Re: From AIX to NT

On 6 May 97 at 22:44, Chris Jakeman wrote: > What we are attempting seems to be far more difficult than I ever > expected :- > 1: The application contains several programs that make use of Unix > and communicate using X-Windows services. NT doesn't have any terminal services. > 2: I cannot buy a 4GL compiler comparable to v4 on Unix. (I'll see > if 4Js can help here.) I don't know the product, but I doubt that it would help you, because NT doesn't work like UNIX. > 3. I cannot use the X-Windows 'xterm' utility to open a character window > on a remote screen because 'xterm' requires services which NT doesn't > provide. NT doesn't provide any terminal services. It expects an intelligent client, if that's not a contradiction in terms. > Faced with all these problems, I am keen (desperate?) to contact someone > who has been down this road already. Has anyone tried to do this? Don't hold your breath. Your pretty much looking at a complete rewrite, although I'd be happy to be proven wrong. -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ground and ear to the grindstone in: Kuwait City TAURUS Apr. 20 - May 20 You are practical and persistent. You have dogged determination and work like hell. Most people think you are stubborn and bullheaded. You are nothing but a goddam communist.