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Want to disable RPGLE Live Parsing? “IBM Rdi” is arguably the best code editor for coding on IBM i. That’s pretty much a given. But, it’s still filled with little annoyances and things that make me groan. One, in particular, is the lagginess and freezing that comes when trying to edit very large programs using …
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IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Life, Programming
I used to be an AS400 RPG Programmer – What am I now? I’m an IT Consultant (aka RPG Programmer) primarily working on IBM Power Systems (IBM i, System-i, iSeries, AS400). I’ve worked with the IBM AS400 (iSeries, IBMi) for twenty years and specialize in all variants of the RPG/CL language as well as detailed …
Here I am – a huge advocate of IBM i technology. I’ve grown up through the ranks of IBM System 3x systems and evolved alongside IBM through the AS400 and ‘i’ years. I’ve excitedly played with the quiet, yet groundbreaking changes in hardware and software that came with the iSeries/eServer range of Servers. I’ve scratched my head …
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 MISCELLANEOUS How do you combine two record formats …
You DO NOT have an AS400 or an iSERIES! This has been an ongoing argument disagreement in our IBM i and RPG programmer communities for well over a decade: Should IBM have changed the name when the launched the replacement for the old AS/400 computer? Many people using the latest IBM i servers still enjoy …
Another golden oldie from the bucket full of dusty emails sitting in the corner… hopefully useful to somebody who doesn’t know that ASP stands for Auxiliary Storage Pool: IBM Support Line Technical Document Specifying Auxiliary Storage Pool When Using IFS Document Description: IFS commands such as MKDIR and IFS APIs do not provide an option …
Old Wrinkled Programmer remembers those giant creamy computers My earliest exposure to BIG COMPUTING was back in the late 1980’s. Computers were a new thing to the world, business were running on mainframes or a new range of mini-computers. The personal computer was just evolving and the brand of “mini-computers” was about to be renamed …
iSeries, AS400, IBM i, Life, Programming
OK, so just what the heck DO we call The AS400 nowadays? On a few blogs and forums this topic is frequently raising its head. It seems to be a bone of contention with virtually every IBM ‘thingie’ System developer out there. The HERD continues to call this machine an AS400, a few confuse it further …
I wish the new IBM system was called the AS500! Honestly, the aimless re-branding that IBM is doing is really starting to get me down. I’m losing my sense of identity. I’m helplessly floating adrift in a world of business buzzwords and corporate power branding. I’m desperately trying to think outside the box, leverage this and …