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

Oh, that is scary! I also did that one regularly. How many copies of the AMXM00 diskette did you keep around?

Rusty Jackson <rustyjackson@ntown.com>
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08/16/01 11:12 AM
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That is it! The entire process went something like this....

> STOP JOBQ
> AMZPX3
> J 5,AMALIB,AXZP98,,,CLEAR,RESET
> If the job is back on the job queue, cancel it
> RESTART JOBQ

Rusty Jackson
Rusty Jackson & Associates
Knoxville, TN
(865) 609-0390
rustyjackson@ntown.com

>===== Original Message From mapics-l@midrange.com =====
>Rusty, was that the old AXZPX3 call ?????
>Must have executed that once a day for 6 years.
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>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!
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>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
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>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
>rustyjackson@ntown.com

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>>===== 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.
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>>Rob Newton
>>M.I.S. Manager
>>Sunroc Corporation
>>302-678-7800 x230 (phone)
>>302-678-7809 (fax)
>>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.
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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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>> 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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