<div>Hi everyone,</div>
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<div>We are very interested in such discussions on using Squeak with an AS/400. We are undertaking very preliminary discussions with a client wanting to migrate a dispatch (field force) system which uses a mobile on the client side to send SMS messages to update the back-end AS/400.
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<div>More details will follow, but initially I am wanting to ascertain a level of interest for a paid assignment to develop ~20 screens on a PDA client or equivalent that will directly communicate to an AS/400 back end. At this stage it may or may not require Squeak to be running on the AS/400 either native or under a Linux partition, so long as it can talk to the Database and associated systems.
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<div>If anyone is interested please contact me via the email enclosed.</div>
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<div>Kind regards</div>
<div>John Magnifico</div>
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<div>Director</div>
<div>Blue Plane Pty Ltd</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 26/06/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Davide Grandi</b> <<a href="mailto:davide.grandi@mclink.it">davide.grandi@mclink.it</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Germán Arduino ha scritto:<br>> Hi Guys:<br>><br>> I'm exactly now working to an american company in a mainframe project
<br>> and setting up an Hercules emulation environment (with the authorized<br>> IBM SOs that may run under Hercules) and, as a Squeaker, I'm wondering<br>> if Squeak may run in a Linux running under a mainframe operating
<br>> system running under Hercules.<br>><br>> Of course, could be nice see Squeak running natively in such "big<br>> iron's" !!<br>><br>> May be I could have time and hopefully my employer get interested in
<br>> Squeak to try somethings.<br>><br>> At last, want to comment: Hercules emulator is really fantastic, I've<br>> a mainframe running in my Linux box!<br>><br>> Cheers.<br>><br>> --<br>> Germán S. Arduino
<br>> <a href="http://www.arsol.biz">http://www.arsol.biz</a><br>> <a href="http://www.arsol.net">http://www.arsol.net</a><br>><br>><br>> 2007/6/24, Davide Grandi <<a href="mailto:Davide.Grandi@mclink.it">
Davide.Grandi@mclink.it</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Davide.Grandi@mclink.it">Davide.Grandi@mclink.it</a>>>:<br>><br>> > On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:46:15 -0700, Edgar J. De Cleene<br>> > <
<a href="mailto:edgardec2001@yahoo.com.ar">edgardec2001@yahoo.com.ar</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:edgardec2001@yahoo.com.ar">edgardec2001@yahoo.com.ar</a>>><br>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > > El 6/23/07 3:24 PM, "Blake" <
<a href="mailto:blake@kingdomrpg.com">blake@kingdomrpg.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:blake@kingdomrpg.com">blake@kingdomrpg.com</a>>> escribió:<br>> > ><br>> > >> Not personally, but both of my parents. I might be able to
<br>> > lure my dad<br>> > >> into a project, tho'.<br>> > ><br>> > > If have any details, as what VM, I appreciate<br>> ><br>> > Oh, I see. That's a long shot but I'll ask.
<br>><br>> Squeak on the AS/400 ? Very intriguing !<br>> AFAIK there were only a Visualage Smalltalk edition (4.5) running<br>> on the PASE environment (an AIX-like hole drilled in OS/400 down<br>> to the MI, if my memory holds). Back in 2000-2001.
<br>><br>> You could run Squeak on a Linux "partition" of the OS/400,<br>> headless (unless you start also the X server) : you need a<br>> standard linux 64 distribution running on a Power kernel (Suse,
<br>> Red hat, et al.). I run a Jxxx app. server 5 years ago and ran it<br>> exactly as I did on a pc-based environment.<br>><br>> Running it on the OS/400 side could lead to some interesting<br>> integration with the OS/400 db (tables, schemas and other db
<br>> "objects" are first class OS object).<br>><br>> I wander if someone ran Squak on the other IBM "big Iron", the<br>> /390 aka zSeries (or in his software emulator Hercules).
<br>><br>> Let us know about the '400.<br>><br>> Best regards,<br>><br>> Davide<br>> --<br>> Ing. Davide Grandi<br>> <a href="mailto:davide.grandi@mclink.it">davide.grandi@mclink.it
</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:davide.grandi@mclink.it">davide.grandi@mclink.it</a>><br>> <a href="http://www.davidegrandi.net">www.davidegrandi.net</a> <<a href="http://www.davidegrandi.net">http://www.davidegrandi.net
</a>><br>><br>Last year I've worked on the port of a COBOL account package from<br>VSE-VSAM-3270 to zLinux-db2-XHTML and ... "Guess who ?" the "same" Linux<br>port that I ran years ago on AS/400 also ran on zLinux (apart from being
<br>compiled for anothe processor and being at two major relase after).<br>The 2 smart guys of that Genoa's bank I worked with, ran succesfully<br>either VSE ether zLinux on hercules (being zLinux emulated under<br>hercules a litlte bit sluggish ), so if you find how to compile Squeak
<br>on a linux 64 ...<br><br>Best regards,<br><br> Davide<br>--<br>Ing. Davide Grandi<br><a href="mailto:davide.grandi@mclink.it">davide.grandi@mclink.it</a><br><a href="http://www.davidegrandi.net">www.davidegrandi.net
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