RE: Old AS/400

Bob,

You have the same thing on the 400.  When you signon you should be seeing 
the MAIN menu (the default for user profile QSECOFR for example is Initial 
menu... MAIN).  If you don't see that menu, just type in GO MAIN.  What 
options you will see will depend on what profile you signon with 
(authority determines your options).  So you don't need to know command 
names on the 400 either.  The same menu structure for operating the system 
existed back on the S/36 & S/38.

As others have mentioned, if you know you want to create something, you 
could just key in CRT* to see all the create commands, or DLT* to see all 
the delete commands. 
If you want to work with devices, you can key GO DEVICE.  To work with 
printers you can key GO PRINTER.  For security, GO SECURITY.  etc.

To see major command groups, just press F4 from a menu, or GO MAJOR.
I would suggest that, along with the MAIN menu, as starting points for 
investigating.

...Neil





Robert Sitko <solarsystems@email.com>
Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
2001/02/15 21:23
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Hello All,

I haven't received any msgs from the group for two days (unusual, since
there are usually dozens a day); I'm guessing a lot of mail got lost 
because
of the Anna Virus, so I'm resending this message.  If you replied to this
already, could you RE-repy because I haven't received any msgs at all:

I said, "

Thanks for the helpful hints on how to get this rel 2.1 system running. 
I'm
experimenting with commands, and this might take a while, but I'm getting
there.

Someone asked about the Wang VS system's command structure; actually, 
there
are NO COMMANDS in the Wang; everything is selected from a menu, which I
find a lot easier.  And it's an old green screen terminal, not a
point-and-click GUI interface.

<--snip--> How would I find the command ... if I didn't know what it was
called <--snip-->

When you log on, you get a primary menu on your initial screen:
(1) RUN program or procedure
(2) SET usage constants
(3) SHOW program completion report
(4) Manage Queues
(5) Manage Files/Libraries
(6) Manage Devices
etc.
(16) LOGOFF

So, even if you know absolutely nothing about the Wang, you can operate 
it.
No commands to memorize or look up.

And this same system has been around for over twenty years that I know of,
probably a lot longer.  So you can't blame the age of release 2.1 for 
having
a non-user-friendly interface.

But then, IBM is in a much better position to support its systems than is
Wang, so I guess they did something right.

Bob Sitko


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