Re: S36 DFU Conversion

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just finished a conversion - a Baby/36 on win server to a new i5.
The biggest time spent was the dfu problem.
I thought I remembered seeing ads for such a tool, but
cannot find anything yet.
Jim Franz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Munday" <rwmunday@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: S36 DFU Conversion


> Jim,
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> <<<  Any known tools that can read S36 DFU source and either generate a 
> S36EE or native dfu (Enter, Update, Inquiry, List) or generate RPG/DDS ? 
>  >>>
>
> "Back in the day..."
>
> I had to recreate DFUs from scratch on a System/34 to System/36 migration 
> in 1986.  Unlucky for me, there was an option you purposely had to take 
> exiting your System/34 DFU creation in order to save the source.  There 
> was no original source so I had to create anew.  On the System/36 I would 
> edit my DFU source to make the screens look better than the default (caps, 
> spacing).  It was quite sad to see how folks did a quick and dirty DFU 
> rather than write a proper RPG program.
>
> You may have to create your own.  I just had to take that walk back on 
> memory lane.  Carry on.
>
>
> Robert Munday
> Munday Software Consultants
> Montgomery, AL
> on assignment in Dublin, OH
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