Re: Old Sybase text based windowing system APT:- binary compatible with Aix 5.2?

#1

Tom,

Thanks for the update. I know it's out of support, but the system I am
maintaining is a legacy system
which I hope to extend the useful life of. If APT needs to be replaced, then
the entire system will
need to be scrapped.

Tom.

"Tom McCready" <noone (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

I don't know the answer to your questions, but in 1995 Sybase announced
that it would not support APT after June 30, 2000.

http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=953

Also someone else was trying to keep APT going as recently as 2002:

http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/f...q3/007884.html

Hope this helps,

Tom

#2

Yes, AIX 4.2.1 is very stable, and we may decide to keep it.

That leads to my next question, is Sybase 12.5 compatible with Aix 4.2.1?

Tom.

"Bigi Brada" <bigibrada (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Tom Brehony <tombrehony.nospam (AT) eircom (DOT) nospam.net> wrote in message
news:c49fd5$2h88k2$1 (AT) ID-222731 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de...
A question for those of you familiar with both Sybase and AIX.

I have recently started working on maintaining an old system which has a
Sybase database at it's core:
Adaptive Server Enterprise/11.5.1.1/P/RS6000/AIX4.1/SWR 8509 ESD 1/FBO/Thu
Jun 17 19:06:23 UTC 1999

The hardware platform is an IBM RS/6000 running AIX 4.2.1.

Both Sybase and AIX versions are out of support, so the company needs to
upgrade both the OS and Sybase (and
possibly the RS/6000).

Another complication is that the system uses the old Sybase text based
windowing product APT as it's front end. While I can deal with the AIX and
Sybase upgrades, something I heard recently got me thinking.

Is the APT software binary compatible with AIX 5.2, and indeed will it
work
with Sybase 12.5.1?

Tom.

Why not make AIX 4.2.1. Y2k compatible and APT and Sybase aswell and
let it run forever!!! You prabaly never need the IBM suport çause there's
tons
of info on the net. I have a few customers too with AIX 4.2.1 ML8 and they
are more than happy with it. Runs as stable as hell! Could consider a
newer box, don't know about your hardware but 7025-F50 still runs good
under 4.2.1

Marc

#3

"Tom Brehony" <tombrehony.nospam (AT) eircom (DOT) nospam.net> wrote

Quote:

Yes, AIX 4.2.1 is very stable, and we may decide to keep it.

That leads to my next question, is Sybase 12.5 compatible with Aix 4.2.1?

ASE 12.5 (32-bit) was released on AIX 4.3.3. I don't know
if it will run on 4.2.1, it wouldn't be supported on 4.2.1.

-bret

#4

Tom,

I am almost certain that AIX 4.2.2 will not run Sybase 12.5. IBM
dropped support for AIX 4.3.3. at Christmas. Vendors will not develop
code for unsupported operating systems. Yes, I know Sybase 12.5 has
been out a while, but Sybase will drop support for versions of 12.5
which were designed for (now) unsupported operating systems. I
personally migrated a 11.5.1 on AIX 4.3.3 to 12.5.0.3 on AIX 5.1. I was
under the impression that 11.5.1 on AIX 5L was not an option. You can
find the Sybase compatibility chart at http://www.sybase.com. Please
forgive the top posting.

Tom

Tom Brehony wrote:

Quote:

Yes, AIX 4.2.1 is very stable, and we may decide to keep it.

That leads to my next question, is Sybase 12.5 compatible with Aix 4.2.1?

Tom.

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