Re: sys/36 to AS/400

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roy, Pete..

Take a gander at the Applied Logic S/36 > native AS/400 conversion util...
We just loaded it up for a client that's been running S/36E on their v3r2
box...  Thing is really sweet and is saving us a bundle of time and them a
bundle of buck$!

Don in DC metro...

On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Pete Hall wrote:

> At 04:11 PM 3/17/98 -0500, Roy Schnauss wrote:
> >Thanks guys for the help.  What I am looking for is a cheap way to keep my
> >sys/36 software afloat and this is why I picked the f02.  I think it would
> >be wise to upgrade to a 400 for the yk2 problems with the operating system
> >on the 36.  Will this program work on a 400 without any modifications or
> >will I have to have the RPGII program converted?  The other reason that I
> >am upgrading is that I have run out of disk space on the 36.  Once on the
> >400 I am going to have the date field expanded on the software ( I hope).
> 
> Roy,
> 
> There is an IBM migration tool that might be worth a few bucks to you. I 
>don't know how much it is. You install the software on the S/36. I think it's 
>already on the F02. Try executing STRS36MGR. The S/36 software analyzes and 
>reports problems with your code, and saves it for restore on the AS/400. The 
>/400 side stuff restores and compiles it, including recreating DFUs and data 
>dictionaries. The AS/400 code will also handle saves done outside of the S/36 
>migration tool. Both sides can use the migration (transition) data link, if 
>you can get your hands on one. The only things that really don't come over at 
>all are WSU and assembler. You must have source though. Everything must be 
>recompiled. There is a utility that will recreate display file source if 
>you're missing a member or two, but that's about all.
> 
> hth
> Pete
> 
> 
> Pete Hall
> peteh@inwave.com 
> http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/
> 
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