CICS OS/2

CICS Operating System/2 (CICS OS/2) provides transaction processing.

CICS OS/2 can run CICS COBOL command-level applications on the Intelligent Work Station (IWS) using local and host data.

Versions

• Apr 1989: V 1.1 (5688-101)
• Nov 1989: V 1.11
• May 1990: V 1.20
• Sep 1993: V 2.0 (5846-036)
• Jan 1995: V 2.0.1 - supports EBCDIC data, C++ and PL/I applications, TCP/IP

IBM CICS Transaction Server for OS/2 Warp (5622-808)

• Version 4.0 - CICS for OS/2 Version 3.0
• Version 4.1 - CICS for OS/2 Version 3.1, CICS Clients Version 2.0.2

Documentation

• CICS OS/2 System and Application Guide, SC33-0616-01
• CICS OS/2 General Information, GC33-0637

CICS OS/2 Version 2.0:

• Installation, SC33-0879
• Intercommunication, SC33-0826
• Customisation, SC33-0880
• Operation, SC33-0881
• Application Programming, SC33-0883

Development Tools

C

• IBM C/2
• Microsoft C 6.0
• IBM C Set/2

C++

• IBM C Set++ Version 2.1

COBOL

• CA Realia COBOL Version 5
• IBM COBOL/2
• Micro Focus Cobol/2
• Micro Focus Object COBOL Version 4
• EASEL

PL/I

• IBM PL/I for OS/2 Version 1.1, Professional Edition

Publications

• Harry Starkman: CICS OS/2 as an Application Enabling Platform - IBM Personal Systems Developer (Spring 1991)
• Bob Crownhart: IBM's Workstation CICS - McGraw-Hill 1992, ISBN 0-07-014770-1
• Rob K. Lamb: Cooperative Processing Using CICS - McGraw-Hill 1993, ISBN 0-07-036111-8

Links

• ZP90-0592 - CICS OS/2 Version 1.20 Enhancements (1990-11-20)