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тАО01-08-2018 08:46 AM
тАО01-08-2018 08:46 AM
Converting an Alpha Image to Itanium without an Alpha System
I have an Alpha Image that is used to format various aspects of device sizing information I used on Alpha Systems. Works Great!
Now I have a new job and would like to get the same device size DCL file to run using this Alpha Image on the Itanium systems I currently work on.
Without having an Alpha system, how can I migrate this Alpha exe file to run on Itanium?
Thanks to any one that can help me.
Tim
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тАО01-08-2018 11:20 AM
тАО01-08-2018 11:20 AM
Re: Converting an Alpha Image to Itanium without an Alpha System
> I have an Alpha Image that is used to format various aspects of device
> sizing information I used on Alpha Systems.
And no source code? What, exactly, is "device sizing information"?
What does the magic executable to that couldn't be done in DCL?
> Now I have a new job and would like to get the same device size DCL
> file to run using this Alpha Image on the Itanium systems I currently
> work on.
So, more of a VMS question than a "General Feedback and Suggestions"
question.
https://community.hpe.com/t5/Operating-System-OpenVMS/bd-p/itrc-293
> Without having an Alpha system, how can I migrate this Alpha exe file
> to run on Itanium?
I've never used it, so I know nothing, but my quick Web search for:
openvms alpha ia64 translate
found, among other things, a document describing "the Alpha Environment
Software Translator (AEST)":
https://h41379.www4.hpe.com/doc/82final/translating_images.pdf
Also:
http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/openvms/products/omsva/omsais.html
The price looks reasonable.
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тАО01-09-2018 06:29 AM
тАО01-09-2018 06:29 AM
Re: Converting an Alpha Image to Itanium without an Alpha System
There is an alarming lack of information here. As Steven has stated, AEST may work. That is documented and supported. If that failes to provide what is needed, perhaps post an example of the output from this "device sizing information" program to give us an idea of the information displayed.
If the source code is available, I would use that (obviously). If it is written in a language you don't understand, assistance can be provided there too.
Dan
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тАО01-16-2018 05:07 AM
тАО01-16-2018 05:07 AM
Re: Converting an Alpha Image to Itanium without an Alpha System
> http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/openvms/products/omsva/omsais.html
This stuff actually works (in at least one case). I ran an Info-ZIP
UnZip Alpha executable through AEST, and got a translated IA64
executable which worked on a couple of handy test archives. At some
cost: The translated executable size was about 3X that of a native IA64
executable from the same source, and the run time was about 3X, too.
(The native IA64 executable size was about 2X the size of the Alpha
executable.)
So, sub-ideal, but not a complete disappointment.
its $ tcpip show version
HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Version V5.7 - ECO 5
on an HP rx2660 (1.59GHz/9.0MB) running OpenVMS V8.4
its $ mcr sys$disk:[]UNZIP_ALP_AV.EXE -v
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.1c22-BETA (2017-06-08) Maintainer: Steven M. Schweda
Copyright (c) 1990-2017 Info-ZIP. License: unzip --license
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Compiled with DEC C V7.3-010 for OpenVMS (V8.4 Alpha) on Nov 13 2017.
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