Re: A Blast from the Past

Are there any significant diferences in the instruction set of the S/3 and
the MSP used in the S/34 and S/36 ?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Hart" <rhart@ATCDG.COM>
To: <mi400@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:23 AM
Subject: RE: [MI400] A Blast from the Past


> Everyone,
>
> Please bear with me about any "off-Postings" (which I hope are not
> off-putting (:)).  When I try to send a private response to anyone on
> the list, it  s t i l l  ends up on the list:  after giving me a message
> about "not being enrolled in this list so we will review your message
> for suitability", etc.  Frustrating!
>
> Anyway, in response to Gregor's (aus Deutschland?) question about the
> web-address where I obtained my copy of:
>
> Assembler Language Programming the Ibm System 3
>                  Struble, George                     (USED, hardcover)
>
> It is evidently coming from http://www.powells.com.  I say "evidently"
> because I received an E-mail confirmation from them; I had originally
> found the book by searching on amazon.com using the keywords "System/36
> Assembly Language" or similar.
>
> I haven't actually received the book yet!
>
> rhart@atcdgis.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schumacher, Gregor - HLG
> [mailto:Gregor.Schumacher@hays-logistics.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:56 AM
> To: 'mi400@midrange.com'
> Subject: AW: [MI400] A Blast from the Past
>
> Can you give us the web-adress, I just want to have a look on the old
> but
> good stuff.
>
> regards Gregor
>
>
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Richard Hart [mailto:rhart@ATCDG.COM]
> Gesendet: Montag, 28. Oktober 2002 22:08
> An: mi400@midrange.com
> Betreff: RE: [MI400] A Blast from the Past
>
>
> Hi Bruce,
>
> Thanks for your offer.  I was able to locate a book on the web about
> System/3 Assembler (!), which I assume was the ancestor of System/34
> (and System/36.  However, I would appreciate it if you could run me off
> a copy; I would be happy to send you a cheque for your time and postage.
>
> I was interested in how the macroprocessor worked (I remember that was
> one of the topics covered in the manual).  Not to show my age either,
> but I started with the System/34.  Actually, I/S is my second career (or
> first, since being a bank teller was not exactly a career :)).  We
> wanted to purchase a System/38, but there was no banking software
> written for it at the time (1982).
>
> Thanks again for your response,
>
> Richard Hart
>
> P.S.  I still have the manual for the AS/400 Edit-Document function of
> Office; I am not sure why, since I really never used it (I forget the
> exact title).  EDTDOC was hard for me to master, although I have talked
> to folk who really liked it.  Anyway, I will be happy to give it away if
> anyone would like to have it (admirers of ancient word processing
> implementations! ... )
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Vining [mailto:bvining@us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 2:40 PM
> To: mi400@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: [MI400] A Blast from the Past
>
>
> I happen to have a copy of the S/36 Programming with Assembler manual
> (SC21-7908) if that's the one you're looking for.  It's not for sale,
> but I
> could run off a copy for you if you don't get any better responses.
>
> And not to show my age around here, but I also still have my copy of the
> S/34 Basic Assembler and Macro Processor Reference (SC21-7705).  Can't
> say
> that I've used either recently, but they sure got some use many years
> ago
> when I was an SE...
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>
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> Everyone,
>
> Leif suggested I ask the MI list if anyone knows where I can beg, buy,
> borrow, or _____ a copy of the System/36 Assembler manual!   Well,
> preferably BUY; used is OK.  I had a nostalgia attack last week when I
> realized my one-and-only copy had disappeared somehow.  IBM no longer
> sells them, evidently.  [Do I hear laughter :-)?]
>
> THX,
>
> Rich Hart
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