Re: Emulated S36 pn RS/6000 to AS/400 Conversion

> I vaguely seem to recall that the Universal Software package emulated the S/36
> right down to the byte.  I think you could save right off a S/36 and "restore"
> on the RS/6000 using this package.  SSP and everything ran without
> recompilation.  As I remember it, the package translated EVERYTHING ON THE 
>FLY!
> Can anyone else here confirm that?

this got me curious so i did a search, and they have a web page at:

http://www.universal.com/pub/open36/open36.htm

upon a quick scan, it does appear to be true that you can take your 36
stuff and just port it over.  but it doesn't say that you can do the
same to port it back!  i would be surprised if you could, because it
also goes on about the stuff it can do that the 36 can't and mentions in
there somewhere about making c code out of the 36 stuff.

we had a customer about 5 years ago that was looking seriously at the
other unix 36 look alike, and ended up not getting it.  i've been
curious from time to time about how well those products REALLY work!

nj
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