In <[log in to unmask]> Bill
Cleavinger <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Kim,
> We converted from a series 70 to a series 947 in 1992. I vaguely
>remember that we had a problem with an in-house written SL routine
>that had a problem when we tried to run it in compatibility mode.
>The program failed with an unresolved external. The name of the
>routine was "date'mm/dd/yy" (converted a yymmdd value to mm/dd/yy).
>I don't remember the answer the response center gave us. What we
>ended up doing was changing the routine name to "date'mm'dd'yy",
>recompiling, and it worked. That is the only major glitch that
>stands out. A critical application, with a lot of users.
> Hope this helps, and good luck! :-)
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>Bill Cleavinger                 Analyst/Programmer
>North Idaho College             <[log in to unmask]>
 
>On Thu, 4 May 1995, Kim Kreider wrote:
 
>>   I'm sure its been discussed before:  we have a rather large production and
>> inventory management system running on a classic 70.  We are getting
>> ready to upgrade to an new PA box.  Most of the code is TRANSACT (augh!).
>>
[snipping for space sake...]
>>
>> Kim Kreider
>> Franklin, Virginia
 
(warning -> minor plug alert)
 
FYI - HP does offer a 4 day class for migration (#31110).
 
Something that might help in porting your code also that we found invaluable
years ago was the Migration Toolset from HP.  If you've arranged for
consulting from HP, the consultant will bring it in with them.  If not,
last price I saw was for $105 (ck on this).  I warn my students to order
it IMMEDIATELY though because it takes 6 weeks to deliver.  It does
however contain tools that both watch for incompatibilities in your
software as it's running or can scan object code and SL's for problems.
It saved us a lot of headaches when the company I was with in '88
migrated.
 
Hope yours goes smoothly!
 
Debby Gray
Education Consultant (hp)
 
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