RE: Old AS/400

[Robert Sitko <solarsystems@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

Thanks for the helpful hints on how to get this rel 2.1 system running. I'm
experimenting with commands, and this might take a while, but I'm getting
there.

Someone asked about the Wang VS system's command structure; actually, there
are NO COMMANDS in the Wang; everything is selected from a menu, which I
find a lot easier.  And it's an old green screen terminal, not a
point-and-click GUI interface.

<--snip--> How would I find the command ... if I didn't know what it was
called <--snip-->

When you log on, you get a primary menu on your initial screen:
(1) RUN program or procedure
(2) SET usage constants
(3) SHOW program completion report
(4) Manage Queues
(5) Manage Files/Libraries
(6) Manage Devices
etc.
(16) LOGOFF

So, even if you know absolutely nothing about the Wang, you can operate it. 
No commands to memorize or look up.

And this same system has been around for over twenty years that I know of,
probably a lot longer.  So you can't blame the age of release 2.1 for having
a non-user-friendly interface.

But then, IBM is in a much better position to support its systems than is
Wang, so I guess they did something right.

Bob Sitko


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