Re: CICS for the AS/400

["Patrick Townsend" <patownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ken!

Yes, CICS is still supported on the AS/400. Most of the folks we've run into
using it on the AS/400 treated it as a temporary bridge for migrating
applications to the AS/400. Once on the AS/400 they were converted to native
AS/400 Cobol applications.

If the the applications are pretty straight-forward and there aren't a *lot*
of them, you should be able to convert them to native AS/400 applications
pretty quickly. You'll be happier with the native versions. Of course, any
assembler routines will have to be re-written.

If you go with CICS on the AS/400 be sure you have your support line
contract up to date. You'll need to be talking to those CICS/400 folks at
IBM <g>

Patrick
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IBM AS/400 communications, FTP automation, and eCommerce
software and consulting services.

http://www.patownsend.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Graap, Ken" <keg@exchange.gasco.com>
To: "'Midrange'" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 10:34 AM
Subject: CICS for the AS/400


> Is anyone using CISC/400?
>
> We are migrating some CICS based applications from an IBM mainframe to the
> AS/400 and these applications are currently running in a CICS environment.
>
> The most current manual I can find is for V3R1... Is CICS even supported
in
> a V4R4+ environment?
>
> Kenneth
>
> ****************************************
> Kenneth E. Graap
> IBM Certified Specialist
> AS/400e Professional System Administrator
> NW Natural (Gas Services)
> keg@nwnatural.com
> Phone: 503-226-4211 x5537
> FAX:    603-849-0591
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