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From: pete@bally.Bally.COM (Pete Gregory)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,comp.unix.aix,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: RT-to-PS/2 questions...
Message-ID: <221@bally.Bally.COM>
Date: 9 Dec 89 02:06:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Bally Systems, Reno, NV
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Hi, y'all netlanders...

We are running applications on an RT and are planning on porting those
applications to AIX/PS2.  If anyone has either done such a conversion
or has sufficient knowledge about both AIX's, we'd appreciate some
advice...

On our RT's (model 6150/135's, AIX 2.2.1), we are using:

	C language (supplied with AIX, not the advanced one)
	curses (standard, NOT extended)
	TCP/IP (from C)
	Ethernet (raw mode ala biodd.h)
	SNA: both SDLC and Token Ring
	Unify (Unify Corp. has a PS/2 AIX version)
	shell scripts
	extensive serial port utilization (ioctl's: raw mode, etc.)
	shared memory
	messages
	perl 3.0
	less
	sysline
	tcsh (anyone know where we can get this?)
	
...a few questions:

	1. what are the porting caveats?
	2. what are the performance differences?
	3. what other questions should I be asking?  :-)

Thanks a bunch, o wise AIX users!!!


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