Powerhouse HP3000 Migration

[lha@bigpond.net.au]

One of my clients has a single PowerHouse app on an old HP3000 running 
MPE/iX v 7.0. The client is part of a large multi-national who want to 
move away from the HP3000 platform. However, we find that PH does the 
job well and the client is very reluctant to spend a whole heap of 
dollars re-writing the app which would end up doing what it does now 
but at higher cost and possibly lower reliability. Although it’s a 
single app, it’s a core system handling high revenue. One thought I 
have is to move to PH on a Windows NT/W2K server platform, possibly 
using the Eloquence database (PH version due late this year?).

My questions: what is your experience with running PH on Win NT/2K? I’m 
particularly interested in performance, reliability, interface to 
printers. What databases are you using?
The client is happy to continue with text-based screens - they 
currently use WQR Reflection which gives the users plenty of options 
for customising the display etc. Can the PH/Win NT combination also be 
customised in this way without going to Axiant or PH Web?
Any other observations or thoughts welcome!

Thanks,

Luan Ha
Principal Consultant, Padys Pty Ltd.

Email address : lha@bigpond.net.au