Member Login

forgot password? | register

Competitive software

Are you facing large upgrade costs or a diminishing mainframe software budget?

MacKinney Systems has competitively priced mainframe software to replace Compuware's Xpeditor and Abend-AID, CA's InterTest, IBM's Debug Tool and InfoPrint, LRS' VPS and DRS, Macro4's VTAMPRINT, UNICOM's Comet and CICS/Windows, GT Software's BMS/TS and Assist/TS, and many more.

 

Converting to CICS TS V3 or V4?


Macro Level Interpreter (z/OS and VSE)
Have your Comet® maintenance or upgrade fees gone out of sight? Consider replacing it with Macro Level Interpreter (MLI).

VS/Cobol Interpreter
allows programs written and compiled with OS/VS COBOL to execute in CICS Transaction Server V3 and V4. No program changes or recompiles are required. Continue to seamlessly run your OS/VS COBOL programs in CICS TS V3 and V4.

 

Session Managers


VTAM/Switch (z/OS and VSE) replaces VTAM session managers. Check out its list of features and functions vs. TPX, Supersession or the session manager you now use. 

CICS/Swap
(z/OS and VSE)
offers up to 8 sessions in CICS. Are you using a session manager solely for CICS? Maybe CICS/Swap can help. Are you being charged exorbitant fees for CICS/Windows? Replace it with CICS/Swap and save money. 

 Top

Interactive, source-level debuggers for batch and CICS


Track (z/OS and VSE) replaces interactive, source level debuggers for CICS (Intertest, Expeditor, Fault Analyzer). Track debugs online application programs written in COBOL, Assembler, and PL/1. Includes DB2, DL/1, IDMS and Datacom support. Runs under all CICS releases, up through TS 1.1.1 (VSE) and TS V4 (z/OS).

Xray (z/OS and VSE) replaces interactive, source level debuggers for batch. Xray debugs batch application programs written in COBOL, Assembler and PL/1. Includes DB2, DL/1, IDMS and Datacom support. Runs under all CICS releases up through TS 1.1.1 (VSE) and TS V4 (z/OS).

 

VSAM and Sequential file editors


ISPF/VSAM Utility is an ISPF tool for manipulating VSAM, sequential and PDS datasets; has many of the functions of FileAid.

CICS/On Line File Utility is a CICS-based VSAM file editor.

 

Printing


VTAM Virtual Printer - Route VTAM printer datastreams to system spool; replaces LRS/DRS
 
JES Report Broker - z/OS JES2 report management and distribution
 
JES Queue for Printers - JES2 output queue printing to VTAM or TCP/IP printers; replaces LRS/VPS and similar TCP/IP or VTAM printing software 

Power Queue for Printers - VSE Print Management

MainFormIT - Eliminate the cost of using preprinted forms

MacKinney Print Transform - Used with JQP and JRB to transform AFP documents
 

Top

Compuware VSE Replacement Software


Track (z/OS and VSE) replaces interactive, source level debuggers for CICS. Track debugs online application programs written in COBOL, Assembler, and PL/1. Includes DB2, DL/1, IDMS and Datacom support. Runs under all CICS releases, up through TS 1.1.1 (VSE) and TS V3 (z/OS).

Xray (z/OS and VSE)
replaces interactive, source level debuggers for batch. Xray debugs batch application programs within COBOL, Assembler and PL/1. Includes DB2, DL/1, IDMS and Datacom support. Runs under all CICS releases up through TS 1.1.1 (VSE) and TS V3 (z/OS).

Dump Detective for CICS (z/OS and VSE) - AbendAid replacement
Simplify your dump analysis by viewing abending CICS programs online complete with program source. Statements in error are even highlighted. Menu screens show available programs and dumps. View storage contents such as BL cells and program registers, access EIB, TWA, CWA and other CICS areas, select any program from the link chain. Supports COBOL, Assembler and PL/I programs for both z/OS and VSE installations.

 

Security


CICS/Spy - View input and output screens in real time on another CICS terminal. View HTML pages sent to another browser served out from CICS.

CICS/SignOn
- Replaces the userid/transaction security IBM removed from CICS releases higher than 2.3 (VSE) and in CICS/ESA 4.x+ and CICS Transaction Server 1.x+ (z/OS)

CICS/Timeout - Signoff users after a period of inactivity

 Top

CICS/Application Development


Mapr II - CICS map development tool includes conversion job for BMS source from SDF, SDF-II, BMS/TS and MAPGEN.

Easy Help for CICS - Allow users to maintain help text without requiring program changes. Easy Help can reduce your budget significantly by chosing it to replace Assist/TS (GT/Assist).