Re: IBM overhauls iSeries for the long haul

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

>The S/38 could run RPGII programs.  I am not sure about the s/38 running
>ocl, but the system was designed to run s/32 and s/34 applications.  

Can I assume you never worked on the S/32 or S/34?

The S/38 most certainly did not run OCL, nor could the RPG III compiler on the
S/38 handle all RPG II constructs such as a KEYBORD or CRT device file.  I don't
remember if it handled a CONSOLE device or not.  It also didn't support MRT
style programs without modification.  Nor could it handle WSU programs, etc.

In short, it was *not* designed to run S/32 and S/34 programs.  It was designed
to have your applications rewritten in RPG III.  It was much easier to port S/3
applications to the S/38 than S/32 or S/34 applications.

>The 400 was really just the s/38 in new hardware.

If you did not need the S36EE, you may have that view.  I suspect lots of folks
would beg to differ.

Doug