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Subject:  [HP3000-L] Simple Questions (Maybe)



Hello!

Please excuse the simplicity of this question as I'm a complete MPE
novice.  However, a large looming project which my company has put me
in charge of will undoubtedly make me MPE experienced in no time.

However, I need to have two things clarified, and since information on
MPE is hard to find, this forum is as good as any to start with:

1)  My understanding is that there are two distinct "modes" that run on
MPE/iX - MPE native, and POSIX.  If an MPE native app and POSIX are
running at the same time, can they work with each other?  I've heard
that they are completely disjoint and cannot share information.

*** You can combine the advantages of both. I have some batches using programs
out *** of HPBIN.SYS for special things, and I also use the shell to execute a
posix *** based script. Newer techniques (Java) still base on MPE - this is
alwys the
*** underlying OS - but are not strange for Unix folks as well.

2)  Can MPE/iX 6.x be installed on an HP9000, or will it only work on
an HP3000?

*** HP3000 only! But it's easy to switch a K-class HP9000 to an HP3000 - as far
as *** I know you need only an HP technician changing the motherboard code. It
depends *** on the H/W type of the processor. V-classes are currently not
supported for MPE *** as far as I know ... probably because nobody tested this
so far ???


Thanks in advance,
Dan Behman.

*** You're welcome,
*** Andreas Schmidt, CSC, Germany



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