Re: RISC to CISC ? and TCP/IP ?

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Kirk,

In a message dated 97-08-27 14:22:50 EDT, you write:

> 1. I have a client that will be migrating to a 510 from an E70 soon. I'm
>  not doing the migrate, but a question came up I want to make sure of.
>  The client was questioning a vendor about observability of thier
>  code(it's not). The answer from the vendor was something to the effect
>  of THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM ANYMORE. Best I can tell it must have
>  observability to migrate. If they supply new code in RISC format then we
>  don't care. Right ?

WHAT's not a problem anymore?!!?  If the code is provided in a RISC format,
fine.  Otherwise, unless they provide a "RISC PACK" like SSA does with BPCS
does for proprietary code, the stuff WILL NOT WORK on a RISC box.  If the
code wasn't compiled on the RISC, the first time it's called the system tries
to replace the OPM program "template" with a RISC version.  If observability
has been removed, there is no "template" to replace!

We hit this problem HARD when we replaced one of the (un-observable) BPCS
date routines with a "dummy" program that called our own (to fix the little
problem that RPG has with extracting the proper date when a job crosses
midnight).  As we NEVER (except in this case) place a modified program in a
vendor's base object library, we missed it upon migration.  Have you ANY idea
how many programs call a standard date API ;-)?  Without observability, you
haven't got a chance of running on RISC with your current objects unless the
aforementioned "RISC Pack" is available.

<<snip, as 2 isn't my area of expertise>>

Regards,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
(Between Raleigh and Research Triangle Park)
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"Marriage is like an army.  Everyone complains, but you'd be suprised at how
many reenlist." -- The Fortune Cookie
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