RE: Copying and Pasting from MS Word -- MIDRANGE-L

Not saying you're in error, Dennis, and my memory gets parity checks
frequently, but I remember serving on the System/36 Requirements committee,
which was pretty much in the same time period as the System/38. Maybe the
36 folks were just a little bit more aggressive than the damby, pamby 38
crowd. .-)

I do recall that they were Resolutions at some point, just can't swear to
what the point was.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:08 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Copying and Pasting from MS Word

Ummm - might have to check my history books, but I am pretty certain that
S/38 and its Resolutions predated AS/400 and its Requirements. :)

"Jerry C. Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Before that they were called "Requirements". We even had software
running
on a rack mounted AS/400 into which attendees could enter requirements,
and
then committees for each project (now defunct) could edit / merge them,
and
then members could vote on them. Chuck Myaard and I used to have to
tear
down the AS/400 in Registration on committee night (usually lasting
past
midnight) and then re-assemble it in Reg before 0800. Chuck was a
wizard
with hardware; I just strung Twinax cables - miles of it!

I imagine IBM eventually balked at the term "Requirements" because it
gave
the impression that the ones voted by the members would be implemented.
Not
always the case.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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might
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:36 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Copying and Pasting from MS Word

Dang! I missed that link at first read! Sorry! ("Resolutions" was
the
answer.)

Now where is that needed RECALL button?

Dennis Lovelady
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
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-- movie mogul Sam Goldwyn

These were COMMON User requests to IBM from S/38 days. (What

<i>did</i>

they call those things back then??!!??)

One I liked from the same set, was a request to change library list
between command executions. IBM response: "AVAILABLE. Press ENTER

on

a command line. Note how the screen blinks."

Dennis Lovelady
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"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain
of its shortness."
-- Jean de La Bruyre

Luis--

The command you want was created Once Upon A Time:

INCKBDVTG - Increase Keyboard Voltage. Useful to prevent users

from

replying to messages that say "Contact IT before continuing!"

In the same vein, TRMUSR (*IMMED|*FAMILY) lets you get rid of a

user

who Just Won't Learn!
The *FAMILY option increases voltage to the monitor until it gives
off a burst of radiation sufficient to sterilize the user.
The *IMMED option increases the voltage even more-- and leaves just

a

pile of ashes on the chair.
Unfortunately, it only works with CRT monitors.

See http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200205/msg01600.html for
the entire list of needed commands!

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

At 8:35 AM -0430 4/16/11, Luis Rodriguez wrote:

Robert,

You could define a BEFORE trigger (either for update and/or

insert)

and

check and fix the bad data before it gets to the file.

That said, although chopping off fingers seems a little extreme, I

always

thought that it would be nice to have a way to send electric

shocks

to

the

users thru the keyboard :-)

IF %USER_ERROR >= n;
SEND_SHOCK();
ENDIF:

Regards,

Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5 iSeries

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