migration from mainframe to web

[zscoundrel]

FTP on the mainframe side has an option to convert EBCDIC to ASCII.  You 
may still need to process the data a bit to get it to work with your DB, 
but it is not that hard to do.

Ed Allen wrote:

> Forwarded message:
> 
>>Linux as a web server or proxy server shouldn't be anything out of the
>>usual. What part were you trying to get ideas for? For a web server I
>>usually use Apache w/ PHP and I use MySQL for light db stuff (as most
>>
>>On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, kool dude wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi all
>>>I'm currently working on a enterprise data system
>>>housed on s/390 with OS/390.We're currently planning
>>>to make it web accessible with plans of moving it from
>>>main frame because of the high costs and the need for
>>>the web accessebility.Any suggestion about how we
>>>could use linux for this.Any help would be greately
>>>appreciated.
>>>Thanks
>>>Mark
>>>
>>>
> Check with your IBM rep about running Linux in an LPAR.
> Otherwise you must face converting your data from EBCIDIC
> to ASCII at the very least.
> 
> You could then use your current software as the back end
> and talk to the OS/390 through PPP over a channel interface.
> While Linux talks to the world.
> 
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