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> Date:    Sat, 8 Apr 1995 10:37:44 -0700
> From:    Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: AIF - I haven't been paying attention!
>
> I admit it. During the last few years of all the
> discussion/publication of AIF features I have been just paying
> half-attention. But now I might have a need for some features
> that might be available from an AIF type capability. Can
> someone help me understand how this works? At this time my
> questions are:
>
> 1. How does one know what AIF stuff is available?
>
> 2. Are AIF instrinsics on every HP system so I can distribute
> an application to a target system without worry?
>
> 3. Do I have to buy a developers kit to learn how to call these
> AIF routines?
>
> 4. Assuming 3 is yes, is it technically possible to call the
> AIF routines without having such a kit if you happened to know
> the calling parameters?
>
> Please enlighten me folks. A little knowledge is very dangerous
> and I would like to get less dangerous. TIA.
>
> -- Duane Percox (Quintessential School Systems)
>    [log in to unmask]
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Duane,
 
  I am going to assume that you need AIF:OS. It helps if  you can tell what
features are needed by you. For competitive reasons if you do not want to say
anything on the HP3000-L, send me an e-mail. Or I can fax you the introduction
page listing all the different AIFs.
 
  For those of you on the list who are are wondering about AIFs. AIFs were
originally written to enable independent software vendors to access MPE/iX
internal functionality and low level data structures. AIF:OS can be purchased
for $500.00 and you get the documentation, user id and the intrinsic file.
 
narinder sandhu
:-)  World Wide AIF Team