Frank Slootweg wrote:
> jcneumann@prodigy.net <jcneumann@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
>>All,
>>
>>I have to set up an old HP9000/D210 system with 10.10, for
>>compatibility with an existing application. (I don't have the source
>>code for the application, so recompiling to work with a more recent
>>version unfortunately isn't an option.)
>>
>>Does anyone have a suggestion where I could look for media? I've
>>struck out with the usual sources such as ebay and the resellers I
>>know.
>>
>>Thanks in advance!
>
>
> From this it looks like the application is as old as or older than
> (HP-UX) 10.10. If so, then why do you think you need to recompile it
> to work with a more recent (what is "recent"?) version (of HP-UX)?
>
> HP(-UX) has a very good track record for old->new (i.e. old software
> on new releases of HP-UX) compatibility. For example I have run
> (possibly pre) 3.0 software on 10.20 without any problems.
>
> So specific questions: On/for which version of HP-UX was the
> application compiled and on which version(s) of HP-UX would you like
> to run it? What kind of application is it? Only executables or also
> libraries (if so, archive or shared?)? Other? Etc..
If it runs under 10.10 it should run under 10.20, wasn't .10 when they
started to integrate 700 and 800? I was trying to find the timeline on
the itrc but they moved it....