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From: mike@hpfcso.HP.COM (Mike McNelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Compatibility of HP 9000/825 and 9000/300
Message-ID: <7370086@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Feb 90 00:48:23 GMT
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Two thoughts on portability you might consider:

	1.  Make sure both the S300 and the S800 are using the same
	release.  In your case this should be release 7.0.  Otherwise,
	comparisons between these machines will be confused.  There are
	a lot of differences between release 3.1 and release 7.0 on the
	S800, for example.

	2.  For language differences on the two machines check out the
	HP-UX Portability Guide for HP 9000 Series 300/800 Computers, HP
	Part number 98794-90046.  It should be available from your local
	HP sales rep.  NOTE:  It frequently goes into gory detail -
	don't be intimidated by its size.  The differences are generally
	in corner cases and in language extensions to support programs
	from other companies (lots of extensions for this purpose).  C
	and FORTRAN are quite portable between the systems whereas
	Pascal is somewhat less so. Some information is also available
	for system calls, etc.

Hope this helps.

Mike McNelly
mike%hpfcla@hplabs.hp.com