Re: what is unclear about 01 02 03 (or, "the grey-beards among us")

[Vernon Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This kind of stream seems to crop up every year at this time. Is it solar
tides or just lack of work? <vbg> It _is_ fun, though, and helps us
appreciate the good NEW days.

At 11:21 PM 5/1/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>OK, geezers (and I include myself in that elite group), how many of you
remember
>when "skip to" on output specs referred to a hole physically punched in the
>printer's paper tape control loop?
>
>Remember when standard records were 80 bytes ?  Remember why?
>
>Remember the sense of freedom when transaction records were expanded to 96
>bytes?  How could it get any better?
>
>--
>Jeff Gunter
>IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG Programmer
>_______________________________________
>Visit my Web Site at:
>
>http://www.as400guy.com/
>
>
>
>bmegenity@ruskin.com wrote:
>
>> Come on people. If we're going into this level (L3?), then why don't we
>> reintroduce the chaining indicators C1 - C9. Those were the absolute
>> pits.

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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