RE: IBM AS/400 Migration

[Reynolds, Gregg]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Scott [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:41 AM
> 
> 
> Hello,
>     I am currently migrating FreeType to an IBM AS/400 for one of my
> clients.
> 
>     I have the system compiled and now I'm debugging the code.
> 

What compiler are you using?

>     Do you know of other AS/400 migrations?

The Adobe PDF Library has been ported to the AS/400:

        http://www.datalogics.com/HTML/PDF_Library.htm

and lemme tell you it was not fun.  I have the scars to prove it.  But you
might have more fun with FreeType since it's smaller and was clean-room
engineered.  I might be able to help with AS/400 stuff but I'd probably need
to be able to convince mgmt that your client isn't a competitor.  Send me a
private email if you'd like to pursue this.

>     The big difference is the fact that the AS/400 uses 
> EBCDIC not ASCII.

Ha, ha ha!  Ouch! Ow! Hee hee!  Ooo.  Owie!  Oh, the pain!


-gregg