Version 3.07 announcement

Jay Maynard

Mar 10, 2010

Hercules version 3.07 has been released. It is available now in source form,
as well as prebuilt binaries for Linux (RPMs for CentOS 4.8) and Mac OS X
(Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard). The Windows prebuilt binaries, both 32-
and 64-bit, weill be available this weekend.

What's new in release 3.07

Release date: 10 March 2010

Fast Synchronous Data Mover Facility (Guy Desbiens)
Diagnose 210, 250, 260 (Harold Grovesteen)
Extended Diagnose 204 feature (Jan Jaeger)
Complete Diagnose 24 (Harold Grovesteen)
Configuration-Topology Facility (Fish)
HFP-Unnormalized-Extensions Facility (Harold Grovesteen)
CMPSC performance improvements (Bernard van der Helm)
uptime command (Fish)
Raise XPNDSIZE limit to 1048576MB (Roger Bowler)
MAXCPU and LPARNUM configuration statements (Roger Bowler)
Add capacity model identifiers to MODEL config statement (Roger Bowler)
SCLPROOT configuration statement (Jan Jaeger)
Add "noclear" option to printer and card punch devices (Jay Maynard)
Socket printer support (Fish)
3705 SNA device support (Max H. Parke)
TTY and 2741 support for 2703 (Max H. Parke)
Tracing enhancements (Jan Jaeger)
Allow configure --enable-external-gui for Unix builds
Enable tun/tap emulation for 64-bit Windows builds (Ivan Warren)
64-bit Windows support (Roger Bowler)
Raise MAX_CPU_ENGINES limit to 64 (Roger Bowler, Ivan Warren)
Numerous bug fixes (Ivan Warren, Fish, Jan Jaeger, Bernard van der Helm,
Roger Bowler, Jay Maynard)

The Hercules developers recommend that all users upgrade to this version.
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
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