Re: Data 3 software

["Denis Robitaille" <denis_robitaille@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did work with the Data 3 software a while ago(14 years). It was on a system 
36. As far as I remember, there was no serial checking done. Since it was all 
RPGII, it should go trought from CISC to RISC.

Denis Robitaille
Directeur services technique TI
819 363 5187

>>> pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx 05/30/03 12:05pm >>>
<Hold the laughter until I finish>

We have just stumbled across a small company that is still running an F10 at 
V3R2. The IT manager needed some PTF's that we were able to find and loan him. 
He desperately needs to be on a new system, but his software is from the old 
Data 3 company, which was purchased by CA, and then by SSA. The system is 
heavily modified, and the company quit paying maintenance years ago. While 
investigating a new system during the time that the software was owned by CA, 
he was told that the charge for getting a new license key would be $200K.

Do any of you old-timers out there have any experience with Data 3, 
specifically as to how they did their serial number checking? Is there a way 
around it, or is he hosed? Also, if there is a way around it, how well does the 
Data 3 system survive a CISC to RISC conversion? Before you ask about source 
code and observability etc., I only spent 20 minutes talking with this 
unfortunate fellow yesterday when I dropped off the PTF tapes.

<Laughter may resume>