Al Nizzardni wrote:
>
> Hello, I have a customer that is looking to migrate off of a
> 969/320 running
> O/S 7.0 to a HP-UX platform.
>
> Questions/concerns:
>
> 1) How difficult is it to convert from MPE KSAM and flat files to similar
> file structures on UNIX?
[chf] Our toolset uses an ISAM implementation (D-ISAM from Bytedesigns) and
creates KSAM wrappers to simulate KSAM.

> 2) What COBOL compilers are available and how easy/hard would the
> conversion
> be?
[chf] Our toolset contains a translator that makes the syntatical changes
and adds in features for our runtime environment.
> 3) What is the JCL equivalent on UNIX to MPE jobs and CI?
We use MPE JCL on HP-UX.
> 4) How would they duplicate the custom code and scripts on UNIX.
[chf] Your existing code usually runs with no manual changes on the target
environment.  We work with a full service migration partner, Sector7
http://www.sector7.com/hp-solutions.htm , to offer an end-to-end solution.
>
Charles Finley
Transformix Computer Corporation
760-439-3146

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