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Character Architectural Groups

The following lists show the hosts on which SAS/SHARE software runs. The lists are grouped on the basis of like character representation. No character conversion is required when communicating between any two hosts in the same group. When two hosts in different groups communicate, character conversion is required, and the restrictions and limitations concerning character conversion apply.

The EBCDIC format hosts are:

• CMS

• OS/390

• VSE

  Note:   VSE is a Version 6 host only.  
  

The ASCII-ISO format hosts are:

• AIX

• Compaq Tru64 UNIX (formerly Compaq's DIGITAL UNIX)

• HP-UX

• Intel ABI

• MIPS ABI

• OpenVMS Alpha

• OpenVMS VAX

• Solaris

• SunOS

• SGI

• IABI

The ASCII-ANSI format hosts are:

• Windows NT

• Windows 95

• Windows 98

• Windows 32s

  Note:   Windows 32s is a Version 6 host only.  
  

The ASCII-OEM format host is:

• OS/2

The ASCII-MAC hosts are:

• Macintosh PPC

• Macintosh 68k

  Note:   Macintosh is a Version 6 host only.  
  

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