Re: COSTCO AND HOME DEPOT STILL USE IBM COMPUTERS FROM THE '80S

Yes, the overall generalist journalism is indeed ensh1ttified despite the plethora or retrieval info tech available allowing to quick fashion an half palatable article.i.e. even a quick prompting of a random AI pointed me to this paper providing a quick and salient intro to IBMi/400 peculiarities, beside the wiki page
https://www.devever.net/~hl/f/as400guide.pdf






On Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 07:46:45 PM GMT+1, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It makes one wonder about ALL journalists and their accuracy.



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On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM Gavin Inman <midrangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

We should msg him via his Linked-in profile.  He's basically a gamer
trying to be a journalist.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhkantor/



On 11/19/2025 10:14 AM, cesco via MIDRANGE-L wrote:

  Wow, such sublime technical journalism, getting better and better I see
with AI availability to quickly check sources and tech papers.But at least
it gives the layman perception of the "green screen" as proxy for the whole
platform, as many times discussed.

and old, clunky, and not even reliable!!! look at that abnormal IPL in the
image!!!!!! some janitor using that plug for the vacuum cleaner in the year
'07?


      On Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 03:45:26 PM GMT+1, Scott
Ingvaldson via MIDRANGE-L<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

  So much misinformation in 8 paragraphs!

Costco And Home Depot Still Use IBM Computers From The '80s: Here's Why<
https://www.slashgear.com/2021823/why-costco-home-depot-still-use-1980s-ibm-computers/

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