RE: system names

Very Good, I'm not the only one who has a wealth of useless knowledge!!
LOL

Joel B. Harvell
Food Lion, LLC
(704) 633-8250 x2709
jbharvell@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Al Barsa
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Take IBM, and go down the alphabetic stack one letter at a time.

I-1=  H
B-1=  A
M-1=  L

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

400>390

"i" comes before "p", "x" and "z"
e gads

Our system's had more names than Elizabeth Taylor!

914-251-1234
914-251-9406 fax

http://www.barsaconsulting.com
http://www.taatool.com
http://www.as400connection.com



 

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Speaking of HAL does anyone else know where Arthur C. Clark got the name
"HAL"???

Joel B. Harvell
Food Lion, LLC
(704) 633-8250 x2709

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:17 AM
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Subject: Re: system names

Most shops I've seen have been fairly unimaginative, usually the 'S'
followed by the serial number.

Here, we use EAGLE. We've got some "lesser" birds for our PC servers.

Wonder if anyone's got one out there named HAL?

- Dan
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