Communication between HP3000 and HP-UX

[Bob Seely]

We are migrating from an HP3000 to an HP-UX. Unfortunately, we will still have processes running on the 3000. Is there software which can be used to easilly communicate between the two systems. FTP works but is not the most seamless to use. Ideally what I would like to do is to run a single command within a program which I can pass the required parameters.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Bill Hassell]

There's a lot missing in your question, namely, the version of MPE you are using. Both ftp and telnet are available for MPE starting at about version 5 but only ver 5.5 plus PowerPatch 7 is Y2K safe. Note that earlier version used a DTC as a hack to get incoming telnet.

Incoming ftp and telnet must have MPE processes running (called daemons in Unix) which will accept incoming connections. Once incoming telnet is setup on your MPE system, you can certainly login remotely and start jobs with command line parameters. There are no 'r' commands like rlogin, remsh or rcp (after all MPE is a secure operating system).

Note also that MPE expects HP terminals so forget using a PeeCee with Hyperterminal or other VT100 wannabe's. WRQ'a Reflection for HP (NOT Reflection/X) can provide this capability. There are some priced and freeware PeeCee emulators for HP terminals too. On the HP-UX side, you need to use an HP terminal window (in Xwindows) or equivalent in remote telnet sessions.

[paul courry]

As an aside, there IS a posix compliant shell on the HP3000 which will allow the 9000 programmers to write scripts and generally feel comfortable. (Sorry, HPUX is not so friendly to HP3000 programmers. ;) )

Do not forget Samba, MPEX, middleware from various manufacturers, etc. which is available to ease the transition.

This cat can be skinned! As a last resort you can transfer the whole job complete with parameters to the HP3000 and stream it.

[Bob Seely]

Thanks for your help.

I worded the question poorly the first time so I'll try again with more detail.

A program running on the HP3000 produces 106 byte FA files with varying names (e.g. TLDYA01, TLDYA02, etc.). Before, my system on the 3000 simply checked to see if it was there and accessed the file.

Now I've got the challenge of moving the file(s) from the 3000 to the UX for processing in the new system. Ideally, I would like to do it automatically when the file is initially created on the 3000. In other words, as soon as the file is created the program automatically (without user intervention) send the file to the UX.

FTP works great transferring the files but it is very clumbsy.

We are on MPEIX 5.08

Thanks in advance.

Bob.