Re: S/36 to AS/400 conversion tools and Y2K tools

Carl H. Gerlach wrote:
> 
> Glenn:
> 
> I can't make a recommendation on converting S36 code to native 400, however I 
>would like to inquire if you were able to consider leaving your S36 code as-is 
>and run it on an Advanced 36 or a AS400 with OS400 v3r7 or better with SSP. 
>The speed is incredible. You also can share the data with OS400 rather nicely.
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I'll second that.  Unless the S/36 code was designed with the AS/400 in
mind, converting code to native would give you little, if any, benefit
over running a S/36 environment.

If you have very clean source members for let's say the input specs of a
file, you could write a program in an afternoon which would create a
bare bones file DDS, but sooner or later you would want to make
reference to a data dictionary, add edit codes, validity checks, etc.
and I don't know of any conversion tool which does that.  The S/D screen
specs automatically create display file DDS, again without dictionary
references.

See if you can get a copy of RedBook GG24-3250-x "System/36 to AS/400
Application Migration" and GG24-3304 "Converting System/36 Environment
Applications to Native AS/400".

The migration aid is a S/36 software product which would create a list
of programs to compile and produce an audit report of the progress.

James W. Kilgore
QAPPDSN@ibm.net
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