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From: rey@safn2.UUCP (rey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Tower 450 migration to rel 3.
Keywords: migrate
Message-ID: <831@safn2.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 91 16:15:36 GMT
Organization: Southern Aluminum Finishing, Atlanta, GA
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I want to migrate my tower 450/32 from Unix 2.01.01 to 3.00.01.

CODAR tells me I must migrate to the lp spooler from lpr and
I am having a problem understanding how to handle the -fm lpr option.
Do I have this right?:
	A form will be a class.
	When I change forms on a printer, I move the printer device from one
	class to another. Are classes with no printer assigned ok?
	Can I spool to a class with no devices assigned to it?

CODAR also tells me that I will loose the /menu/obj user interface I use now.
I must use the va menu system. Can I copy my foo.sh, foo.t, foo.r, foo.h.
files somewhere in the /appl; or will the migration be more complex than this?

The migration guide says that applications using direct memory addresses
must be recompiled (like I will have to upgrade my Unify DBM and Uniplex);
but other stuff (like b-news and Century's Term) will not have to be recompiled.

Anyone know of things I have not thought of? 
I want to do this job over a weekend. Am I underestimating the time required?

The migration guide is not too good on these points. Thanks in advance.
-- 
Reynolds McClatchey (Southern Aluminum Finishing Co, Atlanta, GA, USA)
Architectural Aluminum. Custom Fabrication. Paint, Powder Coating, Anodizing.
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