Re: Going from V5R2 to V3R7 -- MIDRANGE-L

If this move is for the money, It appears to be penny wise and dollar
stupid.

Potential losses of up time and the cost of programming are staggering to
think of...

Also I don't think software support is available for the older OS V3R7.

If you complete and miss the bullet stepping down,  Who are you going to
call for Software support down the road....

Overall in our shop we are looking to upgrading our 820 and software because
its cheaper to go this way and we have support from IBM,  JD Edwards, other
vendors.

Our Maintenance for hardware and software are greatly reduced.  Newer is a
LOT cheaper for us...

With V3R7 I don't think you can call and get support from IBM at any
price.....

Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jross-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: Going from V5R2 to V3R7


> I run www.Netshare400.com  I have a V5R2, V4R4, V4R3, and a spare 170 I
might be able to
> load V4R5 on for 70 days. I would like to get V4R5 with with compilers,
but have not
> found one yet.
>
> You know the programs would need to be compiled for V3R7? Not sure if that
is what you
> meant by compatible.
>
> I ftp the source from a V5R2 box to V4R3 box, you lose the Type and the
description on
> the source, and have to compile everything. When I FTP I use the file name
and * for
> member so it does the whole source file with one command. Not great but it
works, as long
> as you do not have a . in the member name.
>
> If socket API's were in V3R7 you could look at writting socket programs to
transfer the
> source.
>
> I would think the data in PFs should FTP fine once the PFs are compiled on
the V3R7 box.
>
> I guess there is a reason for you doing this, I hope it is not to save a
dollar.
>
> Good Luck
> John Ross
> IBM Certified Specialist AS/400 RPG IV Programmer
>
> Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:56:56 -0500
>
> > I have been given the task of moving stuff off a model 820 with V5R2M0
to a
> > model 510 with V3R7M0.
> > If the objects are compatible back that far, I hope to be able to save
off
> > the V5R2 machine to Save files at the V4R5 level.  From there I will
need to
> > find a box with V4R5 that can then save it to V4R3.   From V4R3 it can
then
> > be saved to V3R7.
> > Does anyone know of a site with V4R3 that could help in this process?
> > Anything else I should look out for?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bob
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