Re: IBM AS/400 Migration

[David Turner]

Hi Bob,

> 
> 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.
> 
>     Do you know of other AS/400 migrations?
> 
Nope, I believe you're the first..

>     The big difference is the fact that the AS/400 uses EBCDIC not ASCII. I
> have to change some of the "Constants"
> (ie "head") back to ASCII. The compiler makes 'h' EBCDIC (0x88) I need 'h'
> ASCII (0x68).
> 
>     I will give you back the "changes" that I needed to make, when I
> complete the task.
>
Isn't this problem compiler-specific ? I mean isn't there a switch to
indicate that all characters are encoded using ASCII. I thought that
ASCII want part of ANSI C. Is this true ?

Otherwise, we'll be glad to accept your changes.

Best Regards,

- David

>     Let me know if you have any suggestions...
> 
>     I may need help later in using FreeType, but for now I'm ok....
> 
>     Take care,
>                     Bob Scott
>                     ScottSystems