I agree with Ted. And IF you stay tuned for the 14 Feb HPe3000
broadcast I am shure you will find a easier way to stay on HP3000.

hf

"Ted Ashton" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Thus it was written in the epistle of Dinu Iulian,
> > We have a HP3000 (S937)server with MPE/iX 5.5 where we run our programs
> > (writen in Fortran 77). We want to move our programs (and the data
base -
> > Turbo Image)to a new HP9000 L Series with HP-UX 11 (we want to buy it
soon).
> > Is posibile to run same programs without recompile or rewriting them for
> > HP9000 L Series?
>
> Dinu,
>   I'm glad to hear that you have not yet purchase your HP9000, because I
think
> that you would be well-advised to reconsider that decision.  The 9000 does
> not have TurboImage.  You cannot simply move your programs over and have
them
> run on the 9000, and while the 9000 is an excellent computer for some
things,
> I do not think that anyone here would (except in perhaps some very rare
> circumstances) recommend your moving your 3000 apps over there.
>   Perhaps if you could explain a bit more about what you are attempting to
> accomplish, we could aid you in finding a method of accomplishing it
without
> the trouble and expense of migrating off "the crown jewel of the computer
> industry" :-).
>
> Ted
> --
> Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University
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> Time was when all the parts of the subject were dissevered, when algebra,
> geometry, and arithmetic either lived apart or kept up cold relations of
> acquaintance confined to occasional calls upon one another; but that is
now
> at an end; they are drawn together and are constantly becoming more and
more
> intimately related and connected by a thousand fresh ties, and we may
> confidently look forward to a time when they shall form but one body with
> one soul.
>                         -- Sylvester, J.J. (1814 - 1897)
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