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Subject  :  OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER
Author  :  DAWhite
Date  :  13 Oct, 2005 on 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?


Subject  :  Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER
Author  :  melf mikaelelf@os2ug.se
Date  :  13 Oct, 2005 on 21:25
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

Subject  :  Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER
Author  :  dargndorp dargndorp@yahoo.de
Date  :  13 Oct, 2005 on 22:28
My first suggestion would be to stop SHOUTING.

You can always cough up some dough and get Microsoft Virtual PC.


Subject  :  Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER
Author  :  Sebadoh sys3175@optonline.net
Date  :  14 Oct, 2005 on 00:32

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.


Subject  :  Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER
Author  :  warpcafe warpcafe@yahoo.de
Date  :  14 Oct, 2005 on 10:39
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


Subject  :  Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER
Author  :  ChrisR roossien@gmail.com
Date  :  14 Oct, 2005 on 18:05
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.


Subject  :  Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER
Author  :  ChrisR roossien@gmail.com
Date  :  14 Oct, 2005 on 18:06
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.


Subject  :  Re:OS2 EMULATOR/INTERPRETER
Author  :  Fahrvenugen
Date  :  14 Oct, 2005 on 18:34
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.


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