RE: COSTCO AND HOME DEPOT STILL USE IBM COMPUTERS FROM THE '80S

That is typically my reply when someone says the AS/400 is an old computer. I ask them what about that old IBM PC they have on their desk? It came out long before the "AS/400" and they're still using it.

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This was my reply on facebook.

Guess what SlashGear, the entire world runs on computers from the 80's.
Windows released date was 1985. AS/400 release date was 1988.

On 11/19/2025 2:30 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:
They have a Facebook page so I went there, scrolled down to where the article was posted and then posted a comment there....

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On 11/19/2025 10:28 AM, Jon Paris wrote:

They don't seem to offer the option other than to comment on an
article - I wonder why?

As noted earlier, it is hard to see how the author managed to pack so
much stupidity and misinformation into such a short article. That, I
suppose, is an achievement in its own right!


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On Nov 19, 2025, at 10:14 AM, cesco via MIDRANGE-L
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Wow, such sublime technical journalism, getting better and better I
see with AI availability to quickly check sources and tech papers.But
at least it gives the layman perception of the "green screen" as
proxy for the whole platform, as many times discussed.

and old, clunky, and not even reliable!!! look at that abnormal IPL
in the image!!!!!! some janitor using that plug for the vacuum
cleaner in the year '07?


On Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 03:45:26 PM GMT+1, Scott
Ingvaldson via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So much misinformation in 8 paragraphs!

Costco And Home Depot Still Use IBM Computers From The '80s: Here's
Why<https://www.slashgear.com/2021823/why-costco-home-depot-still-use
-1980s-ibm-computers/>



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