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1. OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER |
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| I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS AN OS2 EMULATOR OR INTERPRETER AVAILABLE. I WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT IS CURRENTLY WANTING TO PORT OS2 APPLICATION TO WINDOWS XP. THEY WOULD PERFER NOT TO HAVE TO DO A TOTAL REWRITE. ANY SUGGESTIONS? |
| Date: 13 Oct, 2005 on 17:47 |
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2. Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER |
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| Have you/they thought of upgrading to eComStation 1.2 instead? I don't know if you use that system yourself, but its definitly on its way up. Just today they released a democd, like Knoppix, that you can run on RAM-memory to get a picture of how it looks and feels.Have a look at http://www.ecomstation.com |
| Date: 13 Oct, 2005 on 21:25 |
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3. Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER |
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| My first suggestion would be to stop SHOUTING. You can always cough up some dough and get Microsoft Virtual PC. |
| Date: 13 Oct, 2005 on 22:28 |
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       posts: 198 since: 10 Apr, 2001
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4. Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER |
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DAWhite (13 Oct, 2005 17:47): I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS AN OS2 EMULATOR OR INTERPRETER AVAILABLE. I WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT IS CURRENTLY WANTING TO PORT OS2 APPLICATION TO WINDOWS XP. THEY WOULD PERFER NOT TO HAVE TO DO A TOTAL REWRITE. ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Porting from OS/2 to Windows is not difficult, but it would be a total rewrite.. and it is also counter productive, most likely dollar for dollar you are best off sticking with OS/2. |
| Date: 14 Oct, 2005 on 00:32 |
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5. Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER |
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| Hi, ...what is the OS/2 application "made of"? Is it rexx, c, c++, pascal, cobol,... java <g> ? Depending on the programming environment/language used, there might be one or more ways of doing a port to windows with few efforts. Greetings Thomas |
| Date: 14 Oct, 2005 on 10:39 |
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6. Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER |
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Jeah, we have odin and xfree on eCS. Linux has this wine thing. Seems only windown can run only windows...Porting programs to multiple platforms, well, if there would not be a certain company this problem would have been solved a long time ago.. Actually, to write programs for multiple platforms on OS/2 eCS is a piece of cake today. But one thing you can't port, and that is the look and feel of eCS. I would be shouting also if I had to go from OS/2 to windows, I can understand your frustration...... Chris. |
| Date: 14 Oct, 2005 on 18:05 |
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7. Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER |
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Jeah, we have odin and xfree on eCS. Linux has this wine thing. Seems only windown can run only windows...Porting programs to multiple platforms, well, if there would not be a certain company this problem would have been solved a long time ago.. Actually, to write programs for multiple platforms on OS/2 eCS is a piece of cake today. But one thing you can't port, and that is the look and feel of eCS. I would be shouting also if I had to go from OS/2 to windows, I can understand your frustration...... Chris. |
| Date: 14 Oct, 2005 on 18:06 |
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8. Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER |
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| I'd say stick with OS/2 or eCS. But... if your company (or boss, or whoever) is stuck on the idea of porting this application to Windows, ScheduPerformance (the developer of the Priority Master application for both OS/2 and Windows - which allowa you to control the priority of applications) does offer a service to help with porting apps from OS/2 to Windows. There is more information at: http://prioritymaster.com/OS/2to.htm I've never used the service, so I can't comment on it. But I can say that I've been a registered user of Priority Master for OS/2 for years, and love it. |
| Date: 14 Oct, 2005 on 18:34 |
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