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  • Subject: Re: Convert programs from CISC to RISC
  • From: Pete Massiello <pmassiello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:44:18 -0500
  • Organization: OS Solutions International

Can I ask a very stupid question.  Why would you put up with a vendor creating a
CISC tape for your RISC box?  Don't they have a RISC version? Don't they have
RISC machines? Don't they send out their software on a CD?  I am very curious,
why people put up with this type of behavior?

    Pete Massiello

Cyndi Bradberry wrote:

> STROBJCVN  LIB(yourlibname)  OBJTYPE(*ALL)
>
> I also have a vendor that creates the install tape on a cisc system and must
> run this everytime. It is easier to do this when the system is not being
> used.
>
> You can skip it if you don't mind users getting a message at the bottom of
> the screen saying "* Pgm XXXXXXX is being converted to 64 bit RISC "
>
> Thanks,
> Cyndi Bradberry
> IHFA
> Boise, ID
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Tate [mailto:etate01@sun.hazelwood.k12.mo.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 8:30 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L
> Subject: Convert programs from CISC to RISC
>
> Who remembers the command to do this?
>
> I just had a vendor send a REQUIRED Y2K load (thanks for planning ahead!)
> and all the programs are in CISC and take forever to load.  I'm going to
> have users shutting their computers down thinking they're frozen.
>
> Ed Tate (etate01@sun.hazelwood.k12.mo.us)
> Coordinator of Technology
> Hazelwood School District
> 15955 New Halls Ferry
> Florissant, MO  63031
> 314-953-5090
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Pete Massiello
OS Solutions International
Phone: (203)-744-7854  Ext 11.
http://www.os-solutions.com
mailto:pmassiello@os-solutions.com


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