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2 total messages Started by Lars Sat, 23 Mar 1991 20:06
AS/400
#924
Author: Lars
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1991 20:06
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     I have no experience with AS/400 machines but I do know IBM 3090's.
How do these machines differ in writing and running a COBOL program?
If I already know XEDIT and CMS what do I have to learn to program on the
AS/400?  Are there any introductory books on the AS/400?  Thanks for your
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Re: AS/400
#935
Author: Mauro Mozzarelli
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1991 19:05
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in article <9103232015.AA01549@lilac.berkeley.edu>, DAHLBERL@DUVM.BITNET (Lars) says:
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>      I have no experience with AS/400 machines but I do know IBM 3090's.

You are lucky

> How do these machines differ in writing and running a COBOL program?

OS/400 has an SPF like editor and manages libraries where you can put
sources files that are like the partitioned files under VMS.
OS/400 has more utilities and you can reach your goal quicker than under
a VMS (speaking about development of on-line procedures under CICS for
example): there are already utilities to define screens and the OS/400
database is very easy to use.

But about OS/400 and his filesystem there are a lot of stuff that IBM 
might have standardized, but didn't it.

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