RE: Copying and Pasting from MS Word

[Dennis <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ummm - might have to check my history books, but I am pretty certain that S/38 and its Resolutions predated AS/400 and its Requirements.  :)

"Jerry C. Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Before that they were called "Requirements".  We even had software
> running
> on a rack mounted AS/400 into which attendees could enter requirements,
> and
> then committees for each project (now defunct) could edit / merge them,
> and
> then members could vote on them.  Chuck Myaard and I used to have to
> tear
> down the AS/400 in Registration on committee night (usually lasting
> past
> midnight) and then re-assemble it in Reg before 0800.  Chuck was a
> wizard
> with hardware; I just strung Twinax cables - miles of it!
>
> I imagine IBM eventually balked at the term "Requirements" because it
> gave
> the impression that the ones voted by the members would be implemented.
> Not
> always the case.
>
> Jerry C. Adams
> IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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> Subject: RE: Copying and Pasting from MS Word
>
> Dang!  I missed that link at first read!  Sorry!  ("Resolutions" was
> the
> answer.)
>
> Now where is that needed RECALL button?
>
> Dennis Lovelady
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>
> > These were COMMON User requests to IBM from S/38 days.  (What
> <i>did</i>
> > they call those things back then??!!??)
> >
> > One I liked from the same set, was a request to change library list
> > between command executions.  IBM response:  "AVAILABLE.  Press ENTER
> on
> > a command line.  Note how the screen blinks."
> >
> > Dennis Lovelady
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
> > --
> > "Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain
> > of its shortness."
> >         -- Jean de La Bruyre
> >
> >
> > > Luis--
> > >
> > > The command you want was created Once Upon A Time:
> > >
> > > INCKBDVTG - Increase Keyboard Voltage.  Useful to prevent users
> from
> > > replying to messages that say "Contact IT before continuing!"
> > >
> > > In the same vein, TRMUSR (*IMMED|*FAMILY) lets you get rid of a
> user
> > > who Just Won't Learn!
> > > The *FAMILY option increases voltage to the monitor until it gives
> > > off a burst of radiation sufficient to sterilize the user.
> > > The *IMMED option increases the voltage even more-- and leaves just
> a
> > > pile of ashes on the chair.
> > > Unfortunately, it only works with CRT monitors.
> > >
> > > See http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200205/msg01600.html for
> > > the entire list of needed commands!
> > >
> > > --Paul E Musselman
> > > PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 8:35 AM -0430 4/16/11, Luis Rodriguez wrote:
> > > > Robert,
> > > >
> > > > You could define a BEFORE trigger (either for update and/or
> insert)
> > > and
> > > > check and fix the bad data before it gets to the file.
> > > >
> > > > That said, although chopping off fingers seems a little extreme, I
> > > always
> > > > thought that it would be nice to have a way to send electric
> shocks
> > to
> > > the
> > > > users thru the keyboard :-)
> > > >
> > > > IF %USER_ERROR >= n;
> > > >   SEND_SHOCK();
> > > > ENDIF:
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Luis Rodriguez
> > > > IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5 iSeries
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