The 927LX has room for either one HP-IB card - or up to 2 other half-height
cards.
 
Chances are - if it is a 927LX, the full-height slot could be unused - in
which case you could purchase/acquire the appropriate HP-IB card and attach
up to seven HP-IB devices to it - including your tape drive and disk drives.
 
As far as porting your code and data, this could be as simple as a restore
@[log in to unmask] - but is probably more complicated than that. (Which is
why I, HP, and others charge money for doing migrations).
 
Under absolutely no circumstances should you restore @[log in to unmask]@ - unless you use
the KEEP option. Even then, I would not recommend it.
 
The complexity of MPE/V to MPE/iX migration varies substantially. Many
times, it's easier than you think - and just as often more difficult.
 
 
 
 
>I have a HP 3000 Model 70 containing an obsolete but still essential
>application suite and data. We are in the process of developing a new
>Oralce PowerBuilder app to run on another serve. The new system is
>expected for Sept 96.
>Unfortunately we are moving buildings in March 96. We do not want to move
>the Model 70 (need for new computer room, etc.) Another Department has
>offered us use of their 9271x. Their machine is in another location but
>supports ethernet, and is connected to a corporate WAN that runs TCP/IP.
>It looks like moving the application, and providing the users with access
>is not a problem. Alas, the Model 70 is HPIP for I/O (discs and tape),
>while the 9271x is SCSI and ethernet. Does anyone have any ideas for
>cheap realistic options to get our data and code from the old system to
>the new temporary host. Ideally we would like to pop our existing hard
>drives into a truck, run them down the street and plug them into the
>9271x (this avoids migration and adds capacity to the host).
>The only common link we have come up with is use a PC with RS232 to the
>Model 70, and network links to the 9271x, then use Reflection to suck
>files off the Model 70 onto a server, then blow the files onto the 9217x.
>This is obviously a kludge, prone to error (forgetting to transfer a key
>file), time consuming, and generally ugly. Does anyone have any ideas?
>I am not a HP specialists (Geoprocessing Senior Planner by trade), but
>the HP support person works with me so feel free to be technical.
>Please post a direct response to me as well as post to the group, as my
>newsreader seems to refuse to let me add hp.mpe to my list of
>subscriptions.
>    voice (403)496-6073 ,fax (403)496-6104 9:15-5:15 MST, email as above
>Thanks for any help you can offer.
>
>
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