RE: Convert programs from CISC to RISC

Probably the same reason we all use Windows 95, 98, 2000, .... we're little
fishes in a big pond.

- Ed


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Pete Massiello
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 10:44 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Convert programs from CISC to RISC
>
>
> 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
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