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

We were a beta site back in the late 70's. For those of you that were using 
MAPICS then, do you remember the house calls that IBM made on a frequent basis 
just to make sure everything was going fine?
Heat from the 5250 terminals? I remember being surprised when going to work for 
CTG in 1988, that Bob Moon still had an old Sys/34 which kept his house warm. 
Somehow, I think the power bill must have made heating your house with a SYS/34 
 somewhat impractical.
Eric

>>> rustyjackson@ntown.com 08/16/01 09:27AM >>>
WOW!  You guys are making me feel old!  I started with MAPICS in 1984 with an 
IBM Business Partner when IBM still owned MAPICS and there was no such thing 
as ALF!!!!!!!  I have worked with roughly 50 different companies running 
MAPICS and still have quite a few as clients.  Boy, have things changed!

I still have an index card in my day-timer with the required steps to get out 
of the System/36 MAPICS Job Queue Restart Loop...anyone remember that!  How 
well I remember my first MAPICS modification where I was testing at night and 
I got into the LOOP.  I was there ALL NIGHT LONG trying to get out of it and 
had to wait for the support line to get me out of the LOOP the next 
morning!!!!  The index card with the steps to get out of the loop was like my 
American Express card.......I never left home without it!

Rusty Jackson
Rusty Jackson & Associates
Knoxville, TN
(865) 609-0390



>===== Original Message From mapics-l@midrange.com =====
>RE: MAPICS Old Fogies (was "mapics 6")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.....
>
>Thanks.
>
>Rob Newton
>M.I.S. Manager
>Sunroc Corporation
>302-678-7800 x230  (phone)
>302-678-7809           (fax)
>newton@sunroc.com 
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>  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.
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: 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)
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>  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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