----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 8:52
AM
Subject: RE: PL/I for AS/400
Not sure about the code you got but I am sure that 1.2 is way
out of date! were up to 4.5. The 9404 is a good machine and can do most
anything you need it to do (except for PL/I it seems). I would get IBM to give
it a once over though! On the other hand If you are thinking of dumping it, I
might be interested in taking it off your hands.
Do you know if it is a CISC or has it been upgraded to RISC
(Or were all 9404s RISC?)
For what it's worth, unless you are doing a great deal of bit
manipulation, you might just want to convert to COBOL and for the programs
that do have some of the more exotic features of PL/I you could use 'C' or RPG
or even Fortran.
-----Original Message-----
From:
Robert Sitko [mailto:solarsystems@email.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 16:34
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: PL/I for
AS/400
Hello all,
We're considering converting our Wang VS system to an IBM
AS/400 because
we're concerned about Wang dropping
support for the VS line. So last week
we picked
up an obsolete AS400 and thought we might be able to get some
hands on testing. The system came with two tapes (version 1.2 of
OS/400)
and a PTF tape, and it has what looks like two
full height and one half
height disk drives. It
also came with two operator consoles.
When we power it on, we expected it to IPL, but instead, a
code of 999
appears on the operator console.
Should I just throw this machine out and
get a newer
model from IBM, complete with documentation and up to date
Operating system? Or does this one have any value (training
value, that
is).
But, since all our Wang applications are written in PL/1, and
I just found
out that IBM does not market PL/1 for the
AS400 any more, maybe I should
look into other
platforms. And, I'm told, the PL/1 that used to be
available was really a very limited subset (no language support for
writing
interactive programs, for example).
I'd appreciate some insight into these problems:
1. Is the AS400 I just bought useless? I think it's a
model 9404, but I
have no documentation on it
whatsoever.
2. Should I just trash it, if it's no good, or try to sell it
for a few
bucks on ebay or through a used
market?
3. Is PL/1 available for the AS/400; if not from IBM, then
from anyone?
4. Can someone tell me how to IPL this thing? Just to
see if it works?
Thanks,
Bob
Solar Systems
midrange.com
