Upgrading from MPE V on a Series III to MPE/XL (as it was known back in
those days) was a two-step process for us.  We first migrated to a Micro/XE
"Mighty Mouse", ran on that for a week or two, then moved over to a 950.
The bottom line was that we could have done the whole conversion standing
on our heads -- it was that easy.  When I left for colder climes last year,
I remember some code written way back in 1980 still running without a hitch
on MPE/iX 4.0.

Wouldn't it be nice if Micro$oft's "upward compatibility" had matched that
record!!


At 06:11 AM 2/24/99 -0500, Joe Geiser wrote:

        [snip]

>I don't know if I answered it here - but at least some of the information is
>out for comparison.  Upgrading MPE from "V" to "iX" was not terribly
>difficult.  Upgrading to IA64, if HP keeps to form, should not be terribly
>difficult either - but again - we won;t know until we start seeing some
>hardware, and some code from the lab.
>
>Cheers,
>Joe (off for his second cup of coffee for the day, and in a better mood than
>yesterday :)
>

Tom Madigan
SE Pennsylvania

"My opinions are strictly my own.  Who else would want 'em?"