Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>...if it came down to HP having
>to make the following decision: do we force a reload to go to 64 bit or do
>we expend considerable effort enabling an OMM, I would lean towards the
>reload. If a migration is indeed required but an OMM is a small effort,
>then I have raised a non-issue.
>
>What does Alfredo, the originator of this thread, think about this?
A reload on an HP3000 (under MPE) is a relatively straight-forward
procedure (time consuming, but not complex). The worst that can happen is
that, if your HPSUSAN changes, you will need to get new authorizations from
your software suppliers. But you will not have to deal with having to
REINSTALL every application, with each application insisting on a RESTART
of your system (just to pick an example at random).
How does a reload under Windows compare to a reload under MPE? I am the
wrong person to answer this question because my non-HP3000 experience has
been with the Macintosh platform (Mac OS software and Apple hardware),
which happily runs 32-bit PowerPC applications as well as a couple of
nostalgic decades-old 16-bit applications. Since these Macintoshes quietly
run all of Adager's Internet-related material day in and day out, night in
and night out, with total neglect from me (web, e-mail, routing, network
printing, HP3000 terminal emulation, and so on) and have crashed only once
or twice in the last 4 years, I can't claim that I have any experience
rebuilding them or reloading them (they restart by themselves). Sorry...
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