Re: Indicating Total Time in Free Form when using RPG Cycle

[Jeff Young <jyoung0950@xxxxxxxxx>]

Whatever you do, do *not* leave your coffee on the top of the 1403 N1
printer!!!!
:-)

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Jerry C. Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> First, it might help to either include the whole message or at least to
> <snip> the relevant portions to which a reply is made.
>
> On the S/3 F1 and F2 did not refer to function keys but, rather, disk
> units:
> Fixed 1 (where the operating system (SCP) resided).  It took a CE to access
> the fixed drives.
>
> R1 and R2 were Removable drives (5444).  They, as well as the Fixed drives,
> had a whopping 5 Mb IIRC.
>
> D1-D4 were "high capacity" drives.  The 5445's looked like cake layers,
> had,
> I think, a 10 mb capacity, and 5-6 heads, which moved in unison.  Later (I
> forget the model number) the 5445's were replaced by a really high capacity
> drive that reminded me, when in silhouette, of the Starship Enterprise.
>  The
> Dx drives were removable (swappable).
>
> The SCP didn't, however, check the swaps very well (if at all).  We had
> four
> drives.  One database was so large (for the time) that it took one entire
> disk, a second disk to hold the db+added records, a third drive to hold the
> sorted file (Addrout).  Had an operator get ahead of himself and swapped
> out
> one of the drives too early (before prompted).  The OS didn't detect it and
> the resulting report was a mess.  Took my boss and me the rest of the day
> to
> figure out what happened.
>
> Now, wanna talk about something really fun?  1403 N1.
>
> Jerry C. Adams
> IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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> Subject: Re: Indicating Total Time in Free Form when using RPG Cycle
>
> F1, F2, etc, was used for function keys one, function key 2, etc. But R1,
> R2, and then D1?? What do they mean? I do not recall even seeing them in
> manuals. Matching records were in the manuals but I never used them in any
> programs.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Nancy
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