Re: Emulated S36 pn RS/6000 to AS/400 Conversion

[franz99@xxxxxxx]

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> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 01:05:39 -0700
> From: "James W. Kilgore" <qappdsn@ibm.net>
> Subject: Re: Emulated S36 pn RS/6000 to AS/400 Conversion
>

I did one of these conversions several years ago. I beleive your tape problem 
is the S36
environment on the RS6000 is writing an unlabelled tape. We only have 40-50 
files, so we
wrote a quick conversion to an unpacked format, FTPd the files, and then 
converted them
back. It took about 2 days to code it. Can't remember if signed fields were 
"fun". Your
situation may be a lot different.
About the S36 environment, if not to go full native, then at least to externally
describe the files, run in a native environment, using STRS36PRC to execute. 
Any new
programming we do in ILE. Over a few years of maintenance, most of the system 
gets
converted. You get to use all the database functions like Query, SQL, cpyf, 
plus any pc
file exchanges are easier. Otherwise, you may never leave that S36 environment. 
Just a
thought.
Jim Franz
Systematic Control, Inc
jfranz@sysctl.com

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