RE: Old AS/400

[jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

<< 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.
>>

Robert

Try

GO   *ALL

You will find a list of all menus.    I believe you will find that the
AS/400 (even at your release)  will have the same/more ease of use as the
wang.
I believe in a short time you will see that OS/400 was/is the pinnacle of
character based operations.

The Command set (which is what actually gets done via a menu option)  is a
very consistently laid out methodology.

The format of  Verb/Noun    or Verb / Adjective / Noun is very nice.

WRK  work with something
DSP  display something
DLT  delete something
CRT create something

F    File
PF Physical file
PGM  program
JOBQ Job queue
OUTQ  Output queue

You can find them all by

GO   CMDxxx   where xxx = DSP  or WRK or PGM or OUTQ or or or

You will find that it is actually easy to create your own commands.

John Carr


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