RE: MAPICS Old Fogies (was "mapics 6")

ah yes.....BOMP!...how about DEBOMP!!!

Predessors to PDM!

Rusty Jackson



>===== Original Message From mapics-l@midrange.com =====
>   Ah but you all must be children.  Anyone remember the pre-Mapics IBM
>code.  Cut my RPGII teeth in 1974 on S/3 BOMP and I&RP.   It was actually
>some pretty amazing code for its' time.
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>At 09:09 AM 08/16/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>>Boy, you guys are really bringing back some old memories.  I've been with
>>MAPICS since the Sys/34 days and remember the pointers on OPENAR and
>>OPNMAT files.  Or better yet how about feeding the system diskettes every
>>time you need to setup security or install/tailor.  But in all fairness
>>both the systems and applications were work horses.  They ran, and ran,
>>and are still running.....
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>>Thanks.
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>>Rob Newton
>>M.I.S. Manager
>>Sunroc Corporation
>>302-678-7800 x230  (phone)
>>302-678-7809           (fax)
>><mailto:newton@sunroc.com>newton@sunroc.com
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: mapics-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:mapics-l-admin@midrange.com]On
>>>Behalf Of Kevin.Gerard@fgcorp.com
>>>Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 8:47 AM
>>>To: mapics-l@midrange.com
>>>Subject: RE: MAPICS Old Fogies (was "mapics 6")
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>>>I worked with John recently and can vouch for his "Fogie-ness". ;-) ha
>>>ha.    I highly suspect some of his code that he wrote 20 years ago is
>>>still running, however.   I worked at a MAPICS shop that had MAPICS so
>>>long our customer number was 001. (Breeze-Illinois)  Anyone remember how
>>>fun it was sitting in front of the System Console, waiting for the MAPICS
>>>message "This job may take some time" as it ran a COMPRESS after
>>>backup.  One time we had a "keysort in place" last 71 hours as well.
>>>Bring back the 5251's.  Great keyboard on those CRT's.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: gcrane@johansonmfg.com
>>>[<mailto:gcrane@johansonmfg.com>mailto:gcrane@johansonmfg.com]
>>>Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:33 AM
>>>To: mapics-l@midrange.com
>>>Subject: Re: MAPICS Old Fogies (was "mapics 6")
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>>>You have me beat John.  So far "Friend Fogie" you win the Grampa
>>>award!  Boy did
>>>we burn alot of midnight hours back on the Sys/34 and MAPICS in the very
>>>early
>>>80's.  Thank God I was younger (I am still young at heart!)   We started
>>>with 4
>>>CRT's and 4 MAPICS apps.  Now we have 20 apps.  Same company.
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>>>"John C. Bradley" <bradleyjohnc@home.com> on 08/16/2001 07:29:01 AM
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>>>Please respond to mapics-l@midrange.com
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>>>To:   mapics-l@midrange.com
>>>cc:    (bcc: Gail L Crane/Johanson/JMC)
>>>
>>>Subject:  MAPICS Old Fogies (was "mapics 6")
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>>>I've started this thread after being "inspired" by
>>>Dave Shaw and Gail L Crane claiming 19 years of
>>>MAPICS experience.
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>>>In this context, "Fogies" is gender neutral and
>>>refers to years using MAPICS, not biological age
>>>. . . yeah, right!
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>>>I fired up S/34 MAPICS-I on March 5, 1980.
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>>>It was chiseled on clay tablets in cuneiform, but
>>>my trusty folding cuneiform template enabled me to
>>>decode it.
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>>>We used MAPICS to (blush) run a bricks and mortar
>>>business that built stuff you could touch and try
>>>to profit therefrom.  Quaint, huh?
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