[OT] Converting to LiveCode from VAX VMS

[Tom Glod]

 A great testimonial for Livecode

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 6:58 PM Jerry Jensen via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> And just think of what to do with the extra floor space!
>
> > On Jan 11, 2022, at 12:31 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well my old VAX/VMS friend has finally died. It ran 24/7 for 26 years
> and was only rebooted every 2 or three years(power outage or disk
> replacement). It's either a bad disk drawing too much from the old power
> supply or the supply itself needs to be re-capped. Fires up and boots but
> shuts off after couple of hours. I could keep it going but I've been
> converting the VAX apps to LC since 2012. There was only one left and I'm
> finishing the conversion now. If was not for LC's text processing(chunks) I
> could never have converted them all. The last one needs to be done in a
> week or two, no prob for LC. For me this project in any other language
> would not be possible. There was 12 years of Basic text processing apps by
> a team of 4 programmers to convert. With LC it was all converted by me in
> my spare time.
> >
> > LC is my friend!
> >
> > RIP VAX
> >
> > Ralph DiMola
> > IT Director
> > Evergreen Information Services
> > rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
> >
> >
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