Re: Basic on OS/400 in S36e or M36?

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

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Jerry,

(Long time no talk!)

In a message dated 5/8/02 1:48:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jdraper@trilosoft.com writes:


> I have a customer who is interested in converting from a 236 to an AS/400
> running in either S36e or M36 mode.  Anyone know if the Basic language is
> available?
>

First of all, what the _HECK_ is a 236?  S/36 generally runs 5360, 5362, etc.
 Things may have changed, but failure to ask that question by IBM was one
that derailed one of my former clients' upgrade several times.  They were
running a custom version of BASIC that wasn't supported even when the AS/400
did so...

JME,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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