly listing
of my version (based on a version of Ditto, I believe).  It would
probably be faster for me to type it in than look for a 9-track
tape and a drive to read it on...

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DEBE? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-01 14:33 +0000
  Re: DEBE? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-01 11:45 -0700
    Re: DEBE? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-01 11:50 -0700
      Re: DEBE? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-01 19:40 +0000
      Re: DEBE? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-02-02 10:06 -1000
        Re: DEBE? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-02-02 14:13 -1000
  Re: DEBE? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-02-02 02:52 +0000
    Re: DEBE? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-02 14:59 -0700
      Re: DEBE? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-02-02 22:33 +0000
      Re: DEBE? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-02-03 18:30 +0000
        Re: DEBE? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-03 12:34 -0700

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