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Twenty years ago these are the kind of things you had to know to work on the old AS400 systems. I found these on an old dusty corner of my homeserver. Enjoy the trip down memory lane or to use old RPG lingo AS400NERD CABEQ ‘1’ START AS400 Questions What is the Configuration of the …
An old AS400 Quiz So, last night I was nosing around in the dim dark corners of an old network share on my homeserver. I stumbled across an old TXT document from the late 90’s, I think. It was sitting in a text file called “AS400 Quiz Brainteasers” -it’s obviously old (look at the as400 …
Modernizing RPG Programs – Learn the RPG History first I had email email from an old work colleague this morning. He was a windows programmer, with limited exposure to RPG, but works in a company that is driven by a huge, old, complex RPG3 application that has changed little over the last decade. He is …
BCD Presto – Software Green Screen Modernization aka – AS400 iSeries 5250 Screen to Web Conversions BCD Presto is probably my favourite screen modernization tool. It has a very simple and clean screen editor. It’s reliable, fast and intuitive. Most importantly, when I have those “what is the best way to do this?” questions the …
Time to install Presto AS400 iSeries 5250 to Web modernizer Responsive Mobile It’s now easier for IBM i programmers to transform their green screens into web GUIs that are optimized for both desktop and mobile with Presto’s new responsive design capabilities. Presto version 7 incorporates Bootstrap, an open source framework that enables the design of …
Problems Downloading IBM i ACS (Access Client Solutions)? The new replacement for the aging, creaky AS400 Client Access is the cunningly titled IBM i Access Client Solutions Download this all new JAVA software is free, as long as you create an IBM Passport Account and once installed it lets you connect to the IBM I …
IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Programming, RPG
A Modern RPG Programmer writes RPGLE, RPG4, RPG400, RPG3, RPG2 programs I suppose many of them also enjoy Role Playing Games but that is neither here nor there. RPG stands for Report Program Generator. It is an IBM programming language which had evolved from the early day of punch cards and gentlemen who programmed with …
IBM i, Programming, RPG, SQL
I’m not sure if upgrading is the right word, perhaps switching or converting or even “just learning a new technique” would be better? AS400 Modernization Modernizing legacy applications written on legacy computers like the AS400, or the older iSeries machines can seem like a daunting task Either way, I didnt write this document but still …
IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Life, Programming
Who uses the AS/400 anymore? I frequently see this question in places like Linkedin, Facebook and Quora, it’s both simple and complicated to answer. It’s Simple because the AS/400 just doesn’t exist anymore! I doubt anyone is using the old AS400 machines anymore…. they are over thirty years old. Complicated because (stupidly) many current day programmers …
STRSQL is not the only way to use SQL! SQL is a story in two parts — (1) IBM SQL is an interface to the data and (2) runtime SQL is part of the base operating system. IBM I Administrators often want to limit what SQL statements a user is allowed to run because how …
IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Life, Programming
UPDATE JULY 2020 – IBM CHANGED THE RULES AND NO LONGER OFFER THIS SERVICE TO ALL DEVELOPERS 🙁 Since I wrote this blog way back in 2016, IBM have changed their minds and now only offer the “TRY an IBM i ” service to Business partners. But fear not — If the phrase “Free IBM …
Do you want to play with an IBM i System? Do you want to test compatibility with old AS400 and iSeries applications? Do you want to fiddle with IBM i? Try pub400.com – the famous public IBM i server for ! PUB400 is the successor of PUB1 – the worlds famous public AS/400 system with …