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September 2009

[26-Sep-2009]
Callable copy: Here's how to copy a file using the Convert API in COBOL. (100 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[22-Sep-2009]
Insightful article: A very insightful article at Computerworld by Jeff Ello. (279 words, 1 comments, 0 pings)

[15-Sep-2009]
Porting again: Recently, I've been engaged to do the technical direction on another OpenVMS Alpha to Integrity port. The first steps are always pretty similar: make the developers and the management team aware of the pitfalls, then emphasize that the majority of effort will be spent testing the ported application. (187 words, 2 comments, 0 pings)

[07-Sep-2009]
MATH X01-02 released: A minor irritant bug in the MATH package was squashed today moments after it reared its ugly head. (80 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

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SAN Design with Brocade Switches: Tricks and traps when implementing a multi cluster SAN solution.
Planning for and installing a GS160: Considering the purchase of a Wildfire system? This article describes the site prep and some partitioning thoughts.
Pros and cons of gigabit ethernet: What factors need to be taken into account when switching to gigabit ethernet?
Reading a traceback dump: How to track down runtime errors in OpenVMS applications code.
Detecting and correcting alignment faults in OpenVMS IA64: How to detect potential alignment fault issues.
DCL coding standards: A personal set of standards for coding procedures in DCL.
Class scheduling: An introduction to class scheduling on OpenVMS.
Login speedups: How to do fast login procedures with 3GLs

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