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From: terry@spcvxa.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.rsts
Subject: Re: RSTS to VMS Migration - Help
Message-ID: <38.25f729a5@spcvxa.spc.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 90 03:57:25 GMT
References: <602.25f3799b@brb.isnet.inmos.co.uk>
Organization: St. Peter's College, US
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In article <602.25f3799b@brb.isnet.inmos.co.uk>, tsmingay@brb.isnet.inmos.co.uk writes:
> Dear Rsts World,

  Wow! There is life in this newsgroup!

> I am interested in any advice, information, software or references which
> give some guidance or assistance in migrating a RSTS BASIC+ application
> onto VAX ?

  Well, there are two free guides available from DEC: The RSTS/VMS Compat-
ibility guide and the BASIC migration guide. Both should be available from
your local DEC office.

  There is also a BASIC Translator available from DEC's Center for Migration
Services which attempts to translate most Basic-Plus and BP2 programs to VAX
BASIC. It doesn't do a bad job, but if you used lots of SYS() calls, etc.
you will have to re-write most of them. It really depends on what the appli-
cation is doing. The Translator does help with the rote stuff, though - like
converting LF-continued lines to &-continued.

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, US
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	(201) 915-9381

  P.S. - I'm also the DECUS US RSTS SIG Newsletter Editor - feel free to
post things here or ask questions via one of the net addresses given above.