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Terry,

At 06:07 28-07-2000 -0600, you wrote:
>We are planning to move our IBM mainframe Fortran programs to PCs using
Microsoft windows.

I occasionally moved some software from VS Fortran to Fortran 90, but have no
experience with panels.
Maybe it's worth while to write Windows equivalents for them.
 
>I need to replace the mainframe frond-end IBM DMS panels with PC GUI/forms.
>Also I'll need to generate XY plots.  We use IBM GDDM and ADMCHART on the
mainframe.
>And we have a lot of REXX scripts that will need replaced.

As another member pointed out there is/are (free) REXX implementatitions
for PC.

>Also what about the accuracy of the Fortran computed values.

IBM Reals being hexadecimal, the accuracy and range will certainly be
different.

>We currently use IBM Fortran on a IBM VM mainframe and want to go to
Compaq Visual Fortran. 
>
>Does anyone have experience with porting Fortran from a mainframe to a PC.
>Any suggestions on packages to use for front-ending and back-ending the
Fortran codes ?
>

Wish you luck...



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