[comp.sys.apollo] Open Dialog for "other" systems and the death of Apollo...

shull@kings.wharton.upenn.edu (Christopher E. Shull) (12/16/89)

Does anybody out there know about Open Dialog for "other", ie. non-Apollo
systems.  Specifically, we are interested in a version for DEC DECstations
running Ultrix, VAXstations running VMS 5.1, and Silicon Graphics systems run-
ning whatever their flavor of Unix is.

Assuming that at least one of the above is available, where the hell can we
order it?  Our local sales people seem to be having their brains sucked out
by the giant HP machine.

Along the same line, our hardware and software service contract seems to have
vanished into the abyss in Chelmsford -- the local administrator sent it on
two months ago, and the 800 number still won't talk to me.  I can't get patch
tapes, and I am probably missing the SR10.2 shipment.  I'm getting pretty
pissed off!

-Chris

Christopher E. Shull                    shull@scrolls.wharton.upenn.edu
Decision Sciences Department            shull@wharton.upenn.edu
The Wharton School                      University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA  19104-6366            215/898-5930
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oj@apollo.HP.COM (Ellis Oliver Jones) (12/19/89)

In article <18175@netnews.upenn.edu> shull@kings.wharton.upenn.edu (Christopher E. Shull) writes:
>Does anybody out there know about Open Dialog for "other", ie. non-Apollo
>systems.  Specifically, we are interested in a version for DEC DECstations
>running Ultrix, VAXstations running VMS 5.1, and Silicon Graphics systems run-
>ning whatever their flavor of Unix is.

The stuff we've committed to replication for V2.0 is for 
  * Apollo m68k and Prism machines
  * Sun 3 and Sun 4 machines
  * Source
You'll be able to order this in early January.

We're currently testing a port to the HP-UX 9000-3xx series, and it's
looking pretty good for February...(famous last words?   :-)

We have source-code customers doing ports to VMS, VAX/Ultrix, and
SGI.  I believe the VMS and VAX/Ultrix ports are straightforward, but
the SGI port ran into a couple of snags related to C++ language processor
incompatibilities.

We wanted to do the VAX ports ourselves, but we couldn't find a beta
site.  Is anybody interested?  (Ditto for DEC/PMAX)?  We'd like to hear
from you.

>Assuming that at least one of the above is available, where the hell can we
>order it?

Please contact Cathy Betz at 508 256 6600 x 6085 or 
               Peter Duffey at 508 256 6600 x 2382 
for further information about this topic.  And thanks for your patience.

/Ollie Jones (speaking for myself, not necessarily for HP Apollo Systems Division)