[TYPO3-english] Migration URL rewrites

[Dave Hornford]

We are migrating from a Drupal-based site to Typo3 6.1
The new site has Realurl

I am banging my head against managing the URL rewrites for the migration
I have re-read the Apache URL re-writing guide, looked in my other 2 Typo3
sites (4.old) and surfed the web.
I'm afraid I'm in a stacked set of rules with RealUrl

Old site
     www.domain.com/q?=page
New site
    With RealUrl: www.domain.com/page or www.domain.com/path/page
    Without RealUrl: http://www.domain.com/index.php?id=125

I have complete access to the server and can place the rewrite in the
server directive or .htaccess

Thanks in advance for a pointer or simple 'type this answer'

Dave