art@pilikia.pegasus.com (Art Neilson) (09/27/90)
I have some in-house developed software I'd like to distribute across our Tower sites. We have XP's, 400's, 600's, 650's, 500's and 700's. They run various OS versions 1.xx, 2.xx and 3.xx. What are the portability concerns across these platforms ? Some things which come to mind are media type, I suppose 45MB cartridges are readable across all boxes. What backup utility is most portable ? cpio, tar or dd ? As for coding, is there a cpp define telling me which Tower release the machine is on ? What other things should I worry about ? -- Arthur W. Neilson III | ARPA: art@pilikia.pegasus.com Bank of Hawaii Tech Support | UUCP: uunet!ucsd!nosc!pegasus!pilikia!art
hl.rogers@ofc.Columbia.NCR.COM (HL Rogers) (09/28/90)
In article <1990Sep27.005958.4483@pilikia.pegasus.com> art@pilikia.pegasus.com (Art Neilson) writes:
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<I have some in-house developed software I'd like to distribute across
<our Tower sites. We have XP's, 400's, 600's, 650's, 500's and 700's.
<They run various OS versions 1.xx, 2.xx and 3.xx. What are the portability
<concerns across these platforms ? Some things which come to mind are
<media type, I suppose 45MB cartridges are readable across all boxes.
<What backup utility is most portable ? cpio, tar or dd ? As for coding,
<is there a cpp define telling me which Tower release the machine is on ?
<What other things should I worry about ?
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<Arthur W. Neilson III | ARPA: art@pilikia.pegasus.com
<Bank of Hawaii Tech Support | UUCP: uunet!ucsd!nosc!pegasus!pilikia!art
Chapter 7 of the Release Definition for the 32/700 operating system
contains a fairly comprehensive treatment of software migration across
4 generations of the NCR TOWER (68000, 68010, 68020, 68030). Chapter 5
provides a treatment of media migration. This material is on-line in
directory /etc/RELDEF. Release definitions for all the TOWER operating
systems have similar sections to help with migration.
Good luck!
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HL Rogers (hl.rogers@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM)
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