RE: IBM overhauls iSeries for the long haul

["Pete Helgren" <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

Not sure if I can explain it.... I can use the wrkflr command to navigate
the folders and I can view and print documents.  I see internal error
messages when I try to create or edit a document so, yeah, this isn't at a
mission critical application level.  I suppose if there was more to it than
just printing the documents, OV/400 probably wouldn't be considered
"working" at all.  But it does what they want so it "works" for them.

As I understand it, they used the original media to re-install it (I think
after they went from V4R5 to V5R1).  But, it has been chugging away through
the last two release upgrades. I am not enough of an OV/400 user to test it
more thoroughly.  My last complete exposure to it was as DisplayWrite/36, so
now you know how old I am...(I pushed those S/36 keys when I was in
diapers...honest!!!)

Pete

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces+pete=valadd.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim
> Franz
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:46 PM
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> Subject: Re: IBM overhauls iSeries for the long haul
>
>
> Can someone clarify this. There definitely were recent release
> upgrades where at least parts of OV400 disappeared. Older
> posts indicated you could then restore parts, but not get all functions.
> I've got an upgrade pending our rewriting a data text merge/print
> function using OV400 commands. Been stuck at V4R5 just for this.
> (customer delaying, not me)
> jim