Migration from Sequoia Pick (Converting Tapes)

When converting tapes from other products to mvBase, follow the procedure appropriate to your environment.

ACCOUNT-SAVES from Sequoia Pick are supported in mvBase. To convert tapes from Sequoia Pick to mvBase, follow these steps:

1. Perform the ACCOUNT-SAVE with the B option.

   For example:

   SAVE (DFSTIB

   (Enter the account name when prompted)

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   NOTE: In pre-2.0 releases, the indexes are not saved.

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2. Perform the ACCOUNT-RESTORE on mvBase using the B, Y, and R options.

   For example:

   ACCOUNT-RESTORE account-name (B,Y,R)

   The B option ignores size errors. Note that binary items requiring more than 255 frames are not restored.

   The Y option is used to prevent the conversion of CL items, restoring them as linked binary items.

   The R option allows users to specify frame size on the system that created the account.

3. Run the UPGRADE program from the SYSPROG account.

   SET-FILE account-name MD
   COPY NEWAC * (O)
   To:(QFILE
   COPY MD ERRMSG (O)
   To:(QFILE

   If the account logon proc (QFILE account-name) runs any BASIC programs, type:

   ED QFILE account-name
   .G1
   .I
   001+ X
   <cr>
   .FI
   LOGTO account-name.
   

4. Recompile all BASIC programs.

   If you inserted an X in the account's logon proc, you can take it out.

SYSTEM-SWITCH

Enter the name of a class or switch (or to stop):

SET-PROC-STON

The current setting will display. If it is not ON, take the T option to toggle the setting to ON.