(1) Can't you just do a clean install of the same OS on a newer machine, slave the hard drive and point some pointers over to it? Mongo only know of Unidata architecture ;)
(2) What part of the old machine died? You can find some fairly old stuff on eBay. For example a working 386 25mhz cpu: http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-A80386DXL-25-Am386-DX-DXL-25-Vintage-386-25-Mhz-Pro_ W0QQitemZ200256087532QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea03165 ec&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A4|39%3A1|72%3A2128|293%3A1|29 4%3A200 I just bought some 40 year old NOS Astron bluepoint .1mf capacitors a couple of days ago to make some 5e3 amps with. I've seen these caps go for $50 each *IF* you can find them and I got 10 for $160. eBay Rocks!!! **Note: I am in no way, shape or form associated with eBay. This is not intended as a sales device, or an endorsement and this is not an [AD] !!!! hth, Allen -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Dave Taylor Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] 386 Conversion Chuck, You didn't mention backup: eg 3.5" floppy? That removes any issues with re-installing the hard drive in a different hardware environment. And, I didn't see any mention of Pick flavor - eg: R83, AP or AP/Pro. If its R83, it will probably restore onto mvBase very nicely, and then on to UV or QM very easily. Then you can handle the conversion to the Pick flavor of UV or QM as you wish. I have an mvBase machine and may be able to put may hands on an AP machine. Until the path to success is clearer, though, it's tough to estimate a cost. And, if the client is cash-strapped, I think they need to come up with a maximum budget so we don't spin our wheels for nothing. hth, Dave Dave Taylor Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. Authorized IBM Business Partner 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 (O) 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (F) 310-377-3550 (C) 310-561-5200 www.sysmarkinfo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Results" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:46 AM Subject: [U2] 386 Conversion > All, > This is likely to go nowhere, as the client is cash constrained, but I > have to ask... > > I have a client still running a 386 Pick implementation. The system > died. The closest thing I have is a 486, but I don't believe I can simply > put the harddrive in a 486 and get Pick to boot. (If I'm wrong, tell me). > So, does anyone out there have the ability to take a 386 flavor > Pick-formated PC harddrive and pull the data into something more modern > (U2, QM, D3...)? If so, what would it cost? > > - Chuck "386 Reasons to Upgrade" Barouch > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
